“Unexpected, too. But...exactly what I needed.”
He swallowed, the look in his eyes promising he spoke of more than just the ride on his bike.
So, I swung my leg over, the temptation of all he offered too great to resist.
“Fuck it. Let’s do this.”
“Together,” he assured me. “I’m right here. I’m with you.”
As I wrapped my arms around his waist, my heart raced.
Butterflies fluttered to life in my belly as he started the engine, but I held onto him tightly and closed my eyes.
I focused on the soft cotton of his shirt under my cheek, the rise and fall of his abs beneath my fingertips, and the length of his thighs pressing against mine.
Slowly, he pulled away from Pendragon Estate.
And I waited to see where my leap of faith might lead.
Max Dread
Iwoke up in Quinn’s bed, blinking to clear the weird dream from my head.
I’d been on a mountaintop fighting some creepy guy with six fingers on his hand.
It was weird as fuck.
My heart pounded in my chest as words I kept repeating in the dream replayed in my head.
He killed her, and he needed to die.
I searched for the chain around my neck, pulling out the pendant I’d been given as a boy.
My prize for a choice I’d never wanted to make.
But it was only a dream. Some weird mashup of Quinn’s book morphed by my overtired brain in sleep.
She was still alive.
I’d know if she wasn’t. I’d feel it. And I’d hear from that bastard as soon as she was gone, either way.
My phone buzzed on the mattress beside me, as if cued by my thoughts. I narrowed my gaze at the screen.
My father.
Another thorn in my side, making demands for attention.
Unable to shake the dream, I swiped to answer instead of sending him to voicemail a few times first. “What?”
“You’ve been ignoring my calls, Maxwell.”
“I’ve been busy,Dad.Or did you forget I’m in the middle of The Quest? Stuck playing babysitter to your darling King and his bestie.”
He sighed like he always did. “Any concerns?”
“No, or I would’ve called you.”
I practically heard his hackles rise on the other end of the line. “If you’re hiding things from me, Max, there will be consequences. I’m already dealing with a lot of pushback about thisplan. Questions from V?—”
