Shannon awoke to warm, muscular arms holding her and her faced pressed against a chest dusted with dark, curly hair. Fingers traced the length of her spine and into the cleft of her buttocks. Her rectum felt full again but when she reached back to see why Mike grabbed her wrist and stopped her.

"Easy," he ordered. "Just relax."

Mentally shaking herself to wakefulness from the warm cocoon of sleep into which she'd fallen, she next realized tow more things. Very important ...