Chapter Eight
FATAL ATTRACTIONPhoenix rode Mikaere along the water’s edge, smiling when he paused to paw the sand and kick up the surf. Droplets speckled her bare legs and the ankle boots she wore to ride. With no one to impress, she let her feet dangle and relaxed her seat. Mikaere’s muscles bunched beneath her as he played and she trusted him to step through the waves wherever he wanted. The ocean scent filled her nostrils and relaxed her knotted sinews and tendons.
Laying the lunge rope across her thighs, Phoenix raised her arms above her head and stretched. She arched her spine and the delicate bones cracked as she lay back against Mikaere’s body. Her hat slipped sideways and the brim dug into her shoulder. The breeze stirred her hair and the sleeves of her tee shirt and the thin fab
