Ayla had awoken some time ago, and was now riding Elaina’s chestnut mare, Willow. Tavish walked alongside his mounted sister, one hand on the pommel...of her saddle, which she covered with her own hand. Ayla had listened to Aran’s explanation of events – he’d been as gentle as possible – but she’d said not a word since waking, even to her brother.Where Tavish had adjusted to his new circumstances remarkably well, Ayla seemed disconnected, riding with a distant look on her face. Aran supposed that. All in all I was in some minor pain, but still in pretty good physical shape over all.Once completely dressed, I went looking for the others. What I found was the thug outside the door again. He still looked exactly the same, even though I assumed he got no sleep at all."‏Where are the others," I demanded. He gave me one of those superior male smirks. I began turning away, but quickly turned back to him, then without any warning of any kind, I kneed him hard in the balls. As he went down, I. Once the cage was closed and latched, he headed back inside, unloaded the rifle and ran a patch down the barrel before setting it in the rack alongside half a dozen of its more deadly brethren. He would have to be up about sunrise, so sleep was going to be lacking tomorrow, but it was not the first time by a long shot, and almost certainly not the last.Not bothering to get undressed, he kicked off his boots, stripped his pistol holster off and set it on the bedside table before laying back and. That in itself was enough to send another wave of chaos through me. But what he did shocked me even more. His tongue extended and he licked my tears from my face. At the same time, he reached his hand down the slip and into the bra, finding one of my little nipples and giving it a pinch. I was about to cry out, not so much from the pain of the pinch (which I did feel quite sharply), but from the way it sent a jolt right to my balls, and I knew I was starting to drip pre-cum again. .