Page 23 of One Winter Knight
While I hadn’t been successful at having regular contact with her, we crossed paths enough for me to really develop feelings for her. It wasn’t just because she smelled good, or was pretty, or could kill me with her bare hands. It was her wit and charm.
It was also because she never saw me as a rockstar or an alpha. I was just a person. That was refreshing.
Meeting Saoirse’s brilliant blue eyes, I gestured to the seat next to me.
“I get to choose the music.” Giving me a pointed look, she got in beside me.
“Whatever the lady wants.” Honestly, I liked most music. I never knew when something might be an inspiration.
Hale got in and glanced at the van. “What about our shit?”
“It’ll be delivered to the villa. Don’t worry–Tyrell, Kace, and the roadcrew aren’t in our villa. Most of the crew’s leaving after my set, so they can all be home for Christmas. Tyrell and Kace are going to Paris, because they’re celebrating their first wedding anniversary.” I loved my crew. The ones I didn’t know from high school, I’d met when I was studying music at Barwyn University in New York.
“Paris? Aww. That’s so romantic,” Fiona gushed.
“Paris was fun,” Carlos agreed.
I sighed. “If only they’d have us back.”
Really, we hadn’t meant to break the fountain.
A woman wearing a pullover with the festival’s name on it came over. “Mr. Woodrow, on behalf of Winter-Fest, welcome.” She handed me an envelope. “Here are the credentials and wristbands for you and your guests, along with your accommodation information.”
“Thank you. And my crew?” I handed Saoirse the envelope, since she was right there.
“I’ve already given your assistant everything for your crew and I’ll accompany them to the festival. Are you going straight to yourresort?” she asked in accented English.
“We might make a stop or two,” I told her. As we went over a few things, I noticed Saoirse going through everything in the envelope, looking at the schedules, and counting our wristbands and lanyards.
The coordinator waved and left.
Kace came over. “We’re going to head over to the resort and get situated. I’ll see you tonight for the reception.”
“See you there.” I waved, then plugged the address of our first stop into the car’s navigation panel.
“Are we going to drive with the top down?” Fiona cuddled into Carlos.
“For a bit. Then we’ll put it up and I’ll turn the heat on. There are blankets,” I told them. I just wanted to experience it for a couple of minutes.
Soundlessly, Saoirse took off her trench coat and draped it over Fiona. They were adorable. How exactly did a cherubic omega meet a sassy assassin?
Would that be an a-sassy-in? I chuckled to myself. Oooh, that would make a good song.
“Thank you.” Fiona beamed at her.
Saoirse nodded and started syncing her phone to the radio.
“Oh, there they are.” Hale pulled a blanket out of… somewhere and tucked it around Fiona.
Should I tuck a blanket around Saoirse? She’d probably smack me. As much as I loved how tough she was, that alpha part of me wanted to take care of her. I got the feeling she wasn’t used to that.
And could use a little taking care of.
Instead, I turned up the heat all the way, though I wasn’t sure how much help that would be with the top down.
With a smirk, Saoirse tapped her phone and turned up the volume. Angsty pop music by a popular all-omega band filled the air. Not what I expected. By Fiona’s expression, in the rearview mirror,these were songs she liked. But I knew this band.
“I love this song.” I sang along loudly, guiding us quickly out of the small airport. As we got onto the expressway, I accelerated.Let’s see what this car can do.I’d always wanted to drive a car like this.
