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"But that's what packs do, right?" she says, looking at me. "We fight together."
I glance between the two of them, frowning. "What are you saying...?"
It suddenly occurs to me that we arevery much aloneon this side of the boat--other than fucking Maddox, who's lurking around like a vampire and watching us like a hawk. Kendra doesn't seem to mind, even going so far as to stare over at him as she reaches for me and takes my hand.
It makes my heart pound and my breath stop.
Touching her...just holding hands...it feels fucking incredible.
"You know what it means," she says, biting her lip and meeting my gaze with those gorgeous hazel eyes. "Me and Zane have talked about it and...if you want..."
I never saw it happening this way, butfuck, I want her. I would claim her right here on this boat in front of these two men if she asked me to.
"When?" I ask.
"Tonight," Zane says, his voice rough. At first, I think he's angry...but his hand is roaming over her back in slow, deliberate circles, and I quickly realize he's turned on by her scent.
Just as turned on as I am.
Notnearlyas aroused assheis.
"I want her safe," Zane continues. "And if you're pack, you'll do more to protect her."
His words are a warning; he's saying that if I don't do my job to protect her, he'll kill me.
And I believe him.
"I need you safe, Kendra," Zane says. "But I also need you with me."
Kendra's scent hits me like a ton of bricks. All fire and lust, and I'm hard in an instant. Her eyes meet mine, and she stares at me, almost challenging me.
A challenge I don't intend to back down from.
"I'm in," I say. "And I know she was with you first...so your rules stand."
"Not mine," he says. "Hers. She's in charge here, and I think it's become very obvious I can't tell her to do a damn thing."
"So what do you want?" I ask.
"I want to help you take back Solstice Bay," she says. "And I want...I want to pack up. With you and Zane and..."
"And who?" Zane asks, his voice a low rumble.
Maddox. Obviously it's fucking Maddox, and I don't know what happened between them when they were alone, but her scent is all over him, and his all over her...
"No one," she says. "Let's figure this out tonight...and we can go from there."
I'll talk to him about this later--when Maddox is in a holding cell, because I don't trust him as far as I can throw him.
"We'll see you later," Zane says, his voice husky. "Tonight."
I nod. "Tonight."
19
Kendra
There'salottotalk about in regards to the revolution--the world we imagine, how we're going to defeat the ACB--but we're all exhausted by the time we get to the Raft.
