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“Let’s get out of here,” Kai said.
They got into their respective vehicles and drove off, following Nic toward one of the Kings’ safehouses. Halfway there, they switched out their cars to a pickup truck that had room for Steel’s bike in the bed.
Nic took the wheel, so they got into the backseat. He plastered himself against Steel’s side and put his head on the man’s shoulder. He hadn’t been this relaxed since he’d left the safehouse. The worst part had been driving like a lunatic from McLean to Falls Church, not knowing if Nic and Steel would be dead or alive when he arrived.
The amount of relief he’d felt when he’d seen Steel had almost overwhelmed him.
He squeezed his eyes closed and breathed in Steel’s scent, sliding his hand into Steel’s and lacing their fingers. He hadn’t felt safe since he’d left the safehouse, not until right now.
Steel
Kai was asleep against him. He looked adorable as he slept, his lips parted lightly, and his hair falling into his face. His expression was so soft and relaxed that it made Steel proud because he knew it meant Kai trusted him. Hell, Kai had trusted him way before he’d even been able to admit to himself that Kai was human and not just some monster.
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen him sleep before,” Hawk said.
Steel slowly lifted his gaze from Kai. Hawk was driving, eyes on the road, but he could see the man’s surprise on his face.
“I think he rarely feels safe enough to sleep. Especially among other people,” he said.
“Sounds about right.”
Hawk glanced at Steel in the rearview mirror and said, “I’m glad he’s got you now.”
A smile pulled at Steel’s lips.
“Me, too.”
Kai wasn’t the cold-hearted assassin he’d first thought he was. Kai was so much more. He had a bigger heart than he probably even knew.
He must have drifted off himself because he woke with a grunt and blinked his eyes a bit before he was awake enough to realize that he’d woken from the sound of Hawk pulling the handbrake.
“We there?” Kai mumbled, slowly pulling away from Steel’s side to sit up.
“We’re at my club,” Steel said, giving Hawk an accusing glare.
Hawk shrugged. “Ares called.”
Steel bit back a curse and went to open the door so they could get out. Ares was standing in front of the clubhouse waiting for them along with a few of the others.
He gave Kai a hand as he got out and when Kai smiled up at him, his heart gave a little flutter.
As much as he was dreading the conversation he was about to have, he knew he couldn’t avoid it, so he squared off his shoulders and walked up to Ares, Kai following right behind him.
Before he could get a word out, Ares said, “You can thank your brother.”
Steel’s brows snapped together.
“What?”
Ares gave Kai a scathing look.
“I still don’t like you.”
The light rumble of laughter from Kai had Steel relaxing until Ares gave him a serious look.
“He’s yours. Act accordingly.”
He would have sucked in a sharp breath if it wasn’t for his lungs seizing to work. Holy. Shit.
