Page 20 of Shiny Things

After my initial fear of riding with him waned, I started to relax and enjoy the moment. I didn’t know if I’d ever get a chance to just let go like this again.

I loosened my grip around his waist and held my arms out to the sides just feeling the wind. It was almost like flying. Not exactly, but the sensation of it was there.

Closing my eyes, I could let myself believe that for just a moment nothing else in the world mattered.

Distracted and not paying attention to everything around me, I didn’t realize we had passed by my street until Elias was parking in front of a tall building that I knew he lived in. It was the biggest building in all of Ravenden, and he shared the topfloor of it with his brother Ryan. Two separate apartments, each taking up half of the floor. It was unfathomable.

He’d been to my house dozens of times, but I’d never been to his place. I didn’t even allow myself to think about it or wonder what it was like. It was just a stark reminder of the different places we came from.

Killing the engine, he waited for me to dismount the bike first, but I just sat there, frozen.

When I didn’t budge, he removed his helmet and looked back over his shoulder at me.

“Come on. I’m taking you home.”

When I still didn’t move, he growled a bit.

“Kim, I could have lost you today. You’re going to have to just deal with me being a little overbearing right now.”

With a huff, I got off the bike. I could tell by the fierce look in his eyes that this wasn’t going to be a fight I was going to win. Maybe if I left the helmet on no one would know it was me.

“This is a very bad idea,” I told him.

“No, it’s not.”

He took the helmet off my head and carried it and his with one arm while pressing his hand into the small of my back and guiding me inside.

We didn’t pass anyone on our way to the elevator.

I started to relax a bit as we got inside and the doors closed behind us, positive no one had seen me come with him.

All of the sudden it felt like all the air had been sucked out of the elevator and all I could do was breathe in Elias’s scent.

I shivered.

“Cold?” he asked, setting down the helmets and taking off his jacket to wrap around me.

I groaned softly. Now I was literally covered in his scent, but I didn’t know how to explain to him that I wasn’t cold, just very turned on at the moment.

He aways had that effect on me, and being locked up in this confined space with him was making it even harder to say no to him. I knew that if I let on even a little bit he’d have me pressed up against the wall of this elevator faster than I could blink.

The thought was so tempting.

Before I threw caution to the wind and acted on it, the elevator came to a stop and the doors opened.

There was only a small area with a door to the right and one to the left. Elias unlocked the one on the right and held it open for me to enter.

I’d be lying to myself if I said I wasn’t the slightest bit curious.

Trying to be discreet about it, I looked around as we walked inside. He had a big open floor plan with designated sections for the kitchen, dining area, and living space. A large black sectional took up the bulk of the room, but the place was so large that it didn’t look oversized or anything. A short hallway was on the opposite side of the room with three doors visible.

The dark colors throughout the room made me smile. It was so Elias.

He smirked. “Go ahead, look around all you want. I have nothing to hide from you.”

As tempting as that offer was and as badly as I wanted to open the doors and see what was beyond them, I refrained. Instead, I went to the large French doors that led to an expansive terrace. Looking out, it felt like I could see nearly all of Ravenden below.

I had never spent time that high up in human form before. It was awesome.

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