I rolled away from her still panting for air. She wasn't doing much better but at least she got to lie there and go to sleep, while I had to go see what Alex was up to. He's been acting weird ever since the explosion, like he was lost in his head or some shit."You okay babe?""Uh-huh, I can't feel my toes though." Good at least she wasn't still worried about tonight. I laughed playfully and made my way down her body to her toes. "Can you feel this?" I took her little toe between my teeth and bit down lightly and she squealed. I gave each of her toes the same treatment until she was like molten lava on the bed.I'm pretty sure Jace's parents had only put us in separate rooms for propriety's sake, but there was no way I was staying away from her after the night we'd had. She'd barely made it through the door with Cassie and Valerie before I dragged her back out. Jared had already hustled Red down the hall to the room down the hall. Poor Alex was the odd man out. That's what he get
I didn't have to debase myself after all. Just a quick check at the hospital showed that no one I knew had been admitted, which meant Jace was safe. Too bad the bitch didn't get caught in the blaze. Still, this was perfect.At the rate this idiot is going she'd get rid of herself with no help from me. Knowing Jace's parents and how protective they are of him, there's no way they're going to let him stay with someone like her, someone who's always being attacked.All I have to do is figure out a way to use this to my advantage. It would help if I knew who else was after her, maybe we could work together.And I'd have to find a way to approach Jace's mom to put that little nibble in her ear. That last thought was depressing since I'd never been able to get her to warm up to me.Come to think of it, his parents were probably the only people in our little close knit town that didn't seem to believe my act. I guess I'll just have to work harder. I'm sure if I put my mind to it I can
"What should we do?" Both Alex and Shane looked to me for an answer, as if they weren't the ones who'd known him the longest. I understood their reasoning though, this involved my sister too, not just Jace. As much as I'd like to go find Stanley in whatever hole he was hiding in and beat the living shit out of him, I could do no less than I'd asked of Jace. I have to keep a cool head."Are you sure about this Alex? You saw him with explosives?""Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's what I saw. Sorry dude, I don't know what I was thinking. I shoulda said something sooner. Damn, your house is fucked.""I don't give a fu...I don't care about my house. My mother was in there, and so was my little sister not to mention fucking Red."What the fuck reason could Stanley have for doing something like this to my family? Or anyone for that matter? It seems like since we moved here some shit has been going wrong on a daily basis.If he really was responsible Jace won't get the chance to go af
"Damn, how're we gonna get outta here without anyone seeing us?" Shane moved off of the balcony rail he'd been leaning against. I pointed to the steps that led down to the garden."We go down this way and I idle the car down the driveway." That reminded me of the girls and what they'd been up to before we stopped them.Had that only been a few short hours ago? It felt like I'd aged ten years since then. I'd expected to spend the night with my girl after ragging Jace for letting Sian run circles around him.Instead I have knots in my gut because my girl and my sister had almost been blown to shit in that room. Alex looked back into the darkened room as if expecting to find someone there."So we're not telling Jace?""Not telling Jace what?" Shit, I thought he was on the other side of the house in his rooms. He came out of the dark room like a damn shadow.I could feel raw energy coming off him in waves and knew it was the anger that he was still trying to keep contained.
I approached slowly, quietly, so that I didn't wake her as I walked over to the bed and looked down at her in the moonlight.She was in the middle of the mattress with the sheet twisted around her. I'd put my shirt on her when we first got to the room and for some strange reason the sight of her in it made me feel...hot.I took my time appreciating her curves that were outlined by the sheet that had drawn taut around her middle and thighs. Now that she wasn't awake to hide herself from me I could look my fill without embarrassing her. She's so beautiful. I don't know why she doesn't see it. How can she not see what I see when I look at her? How can she not know how her beauty shines inside and out?Maybe it's this town filled with superficial women whose idea of beauty has become warped over time, that teaches girls that they have to fit into a certain mold to be accepted.It pisses me off that someone as brave and smart as she is, with the heart that she has, thinks that sh
Liars, every last one of 'em! Yep! I'll play their game for now, but I hope they know there're eyes and ears all over this place. If it comes to it, I'll just hit replay on this sector and this room and read their fucking lips if I have to. I didn't let my thoughts show on my face as I contemplated doing just that.Alex and Shane should know by now that they can't hide shit from me, I know them too well. I kinda get why they were keeping secrets this time though, they probably think they're protecting me."How're the girls doing?" I asked once Jared returned. Sian was finally asleep. I'd had a hell of a time getting her to go to sleep after slamming her. She was worried about everybody else and wanted to go check on them. Since she's my only concern right now I nixed that shit.I was afraid if I let her go wandering around with her nosy ass she might learn the truth about what really happened tonight. Right now she's still under the impression that this whole thing was an a
The fact that I don't care about her and show it is probably the reason why she can't let go. I never imagined that things would go this far though.But I should've known how she would react and been prepared. If I had, none of this would've happened. And Sian wouldn't be a fucking target.When Sian and I got engaged I wasn't thinking about anything else but making her mine. I'd missed a step there as well.Our engagement wasn't as small a deal as I made it out to be. She doesn't know it yet because I've been waiting until school was over to make the official announcement.But when she became my fiancée, it put her in a completely different league. I haven't prepared her, was giving her more time to enjoy what little freedom she has left before opening that door. In one move I'd made her an heiress to a fortune that was in the top one percent.I'd planned to tell her once school was out. I'd wanted to ease her into it slowly until she learned to accept what it truly meant to
Outside the sun was beginning to change the color of the sky and the birds were waking up in their nests. I ignored the pain in my hand as we headed for my truck. Alex jumped in the driver's seat and Track helped me get in the backseat, his face looking like a storm. "Hey how'd you get home so fast?""We'll talk when we get to your place." He slammed the door and jogged back to his car. Well shit, he's pissed. That's never good.The three in the truck with me kept throwing me looks like they expected me to go Hulk or some shit. "Don't ask me what happened because you know I don't know.""Yeah, we know, we were there." Shane turned to glare at me from the passenger seat. Then he shared a look with Jared which said, 'you see?' Like I didn't know they were hiding some shit."Okay what happened?""What happened? You went into the room, we were right behind you. Then you started breaking shit." There was still a hint of fear in his voice. "The wall, the mirrors, every damn t