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“Before you freak out, Leagh, listen to me.We don’t know for sure that this has anything to do with you.The guy may have had a beef with Mika, or the club, and just happened to pick your car.”
“He wired it with explosives?”The visual of shoving my key into the ignition, turning the engine over, and a deadly ball of fire exploding into the night sky filled my brain.If James hadn’t been paying attention to the security feed in Mika’s office, I’d be dead.
Tony wrapped his arms around me and pulled me in close.
“I said don’t freak out, Leagh.We’ll find this nut-sack and get some answers,” James assured.
“Did you get any leads from the license plate?”Tony asked.His tone weighed with anxiety.
“Yep.A half dozen officers are headed to the address pulled from the registration as we speak.Chief sidelined me, said it was a conflict of interest for me to work on this.I told him I just wanted five minutes alone with the prick when they brought him in.But he wouldn’t go for that, either.”
“If this was meant for Leagh, I’ll be at the head of the line, regardless what your chief says,” Tony growled.
Listening to the men posture, I didn’t give a rat’s ass who beat the crap out of the bad guy first.I just needed to know which evil was after me: Matt or Hayden.Dread, thick and dark, thundered through my veins along with the urge to run.Glancing at the casts weighing on my arm and leg, I knew my options were limited.Tinges of hopelessness joined in the swirling fray, and trying to keep a lid on the panic swelling inside grew more difficult by the second.
“I’ve asked a couple my detective friends to pay Hayden and Sloane a visit to see if they might have had a hand in this.I’m going to ride over with them, but I’ll have to wait in the fucking car.I’ll call you back as soon as I have more news.”
“Thanks for keeping us in the loop, man,” Tony replied before ending the call.
As he moved away and pocketed his phone, I reached for the crutch by the side of the bed.
“Where do you think you’re going?”he asked, gripping my wrist.
“I have to get out of here.”Fear coated my words.“Someone is trying to kill me.If that blast had gone off, it would have destroyed Genesis.I can’t stay here if it’s going to put all your lives at risk.I have to find somewhere safe to go…and I need to do it now!”
“Easy, baby,” Tony soothed, releasing my hand.“We’ll get some answers soon.But until we know what’s going on, you’ve got to try to stay calm.You’ll drive yourself crazy with what ifs.I won’t let anyone hurt you.Come on, sweetheart, try to pull yourself together.”
“I can’t!”I gasped.Panic took over, and I shoved him away.“You’ve got to help get me out of here.Please.”
With single-minded purpose, Tony crawled onto the bed.Crowding me with his chest, he pressed against me until I lay flat.Straddling my thighs with his, he gathered up my wrists and pinned them above my head.Looming over me, he lowered his body on top of mine.
Even in the throes of unmitigated fear, desire coiled like a snake low in my belly.Determination lined his face as he leaned in and captured my mouth.I didn’t think anything could redirect my terror, but his potent kiss did just that.Cocooned in his strength and swayed by his lips, I found my salvation.
He tasted like a lifeline of sanity.
Absorbing the heat of his hulking body, I sipped on his slick tongue.Every humid breath Tony exhaled became a tender mercy I greedily sucked into my own lungs.
His kiss drained my fears and twisted them into desire.He imprisoned me in passion and power.
Tony claimed my mouth—owned it—owned me.
Sliding his hands beneath the edge of my robe, he pushed the silk aside.Exposed to the cool air and sensual glide of Tony’s palms, my nipples pebbled.Wedging his knee between my legs, he roughly parted my thighs and swallowed my whimper of surrender.As he skimmed his fingers up my slick folds, I groaned.Driving a finger inside my wet tunnel, his thumb found my clit, and I tightened around him as he swallowed my gasp.Without a shred of modesty, my knees fell open, and I arched into his hand.
Trailing hot kisses over my jaw and down my neck, he paused, nipping at my pulse point.Squeezing a second finger alongside the other, his touch left my body quivering.
“What else do you need to tell me, sweetheart?”he growled against my throat.
“Nothing.Please.Don’t stop, Tony.I don’t have any more secrets.I swear.”
Tony raised his head.Savage hunger, wild and ruthless, flickered across his dark, hooded eyes.Imprisoned by his ardent pull, I longed for him to unleash the beast clawing inside him and let it devour me.
“Ah, there’s still one secret you’re keeping from me.”Tony’s eyes narrowed as his jaw ticked.
Sexually saturated neurons misfired in my brain and made it hard for me to concentrate.There is nothing left to tell him.
“Tell me, angel.Are you ready to belong to me?To bemine?”
“Yes,” I hissed, his masterful fingers strumming incessantly.
