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“Logan?” I ask, my heart beating too fast as Maddoc’s beautiful Siberian Husky eyes hold me captive. “Is it?”
Logan came in with some first aid supplies, and he makes quick work of checking the bullet wound before giving a small shrug. “It just grazed him.”
“Does it need stitches?” I press.
“No,” Logan says with one of those almost-smiles of his as Maddoc—still holding on to my hand—slowly runs his thumb over the back of it. “No stitches required. He just needs to clean it up a little.”
"Okay," I say, letting out a long breath. “Okay, then.”
Maddoc keeps ahold of my hand, continuing with those slow caresses to the back of it, as he gives his brothers the rundown on how he got my sister away from West Point.
“Are they going to try to come after her again?” I ask. “Will they comehere?”
“No,” all three men say at the same time, their certainty settling my anxiety before it can bubble to the surface.
Most of it, at least.
“But they shot at you. They saw you. They’ll know it was us—you, that took her back.”
“Yeah,” Maddoc says, “but I’ve got Reapers all around the house now. Even if McKenna was stupid enough to try, we’re too heavily fortified for him to hit us here.”
“And McKennaisstupid,” Logan adds as he tidies up the first aid kit he used to check out Maddoc’s… scratch. “But he’ll also remember what The Six told him.”
Dante snorts in what sounds like agreement, crossing his arms over his chest. “Trying to take the head of the Reapers’ house by force? That fucker would bring down their wrath faster than he could blink.”
Chloe makes a small sound of distress, stealing my attention. She’s still asleep, just restless, and I smooth her hair back and adjust the covers as the men continue to go over the details of her rescue and all the measures they’ve put into place to keep her—to keep the both of us—safe.
After a while, they wish me good night and split up, each heading to his own room while I stay with Chloe. I definitely haven’t had enough sleep, but I’m not even remotely tempted to lay down with her. Instead, I sit next to her on the bed, watching her sleep for a while and letting all the relief, all the gratitude I feel knowing she’s finally here andsafe, wash through me in gentle waves.
“We’re okay now,” I whisper, leaning in to kiss her forehead. I know there’s still shit we have to figure out with this inheritance of hers and that Austin McKenna isn’t going to just give up on this war he’s got going with the Reapers, but I still believe it’s true. I’llmakeit true, but this time, I won’t have to do it on my own.
Chloe lets out a small sigh, her eyelids fluttering as she shifts position.
She doesn’t wake up, and I smile. Knowing she’s safe iseverything… and it’s all thanks to Maddoc.
I get off the bed and don’t let myself stop to think as I head to his room.
I already thanked him. We both need our sleep. I’ve got no plan at all and when he opens to my soft knock—shirtless and with a damp, bloody cloth in his hand from finally cleaning the “scratch” on his neck—all I can do is stare at him.
He stares back, looking right into my soul, and when he slowly smiles, I realize I don’t need a plan.
Right now, I just needhim.
I slide my hand up his chest and wrap it around the back of his neck, taking care around the angry red line West Point’s bullet left there as I go up on my toes. And then I take what I need… what I want.
I press my lips to his.
40
RILEY
Maddoc doesn’t just kissme back. He wraps his arms around me with a low groan, gathers me close, and takes charge in a way I don’t even realize I crave until he does it. The heat of his bare skin burns right through my shirt, and when he slides his hands down to my ass and lifts me up, I wrap my legs around his waist without a second thought, trusting him to hold me.
“I want you naked,” he murmurs, turning into his room and kicking the door shut behind us. His hands tighten on my ass, and the deep tone of his voice goes straight between my legs, flooding my pussy with wet heat.
“You’ll have to put me down.”
Maddoc’s lips quirk up on one corner. “Will I?”
