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Tabitha’s breathing had evened out and she was watching JK through heavily lidded eyes. JK was sure she was recovered by now, but she continued to watch, to tease JK with her gaze.

“Tab, fuck, I need you. Please, get me off.”

It was as though Tabitha had been waiting for her to ask.

“Lie back.”

JK practically threw herself back on the bed and spread her legs. Tabitha wasted no time in crawling between them and bringing her mouth to JK’s clit.

JK wanted to enjoy the feeling of Tabitha’s tongue, but her body had other ideas. A mere two licks and she was coming hard, her pussy clenching as she released onto the bed beneath her.

Tabitha chuckled as she sat up. “We should do that more often.”

“I certainly won’t be complaining. I see why you like it so much.”

The two of them settled into each other’s arms. JK was finding it difficult to be upset about the kidnapping attempt on Tabitha. Of course, she regretted the fact that Tabitha had been through such a trauma, but it had brought them together, and JK was so grateful for that fact that she could muster very little resentment for the entire incident.

JK didn’t know what the next day would bring, but she knew that she and Tabitha would face it together, and for now, that was enough.

11

Tabitha

The next morning, Tabitha and JK were woken early by a knock on the door.

“What?” Tabitha moaned. She and JK had been up late making love and she was in no mood to be forced to breakfast under threat of being drenched in cold water.

“Tab, J, it’s Julie. You need to get up now.”

“Go away,” JK moaned, pulling the blanket further up on both of them.

“She’ll pour water on us,” Tabitha warned.

“I’ll protect you.”

Tabitha was satisfied with that and was just settling down to drift off again when the door opened. “You had better both be decent, because I’m coming in.”

JK moved herself into a sitting position between Tabitha and Julie. “If I see you with a jug of water, Julie, I’m taking you down.”

Julie chuckled as she stepped inside, with no jug in sight. “Good to see your protective instincts are fully functional. No, I don’t think that’ll be necessary today. I just came to tell you that your mother’s flight lands in an hour, Tab. You should probably get dressed and ready to receive her.”

That certainly woke Tabitha up. The rush of adrenaline had her sitting bolt upright. “An hour? What in the world did you say to get her here so fast?”

Julie raised an eyebrow. “Does it matter?”

“On second thought, no. I actually don’t want to know. Thanks, Julie. We’ll be down for breakfast in a bit.”

When Julie left, Tabitha headed toward the shower. “I’ll join you,” JK offered. “Not for sexy times,” she said in response to Tabitha’s raised eyebrow. “I wish, but we don’t have time for that. Let’s just wash each other and get dressed.”

Their hands may have lingered on each other’s skin for slightly longer than necessary, but they got out of the shower in good time. Tabitha got dressed on one of her smarter outfits- very different to how she had been dressing the past few weeks, and did her hair and make up immaculately and advised JK on what to wear for her first meeting with the queen.

The two of them had a quick breakfast with Julie before going to the lounge to wait. They hadn’t been waiting long before the doorbell rang.

Tabitha took a deep breath and went to the door. There was her mother, two members of her British Police Protection Team standing behind her.

“Mom, thank you for coming.”

“Tabitha, what is going on? Are you okay?”