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I brush my lips against his. The kiss is everything and nothing all at the same time.
I want more. I need more.
But also, I want time to stop so we can just have this perfect moment together.
As I stretch up on my tiptoes in the hope of deepening the kiss, his hands land on my hips before gliding up. He traces the dip of my waist before both hands slide to my back, crushing us together.
There are so many things I want to say, so many questions I want to ask.
Mostly, why now?
Why, after so many years, is now the moment he’s chosen for us to take this step? Assuming that’s what this is.
No man does the whole candle thing for any other reason… right?
8
MAVERICK
My hands tremble so violently against her back, there’s no chance she can’t feel it.
The second her tongue brushes against my bottom lip, my mouth opens, eagerly inviting her in.
Kissing Alana is one of the best things in the world.
The first time she did it, the day I proposed, I didn’t think I’d ever be able to live my life without having her lips against mine every single second of the day.
I knew my self-restraint was good back then. I’d lived with her for eighteen months at that point. Watched her walking around teasing me, tempting me in any way that she could.
But that one short taste of her… It threatened to undo everything I’d told myself I’d hold back when it came to her.
She was sweet like candy, but there was also something else. It wasn’t bitter, or salty, or anything bad. But there was an edge. An edge that reminded me just how dangerous she was. I don’t mean in the way I am, or Reid, or any other member of the Hawks we’ve both been forced to endure our entire lives. Dangerous in a way that she held the power to completely consume me.
And that was bad.
I wanted it. I wanted it so badly. But I had a job to do, I had promises to deliver before I even considered allowing myself something like I have right now.
Those promises still might be outstanding. The men who hurt her, as far as I know, are still alive and kicking, but we’ve made progress. We have a small army of people fighting with us now—fighting for us.
As much as I might not like it, Reid is gunning for the same goal as us. And while he has his sights set on Victor, it goes without saying that JD, his brothers, and anyone else close to them will be right by his side.
It’s sure more than I’ve ever had.
It hasn’t always been that way. As a kid, I had plenty of friends, even more so when I was initiated into the Hawks. I was like a god then to all the others who hadn’t succeeded.
But as I learned more about the ongoings behind closed doors of our senior members, I started to back away.
Then it only got worse once Alana became a part of my life.
I couldn’t risk anyone discovering where she was until I had a solid plan for how to protect her.
The idea of marrying her, making her untouchable, was always a niggling thought at the back of my mind.
I could have suggested it earlier. Honestly, there was no reason to wait until she was eighteen.
I was a fully-fledged member of the Harrow Creek Hawks; if I wanted to marry her, I’d have found a way to make it happen. Fake documents are easy to come by if you know the right people.
But I was too much of a pussy to bring it up.
