SEAL's Secret: A Navy SEAL Romantic Suspense Novel (A Man Who Knows What He Wants Book 24)

by Flora Ferrari

  He pulled the cup of her bra down and grabbed her breast firmly. He traced her nipple with his tongue, causing it to rise to a height and firmness she didn’t know it had.

  He continued kissing up her body until he reached her mouth, which he took into his, fully. As he moved, his body rubbed against hers. The friction from his weight was warming her entirely. His weight reminded her of his masculinity, but he was careful not to rest his potentially crushing frame against hers. There was no need, his core strength had already proven up to the task of supporting both of them, let alone just himself.

  But they were no longer one and one. They were two who had come together as one, and Donna could feel the ultimate expression of their connectivity was near when Cain reached behind her waist and rolled her onto her side sliding her panties down below her backside.

  But he wasn’t through peaking her levels of excitement. Her panties came down and he slid her back onto her back. His right hand found its way up her body and his two fingers slid into her mouth as his tongue slid into her folds.

  Cain moved his fingers in and out of her mouth as she sucked their length, taking them in fully and twisting them in her mouth as he pulled them back and forth. Having him inside her in two ways was too much to take. She felt a rush of heat racing toward his tongue as her hips shook and a wave of inner emotions transferred through her core and onto his mouth.

  Her body shook violently and clenched. She felt her eyes roll back in her head and his finger slide from her mouth. Her back arched and she screamed, and when her lungs had emptied she screamed again. She had never felt so vulnerable and so protected at the same time, and this was only the beginning.

  CHAPTER 31

  Cain slid forward and placed the head of his member at the entrance of her mound. He pushed it up and down, making sure it came oh so close, but didn’t quite enter. He slid it outside and rubbed it along her outer lips.

  Donna was still convulsing from her first climax, and number two was already on its way.

  Cain pulled his hips back and put his bulging tip at her opening. His eyes locked on hers, and hers on his, and then he slowly slid in, their bodies connected as one.

  Donna felt emotions overtake her entire body. Reaching the first peak was fueled by lust and desire, reaching the next peak would be driven by emotion.

  Cain expertly thrust his manliness like rising and falling tides. Each time he slid in was like a tide washing over Donna, and each pull back followed with the sensation of his shaft against her walls. Their bodies moved in rhythm, just as the ocean does.

  There was no need to change the angle. This one suited them both perfectly. Their bodies moved as one as their eyes looked through to each other’s souls. There was no question that he was meant for her, and she for him.

  “I want to come inside you,” Cain said. His voice was deep and scruffy. It was a request that sounded more like a demand for a need to be met.

  “Yes. I want you to.”

  Cain increased the pace sending Donna immediately over the edge. She felt her core tighten again and then suddenly Cain’s warm gift entered her leaving her entire body tingling and numb with pleasure.

  Cain’s climax continued. It was powerful and prolonged. When Cain had nothing more to give, he collapsed on top of Donna. His gift now the visual sight of a man completely spent and satisfied, and all because of her.

  “Sorry, you got all of me,” he said as he rolled to the side.

  “No, it’s okay. I like to feel your body on top of mine.”

  “Don’t I weigh too much?”

  “Not right now. The pressure of your skin against mine is perfect.”

  They lay together as one. As their heartbeats slowed they could feel the other’s heartbeat through their chests. It felt amazing. It felt right. It felt like the future.

  Donna fell asleep first. It was a much-needed rest after such an intense period. Intense not just from what she shared with Cain, but everything leading up to it. Today, the night before, and the last few days. It was eventually too much and it caught up with her.

  Cain lay awake a bit longer. He watched her as she slept peacefully. He reached his hand to her hair and softly ran his fingers through her locks. He twisted the ends before letting them fall and then doing it all over again. It was an activity he knew he could spend hours on end enjoying, and it didn’t even interrupt her sleep. She was so peaceful lying there. He was happy that he might have had something to do with that.

  And Cain felt peaceful as well. As the moon changed position, its light no longer shining bright through the window, Cain curled up behind Donna. As he did he heard her release a slight exhale of approval and her hands tightened around his arms, which held her tight. Donna didn’t have to wake up to know it, but she was protected, safe, and finally had a place to call home. The warmth of his body against hers and the large, yet tender, shield he formed around her spoke more than words ever could.

  CHAPTER 32

  “How did you sleep?” Donna said. It was already mid morning, but Donna was excited to begin the day next to Cain. She was ready for her first kiss of the day.

