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The memory of her lips ghosting over mine forced a stuttered breath from my lungs. Had me wanting things I knew I couldn’t want. Not from her.
“What are you doing here?” I asked instead.
“Hmm . . . I could ask you the same thing.” She leaned over to look in the direction of the bar, pressing her breasts against my arm. She was driving me fucking crazy. “Then again, I think I already have my answer.”
“Do you?” My tone was rough, my chest falling and rising in harsh jerks when she turned her face so her lips were directly in front of mine.
“She’s pretty.”
My eyes raked over her face, and I couldn’t say that I agreed.
Wild. Sexy. Sin. My own personal demon wrapped in this mysterious girl.
She was the poison I was afraid to touch and wanted to lose myself in.
Pretty couldn’t begin to describe her.
And then her words replayed in my mind. “Who?”
“The bartender you’ve had your eyes on since you walked in.” Hurt flashed through her eyes before they were dancing in the way that let me know she was going to infuriate me. “Know her?”
“She’s the reason I’m here.” I tilted my head a fraction closer and nearly groaned when she sucked in a sharp breath and her eyes filled with heat. “And unless you want to get stabbed, I suggest you move.”
She pulled her bottom lip into her mouth, that taunting laugh behind each word when she said, “Now that definitely sounds like something I can get behind. Or on top of. You can choose.”
I lowered my arm enough to expose the knife in my hand so the tip pressed against the base of her throat, and watched as her eyes widened with shock and admiration.
“I’ll give you that one.” She sat back, but stayed pressed close to me when I went back to watching Dare’s sister at the bar. “So, who is she?”
“Years of watching and you don’t know?”
“Well, she’s not your lost princess.”
I ground my jaw, but realized her taunt didn’t bother me as much as it had before. Not after my revelation. “She’s Dare Borello’s sister.”
Jessica was quiet so long that if I couldn’t feel her against me, I would’ve thought she’d left. “So, are you going to the dark side too?”
I twisted my neck to look at her. “That doesn’t help me think you’re not Mickey’s spy.” I cracked a smile when she rolled her eyes. “I’m not. I’m planning.”
“Talking to you is like pulling teeth.” She let herself fall back into the booth. “You give me the tiniest answers that create new questions. But do you offer an answer? No, of course not. Because that would be too simple. And you’re the furthest thing from simple. It’s really annoying.”
“You taunt and goad to make people mad,” I reminded her with a pointed look. “It’s irritating. It’s also not you.”
A wicked grin pulled at her lips. “You sure about that?”
I went back to watching the bar, my blood turning to ice when I saw a familiar face arrive.
“Hey there, Hulk. Calm down now. No need to go . . . oh.” What had started as teasing ended with worry. “Kieran, give me these.”
Dare was here. And he was alone.
No crew.
No Lily.
That darkness inside me nearly broke free.
Begging to fuel my rage.
