“Everyone armed?” Dylan asked, and I could see that he was armed to the fucking hilt. Three guns, multiple blades, and at least one heavy duty taser. None of the weapons would be obvious to most people, but I was trained to assess my targets.
Right now, Dylan was a one-man killing machine.
Scary motherfucker.
“Yep, got my babies,” Jasper said patting his long wool coat.
“Me too,” Evan added.
“You know I am,” I said.
“Yes!” Riley said, sounding excited.
Dylan’s smile was a touch too fucking familiar as he watched her, but now wasn’t the time for this conversation again. It could wait. Today we needed to be a seamless team. And it definitely made me feel better to know she wasn’t walking around in this world unarmed. We would be there for her as much as possible, but as recent situations proved, sometimes the enemy got around us.
Not today though. I knew exactly who the enemy was, and I would not let my guard down for a second.
The mental war had already begun. And knowing Delta, the physical war wouldn’t be far behind.
28
Iwas surrounded by four tall, gorgeous, suit clad dudes. The sort of guys that were scary and lethal, but also sweet and kind. This should have been the start of some wicked fantasy, instead we were walking into a nightmare.
My gut would not calm down, not for the entire elevator ride, or for the twenty minutes in the black car with its blacked-out window, or even when Beck’s hand dropped to my bare thigh, caressing it up and down in a soothing and arousing manner.
I couldn’t shake the darkness.
At one point, I actually wondered if I was going to throw up, but when I got the window down and some fresh air filtered around my face, the sensation subsided.
Beck didn’t say anything comforting, maybe he didn’t want to actually lie because none of us knew how this was going to go, but he did keep his arm around me, occasionally pressing his lips to my head.
When the car finally pulled to a halt, the five of us remained where we were for a minute.
“We stay close,” Beck warned, his voice low. “No matter what they do, don’t let them separate us. Especially not Riley.”
“None of us!” I bit right back. “If we’re going down, I’m going down with all of you.”
Jasper nodded. “Family.”
“Always,” Evan added.
Beck’s lips smashed into mine for a moment, and I gasped into the kiss. It was rough and perfect, and there was a scary feel of goodbye to it.
“I love you,” I whispered. Before he could say anything, I turned to the others. “I love you all. Don’t do anything stupid. Promise me.”
Whole fucking lot of them thought they were invincible.
For once, no one joked around, they just nodded. “We promise, Riles,” Dylan said, and then he opened the door.
They clearly had this planned, because Beck caught my arm, making sure he exited first. Then he shut the door in my face.
I swung around to Evan and Jasper. “What the fuck is happening? Are they going in alone?”
Evan patted my shoulder. “Calm yourself, Bulma. Vegeta just wants to play the hero and make sure everything is safe before you walk into danger.”
I narrowed my eyes on them. “Are you fucking kidding me? Right after I told them not to do anything stupid.”
Jasper laughed, like the hyena fuck he was. “Yeah, did you notice that Beck agreed to nothing. Asshole is sneaky.”