  But the first kiss would have to wait. In the big space that Cain had taken in her bed, there was nothing but an imprint.

  It was nothing she told herself. She figured he was probably in the bathroom taking a shower, making coffee, or went for a quick run or one of those other forms of early morning exercise that SEALs swear by.

  Donna glided to the shower. She was still on cloud nine from the night before, and the sex plus the full nights rest was the one-two-combination she needed to feel like her battery was full and completely reenergized.

  She quickly showered and made her way to the kitchen. She saw her phone and checked for a message. Cain’s number wasn’t there, but there were five missed calls from the chief, and two from the station itself. She pulled up the last call from the chief and hit redial.

  “Detective Davis, are you there?” Chief asked.

  “Yes, Chief. What’s going on?”

  “Thank goodness you’re okay. We were about to send somebody up to check on you.”

  “Why? What happened?”

  “Another girl. Last night. I sent Detective Dudley to the scene, but he’s waiting on you to show up. This case seems to be nowhere near closed now, and you’re still the lead.”

  “I’m on my way down now to pick up a car.”

  “Wait.”

  “What for?”

  “Is Cain with you?”

  “Chief, that’s my own—”

  “Wait. Please, just tell me if he’s there.”

  “No, he’s—”

  “Get down here as soon as you can.”

  “Why? I don’t get it.”

  “Davis. There’s only one way to tell you this. It looks like he killed those two girls.”

  CHAPTER 33

  “Nice of you to show up,” Dudley said. Not exactly the words that inspire camaraderie to the rest of the team at a crime scene.

  “Told you this wasn’t all wrapped up,” Donna said. She waited until she was closer, so only Dudley could hear. They didn’t need eavesdroppers, especially regarding differing internal opinions about the case.

  “Your mistake, not mine.”

  “Hardly.”

  Donna stepped into the girl’s room. The scene looked eerily similar to the first.

  Donna spent the next few hours taking statements from the neighbors, looking over the scene, and talking to forensics. When she was finished she made her way back to the station.

  “Chief wants to see you,” the desk sergeant said.

  Donna made her way to his office. He waived her in the minute he saw her round the corner.

  “We’ve got to bring him in, Detective Davis. No two ways about it.”

  “Am I missing something?”

  “Your friend. He came in early this morning. Said he wanted to talk to the suspect about his legal options. Desk Sergeant let him back as your friend
requested to represent the suspect. Extremely strange behavior, but we can’t really deny that request if the suspect confirms that’s what he wants. Your friend’s back there maybe thirty minutes. Walks out. Couple hours later we get the call about the girl. Witnesses put him at the scene.”

  “What witnesses?”

  “Early morning joggers. They came in and signed statements just before you called. Their description matches your friend.”

  “That can’t be …”

  “You can alibi him?”

  “Yes.”

  “Hours are from three o’clock to six o’clock. You got an alibi I’ll call off the dogs. Otherwise I’m turning the hounds loose on him.”

  Donna’s posture slumped and her head hung low. She looked down at the ground and then at the wall. She knew he had arrived in the evening the night before. They were together a few hours before she passed out. She wasn’t awake when he slipped out so there’s no telling when he left. She was too tired to feel the bed move when he got out.

  “It was definitely him that came to the station this morning?”

  “We’ve got it on camera and in the logs.”

  “And he wanted to talk to the suspect?”

  “Your guess is as good as mine, but yeah, that’s what he wanted, and got.”

  “Anyone try and talk to the suspect?”

  “He’s still not talking. At least not to us.”

  If Cain’s actions were strange before, this took the cake. As much as she wanted to believe him, he was making it hard for her. Deep down, she did believe him. The question was simply, why. He told her about the flashback after the fact. Why didn’t he tell her he was going to come into the station, where he obviously knew she worked, and talk to the their suspect? This just wasn’t adding up.

  Then it hit her, and did it hit her hard. He was using her.

  “Yeah, let’s put out an APB to be on the lookout for him. Let’s get him in here. We’ve got questions he needs to answer.”

  “You okay?” Chief could see she wasn’t taking it well.

  “I’m fine. Let’s get this done.”

  “You going to be okay leading this one?”

  “I’m looking forward to it.”

  CHAPTER 34

  “Take him into custody. We’ll arrange the transfer,” the desk sergeant said.

  The desk sergeant hit the interstation line to the chief’s office.

  “We’ve got a match. He’s at the Amtrak station at the San Clemente Pier. Conductor noticed him when he was boarding. They’re taking him in now.”

  “He’s a big boy. Do they have the manpower if he tries to flee?”

