One moment I was standing defiantly in the mud, the next I was hauled upside down over his shoulder, his arm a solid band across the backs of my thighs, pinning me in place as if I weighed nothing. “Put me down!” I pounded my fists against his back, each hit useless against the granite hardness of his body. “This is assault! Kidnapping! I’ll have you arrested for—” My threat choked off when his palm pressed against my ass, fingers spreading dangerously close to the edge of my underwear. Heat shot straight through me, unwelcome and undeniable. A sharp gasp escaped before I could stop it. “Keep struggling,” Kane said as he carried me toward the cabin. “See what happens.” His thumb brushed along the top of my panties, and I bit back a sound that would have destroyed what little dignity

