"Like the movies? Over the mouth?"
"Pretty much. We don't want to leave a trail of bodies behind." I'm not sure that's true for Killian, but he's being a gentleman for me.
"Right. I hadn't thought about what we'd do if a person tried to stop us."
"Someone will try and stop me. We're going in two different entrances." I can tell he's not excited about this.
“We are?”
“You keep your sweet ass in that lobby area. I’ll go in the back in case it’s not so easy for Lily to get out. Then I’ll go in.”
“You sound so badass." I reach out to touch one of the vials, but Killian’s hand wraps around my wrist, stopping me.
“That’s a big no.”
“Why? I was just going to touch it.”
“Like you were only going to hold your taser.” His eyebrow shoots up, and he gets that questioning look on his face.
What the hell? I throw my hands up. “You still won’t let that go?!” He’s obviously going to keep bringing up that one little mistake I made with the taser for all eternity.
“It was yesterday.”
"Whatever," I mutter, popping up from my seat. "I need to get my things ready too." I spin around to head to the bedroom but get nowhere, as I expected. His arm is around me from behind, and he pulls me back into his hard, warm body.
"Zolotse."
I turn in his arms. "I'm only messing with you." I kiss his chin. "Probably for the best I don't touch them."
"I don't want to hurt your feelings. I still want to track down all the kids from your school that hurt you and beat them into the ground."
I snort a laugh. "And that's why I was only teasing. I know everything you do is with my best interest in mind."
"Thank you, Zolotse."
Intent is everything. He relaxes. It's insane to see how much of what I do and say affects him. I'm still taking my taser, but I'm not going to bring that up.
We finish getting ready before we head out. I don't get that nervous energy until we're in the SUV. Killian goes over everything again with me. Roland already came through with the plane.
"You will stay in the lobby, Zolotse," Killian tells me.
"I will." I nod adamantly. "You don't need to worry about me." His brows rise, and I know that was the wrong thing to say. "Really, I'll stay put until you tell me to move my booty."
Killian presses his forehead to mine. "I love you, Zolotse."
"I love you too." I press my mouth to his.
Killian might have done underhanded things to get me, but they'd all been done with sweetness, and no harm was intended. Right now, he's going up against a person that he shouldn't be. They have worked together in the past, but he's doing it for me. The man is willing to change his whole life for me. That tells me all I need to know about how much he cares for me.
"Five minutes," he tells me before I slip out of the SUV.
I fire off another text while I wait the longest five minutes of my life, but Lily doesn't message me back. She did thirty minutes ago when she said Tristan left, but maybe she's not taking the time to respond and is focusing on getting out.
Killian has Lily's number too, so they can message if need be.
Finally, it's go time, and I slip on my sunglasses and make sure my crown is in place before I power on my lightsaber and enter the building.
The two men behind the giant marble desk stand, their attention right on me. The lobby is pretty dead.
