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I can’t stay awake even though the grumbling, growling voice pleads with me to stay awake. To stay with him.
I just need to sleep. Just a little bit. Then I’ll wake up and get away. I just need a little rest.
Soothing warmth and words wrap around me and my mind falls into a hazy dream of soft words and rough touches until I don’t feel tired and scared anymore. I just feel safe.
Bennet
My eyes drift to the angel sleeping in my blankets in front of the fireplace. The soft light dances across the pure white of her skin and my dick jerks in my jeans yet again.
Since I found my little snow queen, I haven’t been able to take my eyes off her. Mostly because she’s a stunner. I’ve never seen a woman as beautiful and purely sweet as her. Her platinum curls fall in a tangled mess around her bare shoulders and my fingers itch to run through the satiny strands and brush them, wrap them around my rough digits and hold them tightly. Most of the time since I found her her eyes have been closed. But she opened them once and the lush blue of her gaze dragged at my soul. Calling to me like a goddess, a siren on the rocks.
And the rest of her? My dick jerks again and I groan roughly, reaching down to tug at it, trying to control the fucker. But those curves could tempt a saint.
I’m no damn saint. Haven’t been for years. I’ve probably been doomed to hell for all eternity with all the horrors I’ve witnessed and the treacherous things I’ve done.
The military was my out when I graduated. I didn’t want to go to college and spend years getting a useless degree. I just wanted to see the world and leave the little town I lived in behind. Shake the dust off my feet and find my own way in this big, bad world.
Instead, I’d found the worst, most punishing job that I could find. A sniper in the army. It was my job to kill people. No questions asked. I was good at my job too. Damn good. Good enough that the military had enthusiastically trained me to be the perfect killing machine and then let me loose on whoever they wanted taken care of.
I sigh and scrub my hands over my face, sucking in a heaving breath and pushing down all those feelings that have haunted me for the last three years. Since I left the military and found my way to this lonely cabin in the middle of nowhere. Well away from anybody else I could hurt.
My eyes drift back to her and I frown when she shivers and mumbles in her sleep, her long dark lashes fluttering wildly, her slim fingers curling into fists as she fights something unseen.
She’s said bits and pieces here and there. Just enough to lead me to think that she’s in trouble. Big trouble. The kind that tracks you down like I used to do and neutralizes a threat.
She’s no threat though. And if anyone thinks they can come looking for her with me and ‘neutralize’ her? They better bring a lot of men and a helluva lot of weapons. If there’s one thing I know, it’s how to protect what’s mine and how to take care of problems.
Since I got my first look at this tiny, pocket-sized goddess, I’ve felt this tug and pull all the way down to my bones. This woman is mine. I don’t know what kind of trouble she’s in but she’s found exactly what she needs. I’m her Cerberus and I’ll guard her from any danger. For the rest of our lives.
She mumbles and shifts again in her sleep, her smooth brow crinkling.
I move closer to her, helpless to keep from touching her. My fingers touch her smooth cheek and she turns her head like a child seeking comfort, seeking my touch.
“Oh, baby girl. I’m so sorry. I shouldn’t do this to you but there’s no way I’m letting you go. You found your way here, found me and signed your own destiny. I’ll keep you safe but I’ll damn sure never let you go.”
That’s a promise that I shouldn’t keep. I shouldn’t saddle her with my old, broken-down ass. But I’m going to. She’s mine. All mine. One touch was all it took to tell me that. And I’m a stubborn fuck. Once I have a target in my sights, I don’t give up.
I’m locked and loaded and primed for her.
She shivers again and I immediately pick her up, cradling her sweet curves wrapped in the blanket in my arms. I move closer to the fire and settle us in a large rocking chair. She sighs and her beautiful face nestles into my chest.
“Don’t leave me. I need you,” she whispers. It tugs at my heart and soul, shattering the last vestiges of control that I have left. This woman is my fate. My destiny. And if trouble comes looking for her and tries to take her from me…I’ll deal with it the way I’ve dealt with countless bad guys. A bullet is an equal-opportunity remedy for all the evils of the world.
Just call me the doctor. Because I can easily take care of any sickness out there.
And they’ll never find the body either.
The tiny woman in my arms shivers against my chest and then struggles to get closer to me, to my warmth.
Once I feel her settle down again, I lift her cautiously, carefully and carry her to the sleeping area in my one-room cabin. Gently, I settle her in my bed and strip myself down until I’m standing in just my boxer briefs.
I don’t take them off though. I feel like my dick would claim her without even trying. Like he knows where his home is and can’t wait to get there.
It’s her. She’s my home. She’s the only thing that cam calm the raging hunger that’s burning in me like a five-alarm fire.
“I got you, princess. You’re home now and I’ll never let you go.”
Possessive need builds in me until I can’t think. I justneed.
