Immediately, all traces of amusement disappeared from the guys.
Well, that escalated quickly.
“I probably imagined it,” I said.
Piney cracked his knuckles.“Or not.”
“Guys-”
Vin was already moving toward the tree line.
Prime followed.
Piney grinned at me.“If a murderous unicorn jumps out, yell real loud.”
I stared at him.“You are the least reassuring person I’ve ever met.”
“Thanks.”
The three of them spread out and disappeared into the woods while I turned slowly back toward Push.“This is ridiculous.”
“No,” he said calmly.“It’s caution.”
“It was a branch.”
“It could’ve been someone watching you.”
“It wasn’t.”
“You don’t know that.”
I opened my mouth.Closed it again.Damn him, he wasn’t wrong.I sighed heavily.“You really think somebody would sneak around the clubhouse just to stare at me dramatically from the woods?”
“Yes.”
Well, that answer came too fast.
I rubbed at my temple.“You’re all overreacting.”
Push crossed his arms over his chest.“Keeping you safe isn’t overreacting.”
The words settled strangely in my chest.Push didn’t say things romantically.Everything he said sounded like he was threatening somebody or giving directions during a bar fight.
Still, there was something solid underneath the words that got under my skin.
The woods stayed quiet while the guys searched around for several minutes.Eventually Prime’s voice called out from somewhere deeper in the trees.
“Nothing.”
“Probably because there was nothing,” I muttered.
Push ignored that too.
A few minutes later the guys reappeared from the woods looking disappointed they hadn’t discovered a lurking serial killer.
Piney pointed at me.“No giant unicorn.”
“Tragic.”
