AfterI deal with whoever is here at this ungodly hour.
I ignored all my notifications as I brought up the stream from my porch cameras.
Fuck.
Without a second—or even first—thought, I took off toward the front door. My socked feet slid as I came to a stop with an ungracefulthudthat rattled the locks I was working to disengage. My frantic question spilled out before I even had the door fully open. “Why’re you here before the sun is up?”
“It’s ten. It’s just cloudy as hell.”
Oops.
To be fair, I wasn’t late. We’d agreed that I would come in for the last day of fake training at one.
Yet there he was, showered and dressed.
“Okay, why are you here?” I corrected since it was far from sunrise.
“Glitch just texted. He said he found something odd.”
“Did he say what?” I asked because in my line of work, that could be a latch partially undone or a severed head.
“Something with the wiring.”
That was better than appendages.
“I’ll get ready real quick and meet you there.” I tried to close the door, but a shitkicker biker boot blocked my way.
“I’ll drive.”
If something was off, it was smarter for us to ride together. “Okay, I’ll text you when I’m ready.”
But he didn’t return to his house. The heavy wood was pushed open, and Rhys was there.
In my space.
Thank God I cleaned up before bed last night.
That would’ve been embarrassing.
His eyes dropped to the gun in my hold. “Do you always extend such a warm welcome?”
“To men who show up unexpectedly on my doorstep? Yes,” I said honestly.
“Is that a common occurrence?”
“No.” I closed and locked the door. “Usually, there’s a schedule the men stick to so I know when to expect everyone. Otherwise, a line forms, it becomes a fire hazard, I have to get a special permit for that size gathering. It’s a whole headache.”
I thought I was funny.
I was clearly the only one since it was silence behind me.
His lack of humor wasn’t my problem. More than that, I kind of liked the fact I’d left him speechless. I was feeling pretty damn proud of myself as I made my way across the room.
“Lo,” he called, breaking the moment just as I neared the hall.
I paused and looked back at him.
His mouth was curved into a smirk as his oceanic blue-green eyes scanned down my body like something corporal. Visceral.
