Page 78 of Forged in the Fire
Five thousand miles off course.
All rationale lost.
Because the second I made it to my bike, I was turning and sweeping her into my arms.
I got a flash of that wild, surprised gaze, her lips parted in confoundment and incredulity, before I jostled her around and planted her sweet ass on the seat of my bike.
Then I swung on behind her.
Pinning her back to my chest as I reached for the handlebars.
Shock gusted from her. “What are you doing?”
My mouth dropped to her ear.
Easy since I was fully wrapped around her, my body a steel blanket covering her whole.
Heat blasted from her skin, and my guts twisted into those knots that I was pretty sure were going to squeeze the life out of me.
“Told you I wasn’t going to let anything happen to you,” I grumbled low. “And I’ll do it by any means necessary. You want to get stubborn with me? Get rebellious? Then that means you’re going to find me putting you back in your place.”
Yeah, I was being a dick.
But she didn’t know who she was contending with.
I hooked my heel on the kick starter and struck it.
The engine roared as I pulled back on the throttle.
Power vibrated through the metal.
“Hold onto the handlebars.”
It had to be the eighth wonder of the world that she actually listened.
Adrenaline pounding, I eased us down through the lot, dread glomming up my insides as I turned my head left and right, searching for deviants hiding within the trees.
Not sure if we were being ambushed or if someone was trying to send a message.
My guts tangled in a fist.
If we’d been compromised…
I gritted my teeth and took to the street.
Going faster than I had on our way here but still trying to keep our speed controlled.
Painful when I wanted to go flying back to the compound.
The position with Brinley in front of me should have been awkward.
But no.
Leave it to her to mold perfectly into my body.
Taking my shape as if she were meant to do it.
Trembles rolled through her as I took a curve hard then barely stopped at the red light to make the left onto Crimson Creek Blvd.
