I turned to him, eyes wide with panic. “I barely trust myself with a taser. I would shoot myself in the foot if I had a gun.”
He paused. “Well, I’d train you before I handed you a gun. But maybe we should just stick to your taser. No need for a gun when I’m carrying one,” he commented, way too casually.
He was carrying a gun. Why hadn’t I noticed that? I’d beenso distracted by his sheer size and dominating aura that I hadn’t realized he was armed. I really was oblivious. I needed to get better at taking in my surroundings if I wanted to stand any chance against?—
No, I’m not going there.
The elevator dinged, and the doors opened. With a deep breath, I stepped out, Bear following after me.
“So, is this where you tell me you have a pack of, like, thirty people, and I’m going to go hide under a bed?” I muttered.
“There are only three of us. You’ve met the entire pack—don’t worry.”
“Like I could forget Spencer,” I grumbled, making him laugh. “But who else do I?—”
“Whoa, am I going insane, or do I hear Bear laughing?” a voice said as a familiar, tall, blond alpha rounded the corner.
“Chase?” I asked, my voice strangled.
“Hey, Flora.” He smiled easily at me. “I’m sorry you’ve had a crap day, but I’m glad you’re here.”
Gaping at him, I tried to find the words to explain the myriad of thoughts and emotions running through me. Because it just couldn’t be. This was the alpha that I—oh my God, was the worldtryingto kill me? One knife-wielding bandit wasn’t enough; now I needed to die of mortification?
When he stepped forward to hug me, I retreated, glowering at him.
“You’ve been following me this entire time.” I eyed him hard, crossing my arms. “And you knew thatbeforeyou had sex with me.”
“Yeah… not my proudest moment,” Chase said bashfully.
Bear smacked him on the back of the head. “You fucking idiot. You’re making it sound like you regret sleeping with her.”
“So, what? You only had sex with me because of your job?” I said incredulously. “Oh God. You actually weren’t attracted to me, were you?! Why are you—nope. I’m done. That’s more than enough for today. I’m out.”
Chase’s eyes widened, and his hands came up in desperate surrender. “No! It’s not like that at all. I promise. I wasn’t supposed to sleep with you, but I met you, and you were so…amazing. I was—am—soattracted to you. I did sleep with you while we were already protecting you, though,” he rushed to say.
“I need to go homeright now,” I growled, turning to leave.
Bear’s arm came around my waist as another voice—painfully familiar—spoke. “You’re not going anywhere,” Spencer growled as he entered the room.
“Well, there you are,” I said, glowering at him. “Being in the same space as you isn’t exactlyappealing.”
“You’restayinghere. You’ll besafehere,” he said, that steely expression plastered all over his stupid, handsome face.
“Safe? You call getting seduced by an alpha who just wanted to get his rocks off with someone he was meant to be protectingsafe?” I rambled. “Oh God, and you guys are supposed to be professionals? No fucking way.”
Spencer stared at me with blank eyes, his brows coming together on confusion. “I assure you, weareprofessionals. We’re some of the top security personnel in the industry.”
Next to me, Bear groaned through a laugh, dragging a hand down his face, and Spencer shot him a confused look. What was that about?
“You can’t blame her for thinking we’re unprofessional, given our behavior of late,” Bear admitted. Turning to me, he continued, “While weareprofessionals, when it comes to you,we’ve been decidedlyunprofessional. There’s just something about you, sweetness. You do something to all of us.”
Pinching the bridge of my nose, I tried to think about anything but what Bear just said. “How long do you think it’ll be before I can go back to my place?”
“Someone tried to kidnap you at knifepoint less than an hour ago, so I think it’s going to be a while,” Spencer casually said, crossing his arms and raising his brows at me.
“I have a life. I have classes. You can’t just keep me locked up like some prisoner.”
“Then one of us will follow you to class at all times,” he insisted.
