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The wind died down.
“I changed my mind. You’re staying with me,” he grumbled. “Put your hands on my waist.”
“I really don’t want to?—”
“It wasn’t a request, Fireball. Hands on my waist.”
I huffed, but did as he’d commanded.
His body was strong beneath my fingers, like the man was made out of stone. He didn’t feel warm to me, given my ridiculously-sweaty self, but he still felt good.
A tiny, itty-bitty part of me wished he hadn’t found another shirt, so I could’ve put my hands on his bare skin.
I wasn’t about to acknowledge that part, though.
“Did they bring pants?” I asked, my voice muffled against his back.
“No.”
So there were five hot, naked supernatural men in what was basically my new front yard.
Lovely.
“Should I be scared?” I asked, not feeling scared.
Mostly, I just felt like my hands were on the sexiest man alive.
But I was ignoring that, too.
“No. I won’t let them hurt you, and if they try, my brothers will take my side.”
So it would be three to three. Not great odds, but good enough that I didn’t have to worry, at least.
“Great,” I said.
His hand remained on my hip as he walked down the porch steps, still holding me close enough to his back that he could catch me if I stumbled.
Then again, I’d probably just fall right into his back if I tripped.
And I’d probably like it.
Sigh.
We made our way out to the guys. I saw five shadows around the same heights and size, and thankfully, none of the shadows showed anything steamy.
Figuratively or literally.
“Well, it looks like you started heat,” a masculine voice said, with humor. It reminded me of August’s.
“Shut up, Eli,” another guy grumbled. His voice didn’t sound like August’s.
“The fire in his eyes is enough evidence. Gordon, check her skin,” a third man said. Like the first, he sounded similar to August. I had to think those two were probably his brothers.
My skin?
August had said they’d need to take my temperature somehow.
One of the shadows moved, and a guy stepped up in front of August. August’s hand snapped out, blocking him before he could get any closer to me. “Reach up, Elodie.”
