Finding Their Heart: A Reverse-Harem Romance (Men of Eagle Peak Book 1) by Mira Stanley

Author:Mira Stanley [Stanley, Mira]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dirty Little Secret Press
Published: 2019-08-19T22:00:00+00:00

C hapter 10

Cora

I hardly recognize myself. Who is this woman lying beside a man in his bed, welcoming his tongue into her mouth and clinging to him like a life raft? What is it about the men at Eagle Peak that flips a switch in me that I thought had been irreparably broken?

Doc surrounds me with his big, hard body. He kisses me deeply and touches me in places that don’t upset me. My arms and shoulders, my head, my face. The way he uses his whole hand to caress my cheek brings a swell of relief up inside me. Because of the way he touches me, I know that when I’m with Doc, I’m truly safe.

I forgot what it’s like to feel safe.

I forgot what it’s like to enjoy life. To enjoy another person.

I surprise myself when my hands roam up his chest. I map out his impressive musculature. He’s leaner than Grim and Jud, with more of a runner’s physique. He keeps his beard short and tidy, and the hairs scrape at my chin as he mates his mouth with mine. I like the roughness of his beard. It’s a delicious contrast to the warm silk of his lips and tongue.

He breaks away, breathing heavy. “Don’t wanna push you, cher.”

In the darkness, I see his eyes blaze with something I’ve only ever seen in movies. He’s looking at me like a man who wants a woman. A man who understands how to want without automatically taking.

I like being wanted that way. But I’m scared.

I’m scared of what it means because I shouldn’t want a man ever again after the things Leon did to me.

“This isn’t like me.” My thoughts come out of my mouth. They do that a lot around Doc.

“What’s not like you?” He rubs his hands up and down my arm. Up and down. Slow and comforting.

“This. You know? Being with a guy. Kissing. It’s not like me.”

He’s quiet while his touch drags me deeper and deeper into accepting whatever’s happening here. Then he says, “Not like you, like, before or after Week Zero?” He means before or after Leon.

“Both.”

“Did you have a boyfriend…before?” His breath smells like the beer he had with dinner. It was tawny colored and hoppy and reminded me of something my Dad would have enjoyed on a quiet evening by the firepit before everything changed.

“No.” I’m embarrassed. “I mean, I went on dates. One guy even kissed me—we kissed, but it wasn’t like this.” I was so focused on where I should put my hands and how I should move my mouth that I had no room to process enjoyment. In fact, I didn’t like it much. I kept waiting for it to turn good, but it never did.

“I think this is like you,” Doc says softly. “The world is different now. Those of us who made it this far haven’t made it unchanged. The guys and me, we’re different now, too. All of us.” He stretches out on his back, head on the pillow beside mine, and links our fingers.

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