Unfortunately, my cock had other things to say about that. Fucker straining in my jeans and aching for a replay of last night.
Stupid, going there. Letting myself cross that line.
Because now that I’d done it, I didn’t think I was ever going to stop wanting to do it again.
Her sweet scent and her soft skin and the taste of?—
Otto cracked up. “Sure, brother. You’re as cool as a fucking cucumber over there.”
I roughed a flustered hand through my hair. “Only thing that matters is keeping them safe. From her bastard exandfrom my world,” I reiterated, before my voice dipped in emphasis. “Worried one of them caught up to us last night.”
They all went rigid when I said it, the easiness draining away in a beat. “How so?” River demanded.
I blew out some of the strain, but it didn’t do anything to relieve the tension. “Thought I saw something in the woods last night after I got back from Sanctum’s meeting.”
“Thought?” Kane hissed, then his eyes blew wide when he suddenly noticed the gash taped closed on my temple. “Someone get to you?”
The shake of my head was harsh. “No. At least I don’t think so. I took off into the woods, trying to find whatever it was that I saw or sensed. It was pitch as fuck out. Tripped and fell down a ravine and busted myself up a bit.”
At least, that’s what I thought had happened. But I couldn’t shun the idea that it might have been more. That someone might have been right there, under my nose.
“And you didn’t see anything?” Theo pressed.
I ground my molars. “Nothing. Spent most of the night replaying footage and searching for something out of the ordinary, but I didn’t see anything.”
Didn’t mention the fact that the other part of it had been spent devouring Daisy.
Touching her.
Her touching me.
Taking her in a way that I had no right to.
Had almost crumbled and went back into my room so I could have her in every way I needed.
Didn’t know how the fuck I gathered the willpower to stop myself, but somehow, I managed to keep my ass in my chair so I could surveil the property the way I was supposed to do.
My only purpose guarding Daisy and those kids.
Not dipping my dick into the sweetest pussy I’d ever tasted.
“Could it have been an animal or something?” Kane suggested.
I huffed in discomfort. “I suppose it could have been anything. But I got that sense that somethin’ wasn’t right.”
River angled closer. “And all of us know never to ignore that intuition.”
I gave a tight nod. We’d all been through the most brutal shit. Had faced the wicked just as sure as we’d become the wicked ourselves.
Had been in so many situations where evil reigned that we could now scent it.
Feel it crawling over our flesh and winding into our bloodstreams.
A little cry suddenly erupted from the portable crib set up on the far-right side of the room.
Otto went from burly, raging beast to fucking heart eyes and smitten in a beat. “Sounds like Little Luna needs her daddy.”
The brute went stalking that way, and he dipped down and swooped his baby girl up. “There’s Daddy’s Little Luna. Did you have a good nap? Yes, you did, didn’t you?”
