“They are altering course again. Passing to port. No flags. No radio contact. Stay below until they clear us.”

Elias’s voice stayed low and controlled as the larger vessel slid past less than half a mile away. I watched from the cabin window, still wearing only his shirt, thighs sticky with everything he and Jax had already left inside me through the night. The scare tightened something in my chest and then released it. When the other boat finally disappeared into the distance I turned to find both men watching me.

Elias spoke first. “The last of the restraint is gone. You stay permanently available for the remaining days. No...