Her eyes flashed fire for a split second, coming alive for the first time. If I ever smiled, I would’ve at that moment, but it took too much effort and I had no inclination to waste it.
“I watch,” she said.
I dropped my hand from her jaw with disgust. She was probably one of the ones who were doing experiments on Ryker.
I should kill her now. Except sitting in an air duct the rest of the night with a dead body would suck. Besides, the smell might give me away.
I ignored her as she shifted further away from me. She stopped at three feet’s distance and I allowed it. It wasn’t as if she could escape.
“So you enjoy experimenting on innocent people.” I should keep my mouth shut. But I wanted to hear her explanation, why she enjoyed hurting people.
“You know what they do here?” she asked. “I don’t enjoy being—”
“Yeah, because you’re a coldhearted bitch.”
She jerked her eyes to me, and I saw that flash of anger again. But as fast as it came, it was gone. She shrugged like it didn’t matter what I called her.
I closed my eyes and leaned my head back. A few more hours and I’d be gone; she’d be dead, and Ryker would be safe.
I LEANED UP AGAINST the wall of the dingy hotel room, arms crossed as I watched Danni sitting on the bed talking to Delara and Jedrik. After scouting the area, the mission was solid. Well, as solid as it could be with fuckin’ Kilter pulling his bullshit.
Danni laughed at something Jedrik said.
I loved everything about her. The way she moved with no pretention. How her eyes gleamed when she laughed. The way her nose scrunched up button-like when she was pissed. But just as quick as it came, it could disappear. No grudges, because she had forgiveness in spades.
Her commitment issues were a hitch. I understood her apprehension about becoming too close to anyone. Shit, her mother died and then her father blew his brains out. Even though she was fighting for us, I sensed her hesitation, that inkling of dread that weighed heavy on us both.
I’d never leave her, at least not willingly, and if fate decided I’d leave this earth, then she was strong enough to stand alone. She wasn’t her father. She’d survived torture and drowning, for Christ’s sake. She may not see it, but Danni was strong as hell.
I sighed as I twisted the gold bands on my wrists. A sharp pain clutched my chest at the thought of another guy in Danni’s arms after I was gone.
“Like hell,” I muttered.
“Balen?” Danni asked, coming up beside me and taking my hand in hers.
Nothing much, just thinking of you with another man. “You need some sleep,” I said with too much force in my voice. I squeezed her hand and kissed the tip of her nose, which was already scrunching up.
I was all fucked up and tense with this waiting and being uncertain where the hell Kilter was or what he was doing. The guy was blocking Danni from his mind; she’d tried several times to reach him with no response. Either he was dead or he was blocking her.
She managed to contact Ryker, but he’d given them no new info.
Danni leaned into me, her body blocking the others from view as she slid her hand down my chest to my jeans, and then . . . holy shit. Her hand slipped inside the waist band and the tips of her fingers touched the head of my cock.
“I want you, Balen,” she whispered in the sexiest husky voice I’d ever heard.
I was frozen, unable to move as her hand wrapped around my cock. “Jesus.” There was nothing like a chick, a chick I loved, asking to get fucked. It was the single hottest thing ever.
Keir, who was on his cell talking to Anstice, looked over at me. He frowned then turned away. I chuckled.
Danni pulled her hand out of my pants and walked toward the adjoining room. She stopped, looked over her shoulder, and then stuck her finger that was just on my cock in her mouth. Jesus.
I groaned as Danni disappeared.
“Your girl needs you,” Keir said. “If I had Anstice here, I’d be kicking all your asses to the curb.”
I nodded. “Wake us in two hours.”
I went in the other room and locked the door.
Danni stood by the foot of the bed, her hand resting on her hip. “Love your body, babe.” It had substance, so I could grab her and hold her, feel like she wasn’t going to break when I fucked her. “And I’m going to have it.”
I couldn’t wait to sink my cock into her again. We’d been too busy running from this bullshit and all I wanted to do was explore every crevice with my tongue for the next month. Unfortunately, we didn’t have a month. I didn’t even know if we had more than a day.
She approached with slow, seductive strides as she pulled her shirt over her head and tossed it on the floor. My eyes trailed down her collarbone to her chest where she had on a red lace bra with a black bow in the center. Ripping the thing off with my teeth sounded like a damn good idea.
It looked like I wasn’t getting the chance though as Danni unclasped the bra and it fell to the floor. My eyes went to the bra on the floor, up over her abdomen, and to her breasts.
Christ. My cock strained against my jeans.
I was losing it. Just seeing her nipples erect and ready for me to taste sent my heart racing. I fought the urgency to grab her and push her face first into the mattress and fuck the hell out of her.
I took a step toward her to do just that when she slowly shook her head. “Not yet.”
I grinned. “You trying to change the rules here, little one?”
She shrugged and smiled. “Maybe.” She unbuttoned her jeans, slid her hand inside her pants and touched herself.