  “Not sure. I’ll call back to verify.”

  The desk sergeant called back down to the Amtrak station. There was no answer. He looked up at the clock ticking away. The chief turned the corner and stood in front of him. His forearms rose at the elbows with his palms facing up.

  “Calling again, Chief.”

  Again no answer.

  “They don’t have the men to bring him in. If they don’t shut that door he’ll be out of there before they even have a chance. And if they try and take him down it’s bad news for them.” Chief Charles stared up at the clock. “Try them again.”

  The desk sergeant waited as the line rang. “Yes. Yes. Yes. We’re sending someone down there right away.”

  “They’ve got him. He went peacefully.”

  “Anything else?”

  “Had a one way ticket to San Diego.”

  “Last stop on the Pacific Surfliner route. Exit there and then cross into Mexico and he’s gone with the wind. We got him just in time.”

  “Should I notify Detective Davis?”

  “Yes. She gets first crack at him.”

  CHAPTER 35

  Donna wanted to question the suspect they’d already detained before the transfer arrived with Cain. Cain had gotten something out of him, something that altered his course of events. Donna had to know what.

  After over an hour she couldn’t get a word out of the suspect. She tried every trick in the book. Assumption, stalling, scare tactics, good cop bad cop … none of it was working.

  She remembered an old trick she learned back in Chicago, one that was meant to get the suspect moving. Get them involved. It often proved fruitless, but once in a while it was just the change of pace that was needed.

  “I’m going to give you a piece of paper and a pencil. If there’s anyone you need to talk to, or anyone you want us to notify that you’re here and you’re safe, you can write their name down here.” Donna removed the paper and pencil from her pocket and slid them across the table. The suspect didn’t budge.

  “Anyone who might be looking for you. Just to let them know you’re okay. You don’t want them to worry, do you?” Still no movement from the suspect.

  “And if you are angry at anyone, maybe someone who brought this trouble onto you, you can write down their name. You don’t want to get in trouble for something your boss made you do. Do you? And it’s not snitching, first, because you didn’t say anything. Second, because they’ll never know why we’re interested in them. And that’s it. We’re just taking a look at them. Any name that appears on that paper is just a name we stumbled upon. We’ll put the paper in the ashtray and it will go up in smoke. Never happened.” She knew her proposal was weak, but she stuck with it.

  “Or if you’d like, you can write anything you’d like us to say. Any special requests. Anybody you need to talk to. We can find them for you.”

  The suspect looked at her angrily. He wasn’t impressed by her patronization of him, or the tone she used. He wasn’t a child, but he knew there was only one way out of this.

  He reached forward and took the pencil and paper. Without breaking eye contact he wrote one word on the paper and slid it back across the desk.

  Donna took one look and swallowed hard.

  CHAPTER 36

  “Getting too hot for you in there, big shot?” Dudley said as Donna exited the interrogation room.

  She focused on the name on the paper and ignored him.

  “Thought a big city detective like yourself could crack this case with her hands tied behind her back. Then again maybe that’s the problem right there. Your lover boy had your hands tied up while you two were doing the freaky deaky and you were too star-struck to even realize he was out slicing up girls in our peaceful little community. Word spreads—”

  He didn’t even see it coming. Donna came straight at his face with her right hand, locking onto his jaw and squeezing hard like a vice grip. She drove her hand forward and down until his face was flat against the desk.

  “Next time you think about opening your big fat mouth about things you know nothing about, just remember what trouble it brought you the time before.”

  The other officers in the room turned their heads away, hiding their laughter. A few fist bumped as they exited the room. Detective Davis wasn’t the first person Detective Dudley had rubbed the wrong way, but she was certainly the first one to stand up to him.

  The front entrance door suddenly swung open like an old west saloon. Cain burst in, hands cuffed behind his back, followed by two officers in lockstep behind. Cain stared straight ahead as they led him directly to the interrogation room.

  Chief had seen what was happening with the skirmish seconds before, and had already made his way into the room. As the officers placed Cain in the chair, the chief looked down at Detective Davis. “Time to unleash some of that fire in there.”

  Donna removed her hand from Dudley’s face and marched into the interrogation room.

  CHAPTER 37

  Donna looked at Cain and the recording device on the center of the table. She knew the chief would be watching through the one-way mirror.

  She turned the digital recorder on and started in according to protocol.

  She stated the date, location, and her name. She stared at Cain preparing to state his name as a suspect.

  Cain made a motion with
his thumb, which said, “turn that thing off.”

  Donna shook her head no.