He swept his gaze up to meet mine and grinned. “You caved pretty easily.”
My eyes twinkled. “Well, when the reward is as good as this one...” I shrugged with a smile. Oh, I was so going to enjoy Brock. After the run-in with Calista, I was all for living life to the fullest—and that meant more sex with Brock. Lots more.
He met the mischief in my smile with his own, and our mouths crashed together in a furious kiss. My hands tangled in his hair as his hot hands swept down to my lower back, pressing me against the sign of how strong his desire for me was.
He slid fingers beneath the edge of my fresh crop top and then stilled completely.
“What? What is it?” I asked, breathless already.
Pressing his forehead against mine, he groaned and brought his fingertips, from where they were caressing the underside of my breasts, to the small of my back.
“Brock?” I prompted as he breathed heavily, trying to compose himself.
“It’s Ray. He says all the wolves are assembled and waiting for us.”
Now it was my turn to groan.
“I know, baby,” he said. “Trust me, I know.” He pressed a soft kiss to my lips, and just when I yearned for the kiss to deepen, he put a foot of space between us.
The look in his eyes told me it was as difficult for him to separate from me as it was for me from him, probably more so. He’d refused to leave my side since the pool incident, even driving with me in my Jeep to keep me safe. It was probably only because he was still visibly shaken from saving his baby mama from the bottom of a pool.
“We’d better go,” Brock said, “because if we don’t go right now, we’re not going at all.” His eyes held mine and I shivered at the promise in them.
“The sooner we go, the sooner we can get back.”
“That’s my girl,” he agreed, sending all sorts of warm fuzzies running the length of my body. He brought a hand to my belly, which barely showed signs of the life growing inside it, but I understood all he didn’t say. When he finally nodded and clasped my hand to lead me from his bedroom, my eyes were misty from the thought of all that I’d come close to losing today.
I walked wordlessly down the hall beside him.‘How’s Tianna doing?’I reached out to Cass.
The fae-witch was injured more badly than I’d realized, but by the time I’d left the cabin after changing into dry clothing, her magic had the wound under control and healing. And though I’d wanted to remain behind with my friends to make sure they were really okay after all we’d survived, they were happy to see me leave with the fuming alpha. It had been impossible to relax around him.
‘My girl’s doing better. She’ll need to take it easy for a few, but she’s made of tough stuff. She’s already coming up with spells to get back at the witches who did this to her,’Cass said. I smiled at the evident affection in his disembodied voice. My bestie had long enjoyed the fae, but he’d never allowed himself to fall for one before, not really.
Then again, Tianna was no ordinary woman.
‘Sorry she got hurt, Cass.’
‘No worries, Ev. My T’s already making eyes at me, checking out my goods. Her injury isn’t going to keep her down for long. In fact, I’m thinking I might just take her to Gran’s room and—’
‘Cass, no. Don’t say another word.’
Gross.
His chuckles traveled along our telepathic connection.‘Hey, I can’t help it if I’m this irresistible. I was made this way.’
‘What about Molly? Reo and Haru? They’re still all right?’I asked, before the conversation could digress any further.
‘‘Course they are. Molly’s on the couch, sandwiched between the two, giggling like a teenybopper. I think she’s dreaming of a threeso—’
‘Thanks for the update, Cass. Gotta go.’
Yikes. My bestie always had sex on the mind.
Cass’ deep laughter reached me just as Brock shot me a raised eyebrow look and pulled open the door to the deck leading off the kitchen.“You ready to meet the pack?” he asked.
Not really, no.I was the woman who kept endangering their alpha and the pack.
Rule number one of bounty hunting: never show your fear.
