Total pages in book: 29
Estimated words: 27900 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 140(@200wpm)___ 112(@250wpm)___ 93(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 27900 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 140(@200wpm)___ 112(@250wpm)___ 93(@300wpm)
That’s the problem. I don’t like him talking to her.
“It’s okay,” Chloe says. The sweet angelic sound of her voice soothes me and I take a deep breath, wondering why the hell I was ready to fight my oldest and closest friend. “I feel fine. I can stay with Ethan for a bit.”
Blake takes a deep breath and nods. “Fine. Be on the truck in ten minutes.”
He closes the door and I’m on her once again, kissing her and making her mine.
“Shouldn’t we be going?” she asks after we’ve been kissing for an eternity. My cock is aching and my balls are so full and heavy that they feel like they’re going to burst if I don’t get some relief soon.
It’s torture, but I pry my hands and lips away from her and carry her to the truck.
“Hey, blue eyes,” that little prick says as we pass him outside. “Where are you going? Want to hang out?”
My arm darts out and I grab him around the neck with an impenetrable grip. His hands fly up to my wrist, but I’m not letting go until he gets the message loud and clear.
“This is my girl now,” I hiss into his face. “You touch her and I’ll take your hand. You look at her and I’ll take your eyes. You talk to her and I’ll take your life. You understand me?”
His face is turning purple as he opens his mouth to answer, but nothing comes out. I’m choking the words out of him.
“Do. You. Understand. Me?” I growl.
He nods his head up and down as best he can. “Good.”
I throw him back and he slams into a parked car as he chokes in panicked breaths of air. Everyone from her company is staring at me in shock, but I’m glad. I want all of them to know what happens if they try to step foot on my territory. And Chloe is now my territory.
“I guess he’s on Team Mate after all,” I hear Rylan say as I grab onto the firetruck and climb up to the roof while I have Chloe clutched to my chest.
I guess I am.
Carter turns the truck on and it begins to rumble under us. He pulls out of the parking lot and Chloe grips onto me as she looks around with fear.
“Don’t be scared, peaches. I got you. I’ll always have you.”
She settles down as the truck turns onto the road. I pull her onto my lap and hold her tight as she looks at the burnt building as it gets smaller in the distance.
I have a million questions for her, but she’s been through a lot and I don’t want to put her through any more hardship. But there’s one question I need to know the answer to.
“Who handcuffed you to the desk?”
My blood is boiling and my bear is on edge as we wait for the answer. I’m going to take the life of whoever is responsible. I’m going to end them.
I’m squeezing my hands into fists and clenching my jaw just thinking about it.
She looks up at me with her tender blue eyes and the anger in me settles for the moment. I tuck a strand of her brown hair behind her ear and force out a smile. “It’s okay. You can tell me. I’m going to protect you now, Chloe. I’m on your side.”
She takes a deep breath and I know that she believes me. “It was my boss. Aylwin Kirk.”
My bear lets out a low growl that I feel vibrating throughout my chest. She must feel it too because I see her eyes narrow in confusion.
“Why was he trying to kill you?” I can barely talk with the intensity of my wrath building inside. I need to find this Aylwin Kirk and show him just how violent my grizzly bear can get.
But it’s not like it’s going to be as easy as putting that creep outside in line.
It’s going to be much harder. And much more deadly.
Because Chloe’s scent wasn’t the only smell I recognized in that burning building. The scent of something far more sinister was swirling around as well…
“I don’t know,” she says. “He just handcuffed me and left me to die.”
I hold her tighter as she thinks about it.
We drive down the quiet mountain road as the sun washes its heat down on us from above.
“I’m pretty sure he’s running a criminal enterprise. The FBI was in the office yesterday, so maybe he was trying to tie up loose ends? I guess I was one of them.”
“Where can I find this Aylwin Kirk?”
She shakes her head as she looks up at me with watery eyes. “Don’t go find him. Please. Just stay here with me. I don’t want you to get hurt.”
I kiss her forehead and nod, even though I know I can’t let this go. He tried to kill my mate and I can’t let that slide. I must make it right by ending his life.