“You realize when you think really hard, you get two lines right here?” Laikyn traced between my brows.
I caught her hand in mine. “Woman, you are a menace to society.” With ease, I placed her back into the passenger seat.
“You say the nicest things.” Laikyn buckled up.
I tucked myself back into my jeans, wishing the trip was over. As I watched, a shiver wracked Laikyn’s frame. “Are you cold?”
She ran her hands up and down her arms. “Have you ever heard the saying about someone just stepping over your grave?”
I hung my hand over the wheel and stared at Laikyn, unsure how to answer her. I was sure I didn’t like the thought that someone would be anywhere near Laikyn, especially if they had plans to hurt her. I couldn’t imagine a life without her. Knowing the saying meant someone had walked over the place she would someday be laid to rest, made all my inner warnings flare to life. I opened my senses, searching for the unknown, but didn’t get anything other than Laikyn and me.
“Let’s just get home. You are going to outlive me, or I’ll tan your hide.”
“That sounds like a promise,” she said, leaning closer to my side.
If it wasn’t for the console separating us, I knew without a doubt I’d have her snuggled up next to me.
I didn’t want to freak out, but the same eerie feeling I’d had at my apartment flared as Kellen and I had been sitting alongside the road. I believed it wasn’t my two ex-co-workers, but the fear of the unknown was much worse. The fact that I had no clue they were part vampire, and couldn’t sense them or smell them, worried me. I trusted Kellen to protect me, but how could you protect against something you didn’t know was there? Hell, I’d never seen the man who lived across the hall. If I had, I didn’t remember.
Making a mental note to call Damien and Lucas to find out more at the first opportunity, I let myself relax and enjoy the rest of the trip. Kellen let me choose what we listened to on the radio, shocking me. We both enjoyed the same type of music.Our choices ranged from rock to newer country and even classic rock. He said he got all stabby when pop music came on, which made me laugh.
“So, you don’t like the Biebs?” I asked with a yawn.
“The who?” Kellen signaled for their exit.
Laughing, I turned up the radio on the song by the artist in question. “I think he has the voice of an angel.”
The big bad Alpha rolled his eyes. “I’d snap his ass in two with one hand.”
I snorted. “Of course, you can. But can you sing like that?” I asked, nodding toward the radio.
“Nope. Don’t need to. I can fuck like a machine. He can sing all night long. Whereas I can fuck all night long. I call that a win-win. I’ll take my expertise over his any day.”
His words had me squirming. I watched him inhale. The blue of his eyes turned brighter. “I can smell you. The taste of you is still fresh in my mind. Would you like to listen to him sing while I’m buried deep inside you, Mon Chaton?”
And just like that, I was ready to leap over the seat and have my wicked way with him. “You are making me a right hussy, you know that? I mean, seriously. I think I’ve thought of sex like a dozen times in the past two years, and each time was when I thought of you. I’ve thought of nothing but sex since I saw you again.”
He ran his hand up my inner thigh, stopping between and pressing. “I bet you are wet.”
I didn’t even think of lying. “Of course, I am.”
The lights from the Iron Wolves Club were lit up with the parking lot full of cars and trucks, and a multitude of bikes. Kellen continued driving till he reached the back lot where the apartments were located. Disappointment hit me that he hadn’t taken me, and the trailer filled with my belongings directly to his place.
“I need to stop here for a few, then we’ll head home. We’ll store the trailer in my barn. Do you want to come inside with me or wait out here?”
I wondered if he’d read my mind. My walls were up with no signs of cracks in my mind. Even the twins couldn’t breach them, which, given they were hybrids, was obviously quite the feat. “I’d better call my parents and let them know I’m back. I’ll meet you inside in a few.”
Kellen leaned over and kissed me hard and quickly. “If you’re not there by the time I finish, I’ll come back. It shouldn’t take more than ten, maybe fifteen minutes.” He hopped out, striding back to the other vehicle. Rowan and Lyric stayed inside with Syn, but Bodhi hopped out, a scowl on his face.
I opened my door and walked back to speak to the others. “What’s up with Bodhi?”
Syn shrugged her shoulders. “No effing clue. He was silent most of the trip, save for some tapping on his phone. If I didn’t know better, I’d say he had a mate somewhere.” Hurt flashed across the gorgeous younger woman’s features.
I stood on the running board. “Don’t do what I did and run away for years. You don’t want to lose two years of your life. Trust me on that.”
“Hey, it’s no biggie. Rowan, you guys think you can handle unloading and all that, then bring my rig to me tomorrow? I’ll catch a ride home with one of my friends. I could use a drink or twenty.” Syn’s smile didn’t reach her eyes.
“Let Kellen know, but yeah, I got this.” Rowan agreed.
