Disclaimer: These characters aren't mine. I'm just borrowing, although I wish I could keep Ranger.

As always Thank you to Heather (Txbabefan) my wonderful Beta! She does such a wonderful job betaing these chapters and catching my mistakes!

Chapter 13

The End.

Smut warning...

Carlos POV:

Pissed wasn't even the beginning of how mad I was. Steph was shot today, while she was with me. I was supposed to be protecting her, but I didn't. I knew she was my partner, but I have the uncontrollable urge to keep her safe. She was mine now; I couldn't let anything happen to her.

I parked the SUV and Steph squeezed my forearm. I gave her a small smile and slid out. I walked around and helped her down. Her left arm in a sling. I was still surprised about what happened earlier. Steph had been hanging between the rails holding on with her left hand and shooting with her right. She was shot in the left shoulder but managed to hang on and not fall.

Tank and Rage slid out following. We now had the perfect excuse for them to be with us other than loading weapons. Since Steph had been shot today it wouldn't raise as much suspicion. I tried to talk Steph into staying behind but after one look she silenced that argument, argument, but I had gotten her to agree to wear a gun on her hip instead of hiding one and agreeing to go with Rage if there was a fire fight.

We approached Perez who stood with five guards. My blood boiled. I had listened to the discussion between him and Steph earlier. I was proud of the way she had handled herself.

"Ms. Daniels," Perez started. "What happened to your arm?"

We stood just a few feet from him. My arm wrapped around Steph's waist. She held her chin up high.

"A misunderstanding." She said coolly. I squeezed her hip in my hand.

"Hmmm." Perez said his eyes assessing both me and Steph. "The money?"

He could very clearly see Tank standing slightly to my left and behind me holding the duffell in his hand. I glanced at Tank before looking at Perez. "We want to examine the shipment before giving you the cash. Our buyers will be here in a few minutes to examine it themselves," I said.

Perez didn't look happy, but he nodded in agreement. Soon we saw a ship approaching and two of Perez's men left to go help them dock. Soon the shipment was unloaded. We approached it as a SUV pulled up; I knew it was Taylor and Les.

They got out and approached, before being stopped by Perez's men for a patdown searching for listening devices. They both wore expensive suits, which was a given for Taylor but Les was wearing one of my Armani suits. I felt the urge to roll my eyes.

"Mr. Perez." Taylor said in a smooth southern accent. "It's nice to meet you."

Taylor reached out to shake Perez's hand. "I'm Christian Parker," he said. "This is my associate, Adrian Rodriquez."

"Let's skip the formalities," Perez said, gruffly. "They've already unloaded the shipment."

The crates sat a few feet off of the dock. They were already opened, and their contents could be seen. Approaching them, Taylor and Les picked up a few of the weapons and examined them. Steph and I stood off to the side watching.

There was a young man with Perez; he was one of the men that had unloaded the crates. He looked jumpy. Every time someone moved his hand moved closer to the gun on his hip. I glanced at Tank he had noticed it also. Squeezing Steph's hip, I nodded to the man, and she nodded. I watched as she glanced at Rage and tapped her fingers on her thigh in a pattern. I had to smile. Looks like Steph and her partner had developed their own type of ESP.

Les picked up one of the guns and turned to Perez, pointing the gun at the ground. The kid however jumped and pulled his gun aiming down the barrel at Les, his hands shaking. "Fuck," I muttered softly. The rest of Perez's men started to reach for their guns.

Mine was in my hand as I pushed Steph behind me. Rage and Tank pulled theirs followed by Les and Taylor pulling guns. from shoulder holsters.

"This went sideways pretty quick," Steph said from behind me. I saw her gun in her good hand aimed down at the ground.

"Now let's all put the guns down," Perez said.

"Your men pulled them first," I said. Perez looked at his men and motioned for them to holster their weapons. Once they were put away ours followed slowly.

"The money?" Perez said. "My men will help load the shipment."

Taylor nodded and Tank handed the money to one of Perez's men after I motioned for him to do so. One of Perez's men brought out a forklift, carrying the two crates with our shipment in it, leaving the other three sitting on the dock still. We watched as the weapons were loaded into the two SUV's and when we were almost done that's when shit went down.

We didn't hear the sirens until they were on top of us. A helicopter was in the air, men sliding down from ropes dressed in black SWAT gear. SUVs and marked cop cars sliding to a stop, officers jumping out with guns drawn. Steph stood beside me her hand behind her head, the other still in the sling, and I followed. I recognized most of the cops and SWAT teams around us since they were working with us.

"This is your fault!" Perez shouted at me and Steph. He waved his gun in the air and I watched as one of the men shot it from his hand. I glanced over and Ram nodded to me.

"I will get you back for this!" Perez yelled.

"Your You're not the only one getting arrested." Steph yelled at him. "Why would we bring the cops? They want us just as much as they want you."

"Get on your knees." Yates told us. I watched Steph drop to her knees and I followed. We were quickly disarmed and then cuffed. Well, Steph wasn't, but there was a cop standing right on top of her since they couldn't.

We were led to an SUV, one of Interpol's, as Yates pushed us into the backseat. He climbed in and Bobby followed him. I was uncuffed and Steph smiled at me.

"That was a close call," Yates said.

"There were to many close calls." I said. I looked at Bobby. "Did you find anything on the men that came after us earlier?"

"Well, all of them currently reside on Stark Street. They are all associated with each other but aren't associated with any gang. They don't have a link to Morelli, but we all know how often he works on Stark."

