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“Ownership,” Alec said grimly.
“Yes. That’s why I know he’ll come for me. I understand him best.”
Alec nodded.
She tried to stifle a yawn. Tanner immediately stood with her cradled in his arms. “Lilac needs to eat and rest. But keep us updated. I’ll be with her.”
Alec nodded. “I can send Mia up with some food.”
“I don’t want to be a hassle,” she protested.
“No hassle, Lilac,” Alec told her. “You’re family now.”
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You’re family now.
“He really meant that, didn’t he?” she said to Tanner as he set her down on the bed.
“What?” he asked.
“Alec. He really meant that I’m family now, didn’t he?” she asked.
“Yeah, baby. Of course he did.” He drew the covers back and lifted her again, placing her in bed.
“I don’t want to go back to bed, Tanner. I’m sick of bed.”
He tucked her in, then sat facing her, cupping her chin. “I’ll make a deal with you. Today, you rest and let me feed you. Tomorrow, I’ll take you outside to see the horses.”
“Really?” she asked.
“Really. Maybe a picnic?”
“Okay. I like the sound of that.”
“Good girl. Now, how many strikes are you up to? Seven? Eight?”
“What? Why? I’m not up to that many.” She pouted. Whoa. She didn’t think she’d ever pouted in her life.
“Let’s see. Getting up on your own. Showering on your own. Dressing on your own. Not following the instructions I left you. And walking down the stairs. On. Your. Own.”
Gulp.
“And that’s without even talking about you going to Alec to convince him to let you help with Stefan. I think we’re far past eight. But I’m being generous, considering you haven’t been well.”
“This is you being generous?”
“It is. You can thank me later.” He gave her an overexaggerated wink and wriggled his eyebrows. In case she couldn’t decode the wink.
“I’ll be sure to get onto that,” she said dryly. “Can’t wait.”
That part was true. Lilac couldn’t wait. In fact, she thought she could get into that right now.
“Did you just lick your lips?” he asked.
“What? No. I didn’t do that.”
He grinned. Placing his hands on either side of her hips, he leaned into her. “You did. You licked your lips. Baby, were you thinking about sucking my dick?”
