I would have to be content toĭo for him what I could at the moment, and that was to be here for him.

I just wasn’t sure he was ready for that yet. With all my soul, I wanted to help him through whatever was nagging at him. Something poisoned him inside, and he needed to work through that before we could even think about being together in the long-term.īut for now, I simply wanted to lie next to him, feel his closeness, his warmth. I wanted to know why he had tried to get himself killed overseas when he was saving all of those troops. And on a personal level, I wanted to know more about Talon and his family. I needed it, even though I didn’t have a lot of respect for my boss. Talon still had too much he needed to work out, and plus… What would he think when he found out I was investigating him and his family for Larry?

I didn’t delude myself into thinking this could be something permanent…even though I wished with everything in me that it could be. I reveled in it, in the emotion that was thick around us, in the love we shared. He removed his boots and socks and then his jeans and underwear, which were still down around his knees. Then he rose and sat on the bed next to my supine form. He stroked my cheek and pressed his lips gently against mine. I simply smiled at Talon and hoped the smile said what I feared my words couldn’t. It was lust, it was desire, it was passion, and it was…love. Never had such a primitive force taken me over, demanded obedience…demanded Talon. As much as I’d thought I was in love with Colin, those feelings paled next to what I felt for Talon now.

Love Notes by Helen Hardt