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“No comment,” Luke said trying to avoid her conversation, thankful that Kane materialized beside Sarah, nodding at his brothers.
“Let’s call it a night.” Kane said. “I’ll see you back at the ranch Luke.”
Luke grunted, relieved when Kane and Sarah left.
“I’m going to get a drink,” Jackson said before moving off.
“Say hello to Maya for me,” Luke called out after him and started to laugh as Jackson flipped him off.
Luke didn’t feel like going back to the ranch yet. He grimaced as a tall, thin redhead broke from a group of women and start to head over to him, a predatory gleam in her eyes. He had grown tired of the casual hookups that had sustained him for years. He was feeling unsettled for no reason. He wanted what Kane and Sarah had. The peacefulness of someone standing beside you, supporting you.
Nope. Not tonight. Not unless she was the darkhaired woman with luscious curves. Eve.
Luke’s gaze swept over the diminishing crowd and was disappointed that she must have left. He turned and walked away before the redhead could capture him. Luke frustrated that he was going to have to ask Sarah more about Eve.
Luke nodded to his brothers, Ethan, Alex and Ryan as he left, knowing how lucky he really was. Bonded now as a makeshift family, the six of them had fought together in combat for many years. Kane had made sure they all stayed together by starting Threat Assess, the security company where he appointed each brother an equal partner. Under Kane’s direction, the company had built quickly. So quickly that they now employed several hundred people and serviced clients worldwide. Luke knew, like himself, each brother would lay down their life for Kane. He had saved them in more ways than one – both in combat and out.
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LukeHarrington’speacewasbroken by the sharp wail of a siren, seconds before his phone vibrated with a message. He glanced at the phone before sitting upright to read it closer, his body in motion, responding to the call from his combat brother, Kane. He and his girlfriend were in trouble.
911. Fire at Sarah’s apartment. Get here.
Luke could smell the fire as he stepped outside The Book Nook and started to run the few blocks in their direction. He knew his other four brothers in arms, Jackson, Ethan, Alex and Ryan, would also be rushing to help.
Luke rounded the corner to see Sarah and another woman huddled together. He reached them just as Kane exited the building, holding something that was orange and hissing, which he then thrust into Luke's arms, before Kane turned towards Sarah to check her over.
Luke could feel the scrappy creatures’ claws dig into him, its yowl in distress was ear splitting. Luke went to pitch the creature away from him but stopped still when he felt a soft touch on his arm. A hand that belonged to the woman he saw with Sarah. A woman who was now crooning to the orange ball of fur as her other hand grasped Luke’s forearm tightly, the sensation making him tense as he felt his dick twitch in delight at the touch.
What the fuck.
Luke like to stand in the background. His large frame normally making people apprehensive around him.
But this woman is touching me. She’s s not scared of my scars and my size.
His gaze followed the hand to see the woman gazing up at him, her violet eyes bright with unshed tears. Luke handed the creature to her, and watched as the cat snuggled against her large breasts, its eyes narrowed at him before it let out a long and angry hiss.
Luke growled at the cat before taking in the woman standing before him. She barely stood five foot two, just reaching him chest height. She was obviously dressed for bed in her worn t-shirt and tights. The t-shirt doing nothing to hide the curves and dips of her body and breasts, Luke noticing he could see her nipples through the threadbare material. He shrugged out of his jacket and slung it carefully over her and the cat to keep them warm, noticing her shiver slightly in the cool breeze.
Kane interrupted his thoughts, as his brother bought Sarah over to them and they watched the fire being bought under control.
“I think its only a few apartments that would be damaged. The firies got here quick and the damage looks minimal.” Kane said to the group as they watched their other brothers emerge from their car’s and join them. Kane quickly let them know what was happening before he turned back to Sarah and her friend.
“Everyone. This is my neighbor Eve,” Sarah said as the brothers nodded to her. “And her cat. Fred.”
Jackson put his hand out to pat Fred, but quickly retracted it as the cat hissed and spat at him, making Eve snuggle the cat closer to her.
Lucky cat,Luke thought.
The group talked for a few minutes longer before the fire chief came over to let them know that they wouldn’t be going back into their apartments any time soon. They needed to investigate the cause of the fire first and make sure its structurally sound.
“Looks like you are coming home with me baby,” Kane leaned at Sarah as she sighed against him.
“But my things.”
“We can get whatever you need tomorrow,” Kane said as he placed a kiss on her head. “But first let’s get you home and showered. We can figure everything else out tomorrow.”
Sarah looked at Eve and Fred, before looking up at Kane.
