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“What can I say? I’m a hot commodity,” he jokes with a wink.
“And entirely modest,” I reply with a heavy dose of sarcasm.
“You ain’t jealous?”
“Funnily enough, no. Should I be?” I ask, smiling at him from behind my bottle of beer.
“Nah, there’s only one person who’s got my sole attention, and it ain’t that beefcake,” Beast replies, snatching my bottle of beer and downing the rest of it in one long gulp.
“Is that so?” I ask, backing up as he pins me against the kitchen island with his hips and places the empty bottle of beer on the counter behind me.
“You know it, baby.”
“Baby. You’re using that a lot lately…Daddy,” I murmur.
“Why the fuck does that turn me on so much?”
“I don’t know. Daddy kink?” I reply, holding in a laugh.
“The only kink I have is ayoukink. We’ve already established that,” he replies, grabbing my hips and lifting me up, causing a light laugh to break free from my lips. I wrap my legs around his waist, my arms slung over his shoulders as I grin down at him.
“Is that so?”
“You know it!” he growls, pressing a kiss against my neck, his hands kneading my arse. But as he continues to kiss me, that momentary lightheartedness gives way to a rash of fear.
“Beast, we need to make a plan.”
“Not right now we don’t,” he replies, perching my bottom on the kitchen island so he can get a good look at me. He frowns. “Where’s that smile gone?”
I blow out a breath, pushing back the flop of hair in his eyes as he stares at me. “I always knew what I was getting into, but some days it’s just fucking hard.”
“You’re not alone. Not anymore. You’ve got me, and I will share the burden of your troubles from this moment on. But for now, just enjoy this. Enjoy us. Be selfish, Kate,” he says, pressing a kiss against my mouth, his hands cupping my head as his tongue slides between my lips.
I want so badly to give in to his touch, to this tiny moment of joy, but that dark cloud that sits over me most days weighs heavy on me tonight. Being theQueen of Tales,as my soldiers now call me, is a burden on the best of days, and my proverbial crown is really no more than a ball and chain. Don’t get me wrong, I have no regrets choosing this life, but I’m not infallible despite how I might portray myself to the world.
“Beast—” I begin, breaking our kiss.
“Don’t,” he says, shaking his head. “I know you’re stressing out. Igetit. But right now there’s nothing more that can be done. We’ve got people searching for Rodriguez, and as soon as he’s found we can deal with the cunt. Right now, you need a distraction, and I’m more than willing to give it to you. Let me.”
“It’s going to takea lotto distract me,” I say, giving in to his logic, barely holding back a smile.
“Believe me, I’m up for the challenge.”
“Hours and hours of distraction, in fact.”
“Is that so?” he asks, smirking as his fingers slide beneath the waistband of my jeans and grab a hold of my thong, tugging on it. I feel the material tighten over my pussy, pressing against my clit.
“Uh huh,” I murmur, my gaze honing in on his lips as I lean forward.
“Please tell me you’ve recovered from the other night,” Beast says as I brush my lips against his. “Running around trying to locate that prick Rodriguez might’ve kept us all a little distracted these past couple days, but now that I’ve finally got you alone—”
“I’ve recovered,” I interrupt breathily.
“Thank fuck, baby, because I’m gonna make love to you all night long.”
“You got the stamina for that?” I tease, allowing myself to forget our troubles and just concentrate on the here and now because Beast’s right, we’ve got to take our moments of bliss when we can, especially in our line of business.
“Princess, you’ve no idea,” he replies, spinning on his feet and walking with me in his arms towards the fridge. I cling onto him as he uses both hands to gather items from the fridge and wedge them between us.
