And were being intruders. Which…legally, that was exactly what they were doing.
She was just going to have to get over that. And do what had to be done. She had a caveman who needed taken care of. This was just their borrowed-for-the-night cave, that’s all.
She set out the supplies she’d found. She’d poked around in the closet of the master bedroom and found a few men’s things that should fit. They were for a big and tall guy, according to thetags. Well, that was Dom. She’d wash them herself and return to their original owner if needed.
Afterthis was finished. And normal happened again and everything.
She was trying really hard to ignore the fact that someone had ambushed him and tried to kill him tonight. They were seriously going to have to talk aboutwhythat had happened.
He was a cop. He would always face threats. That was something anyone involved in law enforcement had learned a long time ago.
That knowledge didn’t make it any easier, though.
He could have been killed tonight. How was she supposed to think about that?
68
There wasa knock on the bathroom door while he was still showering.
“I found some things. I think they are Hope’s brother-in-law’s. They should fit. He’s about your size. All big and muscly and hot. Just older. And blond.”
“About,” Dom stayed right where he was, the water rushing over him. Hell, he could almost smell that woman the instant the door had opened.
Damn it. He didn’t know if he could do this. Every instinct he had was screaming at him to just grab his woman and carry her off to the nearest bed. Andshowher what she did to him.
“Thanks.”
“I found the first aid kit. If…just hurry up, damn it. I’ll take care of your arm, and we can figure out what to do next.”
Well, his little shrew was getting cranky. It made him smile. She could get so edgy with him at times. Usually when she was feeling unsettled. “I’m good. Some tape to hold it together will be enough.”
“You were practically comatose when I was driving. Are you sure you’re okay? Tell me the truth, Dominic Vincent. I do not like it when you lie to me.”
Dom pulled the shower curtain back. “Being the nagging wife, sweetheart? If we have that kind of relationship, climb in here and check on my arm yourself. I have other parts you can…examine…if you want.”
“You’d be so lucky, jackass.”
Yes, yes he would. He wasn’t going to tell her that though. He rather thought she knew by now what she did to him. “Best get out of here, Madison. Right now. I am naked and feelingvulnerable,as Lake would say. Scram, before we end up like Powell and Gunnar, and all the rest of them.”
She almost growled. He laughed then. Nothing turned him on faster than pushing the shrew he adored’s buttons.
“Just hurry up, you ass.”
He heard the door close.
That was exactly what he’d wanted. He needed time to think about what was going to happen next. He wasn’t lost to the situation they were actually in. Right now, there wasn’t a whole lot of options. Half the people he would trust with her safety were injured themselves. Or he couldn’t get to them now.
There wasn’t any way in hell he would lead someone back to his own father or Madison’s mother and brother.
But he and Madison couldn’t stay here for long. Someone would see them, for one thing. And that would mean arrest by the Oklahoma authorities until things got sorted out. He couldn’t guarantee that the TSP who showed up to pick them up would be the good guys. Not with Daniel and Gunnar and Heather out, and Marshall stretched thin.
He wasn’t letting those sons-of-bitches get their hands on Madison.
Dom would kill every one of them himself if he had to, in order to keep that woman safe.
No matter what he had to do.
He finished the shower and dressed in the clothes she’d found for him. The sweatpants and sweatshirt would work—he and Heather’s brother-in-law were around the same size. That was all that mattered. They were older clothes and paint-stained, but they would do for tonight.
