Total pages in book: 69
Estimated words: 82282 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 411(@200wpm)___ 329(@250wpm)___ 274(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 82282 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 411(@200wpm)___ 329(@250wpm)___ 274(@300wpm)
He was looking at Radar who was still leaning against my feet as he spoke. Radar who refused to even look at Trance.
Which Trance noticed and frowned.
“I think he’s mad at you.” I observed as we started to walk to Trance’s cruiser.
“Yeah, I’m sure he is. He did his job tonight, and I didn’t reward him like I usually do.” Trance explained.
“But you were working with Kosher and couldn’t. He’ll understand. Maybe if you buy him a bone he’ll forgive you.” I teased as we walked through the gates, the people giving us all a wide berth now that they saw what Radar was capable of.
When we got into the car and started on our way home, I finally asked what was on my mind. “Will he be able to do anything against Radar?”
Trance didn’t answer at first.
And I knew that somehow that was a bad sign.
“Paul is a well-liked physician with a lot of clout. He got out of prison after wanking off on your bed and breaking in with just a slap on the wrist. I think that in this case, he really could do what he said he could do. But that’ll happen over my dead body.”
I watched as he opened his mouth to say more, but closed it again before anything else could come out.
He did that two more times, and I knew he had more to say. So I waited patiently as he warred with himself.
I watched the clock on the dashboard go from 10:22 to 10:25 before he finally worked through whatever he was mulling about in his mind.
“He had three video cameras in your house. One in your room. One in your bathroom. And one in your living room.”
My eyes widened at his cold tone, and a slow burn started to shimmer in the pit of my belly.
“Why didn’t you tell me?” I asked in outrage.
His head dropped until it rested on the steering wheel. “Honestly? I just didn’t want you to have to carry that burden around with you. You already had to deal with the sick fuck breaking into your house. I was just trying to protect you. Loki’s going to need you to file a report. None of the charges are going to stick, though. He said that it was part of y’all’s sex games or some shit. That everything was consensual. And he has a good lawyer.”
My teeth clenched so hard I half expected my back molars to crack. “Well, that wasn’t very helpful. I need to know shit like this. Stop trying to fucking protect me. You don’t own me. You have no right.”
I wasn’t actually mad at him. I was mad at myself. Disappointed in myself. Everything that had happened lately had happened because of me. I should have known better. I was just so excited to have someone interested in me. Paul was the first one to not treat me with kid gloves, and I relished in that fact.
Trance’s head lifted from the wheel, and his burning eyes turned in my direction.
He lifted his hand until his hand was cupping my jaw, and he squeezed it just a tad too tight. “You listen here. It’s my fucking right to know everything when it comes to you and your safety. You get a speeding ticket, I have a right to know about it. You fall and scrape your knee, I have a right to know about it. Hell, you eat all the goddamn eggs, and I have a fucking right to know about it. What gave me the right? You spreading those pretty goddamn legs of yours and taking me into your body. That’s what gives me the motherfuckin’ right.”
I blinked at the harshness of his tone, and his adamancy on the rights he received just by fucking me.
Well, he was sorely mistaken if he thought I was going to let him get his way just because he pulled the alpha card.
“You can’t kill him.” I finally said.
He snorted. “Why not?”
“Because if you ever want to fuck me again, you know, ‘cause it’s your right, you’ll make sure you don’t have anything to do with him anymore. I’ll file a police report against him tomorrow, but I don’t want you involved anymore. Let Loki handle it. Your job is too important to put it in jeopardy.”
“We’ll see.” He hedged.
I knew he wouldn’t let it go. I wasn’t stupid. But maybe if he understood that I was adamant about him not hurting Paul, he’d think twice before actually killing him.
It also made me feel warm inside. Happy enough that someone cared enough to make sure I wasn’t harmed.
However, it wouldn’t be good if he knew I was happy.
He’d just be that much more smug about the whole not telling me situation. And that wouldn’t do. It was time for the silent treatment. That would teach him.
Which was why, when I got back to his place, I went straight to his room and shut the door.
I had some serious thinking to do, and him being in my presence wouldn’t help.
It was those damn dimples. They were freaking distracting as hell when you’re trying to hold onto a good snit.
I had the best of intentions of rocking that snit too. That was until my head hit the pillow and I fell asleep.
Chapter 14
Do you ever wonder why they didn’t make the Pringles can big enough for normal people to fit their hands into? If they did, I wouldn’t have to pour them directly into my mouth.
-Miller to Trance
Trance
Two hours later, I found myself with a house full of guests. My mom had just left after dropping over leftover dinner for Viddy and me with instructions to meet her for breakfast in the morning.
One last family dinner before Foster and Miller had to return to the real world.
“Viddy!” I called from the kitchen.
When she didn’t answer, I walked out of the kitchen to the bedroom.
I found her laying in the bedroom staring blankly at the ceiling.
Her eyes were open wide, but the soft snore that came out of her mouth let me know she was asleep.