“Can’t fool her, brother. She knows what her man is like.”
“Not my man.” I look toward the booth and see the two vampires now standing; one is toe to toe with Thorin.
Oh, you silly vamp.
“We’ll see.” This comes from Rush, with a hint of humor in his tone, but I do not look at him, keeping my gaze fixed on the group at the back.
His words bounce around my head, and I can’t make heads or tails of them. The vampire says something to Thorin, making him inch closer, but before he can retaliate, Winger steps in and defuses the situation.
I can feel the anger flowing off Thorin as he stomps my way.
Great, now I have to deal with his broody ass.
“Office, now,” he snaps at me as he walks past.
I scoff, crossing my arms and taking a stance that I am not following him. Stopping at the end of the bar, he looks back, noticing that I am not following him. He growls and my panties flood with arousal, which I can see and feel that he senses, as his eyes flicker gold mixed with the anger of red.
My nipples pebble as he marches toward me, and without speaking, he bends and throws me over his shoulder.
Yelping, I hear the bikers laugh, and customers clap and cheer, not knowing the context of him doing this to me.
“Dick her good; she needs it,” Monica calls out.
I frown at her, flipping her off for not even attempting to rescue me.
Thorin stomps up the stairs, taking two at a time, showing off that he is stronger and faster than most men. I huff, gripping the back of his cut. I know he won’t let me fall but for my own emotions’ sake, I need something to hold on to.
Entering the office, he slams the door shut. Setting me down on my feet so fucking hard, I almost topple over, but he grips my waist, stopping me.
“Oh, fuck off. You do not get to touch me,” I snap at him.
He is all growly. His brow is dipped; his nostrils are flaring and his fangs are descended.
Damn, he is hot.
Nope, stop being a horny bitch and tell him how angry you are at him, I chastise myself.
“It is too fucking dangerous for you to be working here. You need to quit.” His voice is deep and full of anger, but I know that not all of it is aimed at me.
Surely, he is not so stupid that he would demand this of me.
“Are you fucking with me? Because I swear I just heard wrong and you said that I have to quit my job,” I snap at him.
Crossing my arms, I pop a hip, giving him attitude that he is not used to getting from me. For years I would do things to keep the peace, to maybe get him to see that I am strong and good enough for him, but that did not work, so now he is getting the strong Delaney, the bitch who will not back down.
For a split second, his eyes flash wide, but he recovers, scowling at me again.
“Those cunts could have run at you, and you would not have seen them coming. They are old vampires, Delaney; they have speed that you will never see.”
“We all die someday, Thorin.” His eyes flash red, and I know that I have fucked up.Shit.
He charges me, forcing me backward until my back hits the wall.
I let out a littleumphas he nears.
His eyes blaze with both anger and desire—a look that I have not seen very often. The last time was when I got knocked over at the clubhouse during a bar fight, when brothers from another Kings’ charter arrived unannounced.
“You are a human with no powers, easily hurt or killed,” he growls, the sound licking at my skin, turning me on.