I heard Steph sigh. I slid her over to me and took her hand in mine. She smiled gently before closing her eyes. "He's never going to leave us alone," she said. "Why isn't the chief doing anything?"

"Because Morelli's one of his top detectives. We're going to have to take this higher," I said kissing the top of her head.

"Maybe we should involve Uncle Joe," she said. I shook my head.

"I don't want to play that card just yet," I said. She shook her head.

"Then who Carlos? I'm tired of being harassed by Morelli. I just want to live my life." She said. I pulled her close and laid a chaste kiss on her lips.

"We will Babe. I swear. We're going to be talking to the police chief. I'll get a meeting with him," I said. She nodded. "For now, let's go home and enjoy get some rest."

Yates drove us to Rangeman and picked up his agent and Romano and I was glad to have them out of the building. Steph and I stumbled into the penthouse, and she walked into the kitchen. She kicked off her boots and I watched as she reached up into one of the cabniets and pulled out a Tastykake. I shook my head and opened the fridge, finding two covered plates.

I looked back at Steph and smiled. Ella had left us a surprise. Setting them on the counter, I opened them. One revealed a triple layer chocolate cake and the other a parfait. Steph grinned and finished the Tastykake quickly before finding two forks and handing me one.

She dug into her cake, and I grinned at the noises she made as she ate. I sat my parfait on the counter. I grabbed her hips and set her on the countertop. I slid open her legs and stepped between her legs pulling her close. Her plate between us. She looked down at her cake and then up at me swallowing the bite.

"This is a really tough decision," She said softly. I watched as her eyes darkened to a deep blue. Desire swirling in her eyes. I grinned.

"Let me make it for you," I said. I swiped my finger through the icing and ran it along her throat. My lips found her chocolate covered skin, sucking and licking at her neck and collecting all of the icing. She moaned and her hand shook as she set the plate on the counter. Her hand tangled in my hair, and she pulled me closer as my lips explored.

"Carlos," She moaned. I wrapped her legs around my hips carrying her to the bedroom. I stood her up at the end of the bed and stripped her of her clothes careful of her arm. She stood panting in front of me and reached for me. I shook my head and picked her up laying her on the bed. I stood and stripped my clothes crawling onto the bed and settling between her legs.

My lips found hers and she whimpered. I pulled back. "Am I hurting your arm Babe?"

"No," she said. "I need you Carlos."

"And you'll have me," I said with a wolf grin. I wrapped her legs around my waist and brushed my cock against her. She rocked her hips against me. I groaned and grabbed her hips, holding them to the bed.

"Not yet Babe," I said. She groaned and I kissed her neck and down her chest. Her hand tangled in my hair, and I kissed over her stomach.

"Carlos!" She moaned. I chuckled.

"Yes, Babe?"

"Stop teasing." She groaned. My lips found the inside of her thigh nipping at the skin before moving to the other. I finally made my way higher, separating her outer lips. I moaned looking down at her. My finger circled her clit causing her to buck her hips. I chuckled as my tongue roamed over her clit circling, flicking it before nipping it with my teeth. She let out a strangled scream before her hand tangled in my hair and she pulled me up. She rolled me, holding her left arm close to her body.

Her soft hand closed around my cock, and she stroked me slowly. She looked up at me, with hooded eyes biting her lip. She raised and sank down on me. I growled and grabbed her hips with my hands. I was mesmerized as she rode me slowly, rotating her hips

Her breast bounced softly with every thrust. She clenched around me every time she lowered on me, grinding her clit against my pelvis. She gasped with each thrust; her nails dug into my chest as she rode me.

Then my phone rang. Steph locked eyes with me and I knew I had to make a decision. I ignored it and grabbed her hips again rolling mine up to meet hers. Her head dropped forward, and she took in a ragged breath.

My phone rang again, and Steph growled. She pulled off of me and I groaned. "Babe," I growled. "Get back here."

She grabbed my phone from my pocket and tossed it to me. "Steph," I said.

"Answer the phone. If they keep calling it must be important." She sighed. She walked into the closet, and I answered the phone.

"What?" I growled.

"We've got a break in at Julliete's Jewelry."

"Fuck." I muttered. Steph walked back into the bedroom. She put her arm back in the sling. I hung up with Tank.

"I'm sorry, Babe." I said. She nodded. She stood between my legs and cupped my cheek.

"Its fine Carlos. I know your job's important. Sometimes these things happens. I knew this before we started dating. I accept that and I can deal with it," she said, kissing me softly. "How soon do you need to leave?"

"About twenty minutes," I said. She grinned and sank down to her knees. Her hand gripped my thigh as her mouth took the head of my cock between her lips.

My hands tangled in her hair. "Babe," I groaned. She pulled away to run her tongue along the bottom, tracing the thick vein before tongue the slit at the tip. I bucked my hips and she grinned taking me back into her mouth. I watched her take a deep breath before taking me even further and I tried to hold still and keep from thrusting into her mouth.

A few hours later I slipped into bed behind Steph, and in the early morning hours before dawn I made slow, tender love to her until we both collapsed from exhaustion.

Despite the Chapter name this isn't the end of the Story! I promise!

Thank you to everyone who has reviewed. I'm glad your all enjoying the story. Don't forget when we get to the actual end of this story Married Life is the sequel... If you feel like I've abandoned ML I haven't I just wanted to get TFS out there first before I continued on with the rest of Carlos and Stephanie's story!