"I can assure you, the last thing I want is to be laying in a coma somewhere or gone before I'm ancient by anyone's standards," Piper assured him. "I want you around for a very long time too."

Piper sighed into that kiss and deepened it, sliding her fingers into his hair before slowly pulling back. "We'll start re-training once you're back to full strength and Jordan is up and around." Knowing the other woman as well as she did, she had no doubt that Jordan would be in agreement. "Take them by surprise if they try to pull something like this again."

"I know and I don't like it any more than you do, David. We'll protect our family. We have a few months left until she's twenty-one and then we won't have to worry as much. But, in the meantime, if you have ideas of how to best proceed, I'm all ears and I know Ben will feel the same way."