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The hotel is prestigious and probably not the best place to walk in bloody off the street, but I know that Norn won’t fuck with us there. Fucking with us anywhere near the Anonymous, the club that resides underground, could result in an end to Norn’s life even earlier than predicted.
There’s a bottle of water in the cupholder so once I park, I get some napkins out and wet them before wiping at my face. It doesn’t help much, but it’ll have to do. Then I pull on another hoodie that’s in the back of the car.
“Len, you need to put your weapons away.”
He clearly ignores me, so I take the knife and slide it into its sheath before prying the gun out of his hand which I put in the holster at his side. He doesn’t seem willing to leave the rifle behind, so I find the case in the trunk and make him place it in there. Once finished, I take him by the hand and lead him into the hotel.
The man behind the desk eyes me but gets me a room with no questions asked when I insist on the largest room on the second or third floor.
We get lucky with one on the second floor and head up the stairs and into a large suite.
* * *
LEN
As soon as Kade is through the door, he motions to the bathroom. “I’m going to get a shower. Come take one with me,” he says.
“No, I’m alright.”
“Len. Please?”
“No,” I adamantly say as I eye that small space.
He’s staring at me, knowing that the moment he’s closed that door, I’m leaving. So with a sigh, he walks up to me and holds his hands out toward me. My eyes fixate on them for a moment before I reach out and take them, feeling how warm they are.
“You’re getting in the shower with me as payback for shooting me.”
“I nicked you.”
“With a bullet.”
“Yes.”
“Len,” he says, tone cajoling.
I take a deep breath and look away from him, hands drawing back, but he seems reluctant to let go.
“Fine,” he says as he sits down in front of the door. “I guess I’ll remain here until you listen.”
I assess him for a moment as I realize he thinks he can keep me in here even if I wanted to leave. “I could easily remove you from the door.”
“I’d like to see you try to remove my wounded body from the door. I had to fight off ten men and did a wonderful job, if you can’t tell by the look of my face.”
“I… don’t want to go into the bathroom… I don’t really want to be inside at all right now,” I admit.
Kade holds his hands out to me, like he’s wanting me down on the ground with him.
“I’m sure this floor is disgusting,” I say.
“I’ve sat on worse.”
I drop down to my knees and give him my hands. He tightly wraps his fingers around them, pulling me in close as I collapse on the floor and take a deep breath thatfillsmy lungs. It’s like the first real breath I’ve had since that door closed. And with it, I collapse onto him, resting my head on his legs. “I’m sorry I acted like that.”
“All badass? Fucking punching people in the throat and shooting everyone before I even had a chance to leave the room? You’re sorry, and I’m the one who just wandered out going, huh… looks like I’m good to go.”
I smile a little at that. “I guess that was rude of me. I could have saved you someone.”
“Please don’t. We don’t want to make that mistake.”
