Page 86 of Out of Peril

I didn't have to ask who Baine was. It was a unique enough name that I highly doubted there was more than one. Baine was the man who shot me. I didn't say anything though and tried not to show any signs of recognition.

“Okay. Next time. Come on, babe. Let's go find Grant.”

We went straight to the gym and walked inside. I smiled and gave a little wave to him.

“Hey, look at you. You're up and moving around now. Did you shift like I told you?”

“I did. And it seems to have worked.”

I didn't even notice there was someone else in the room until a female laughed at something Walker said. My head whipped toward them as she playfully smacked his chest.

A growl ripped through me as I recognized her.

It was the skank posing as his wife back in Venezuela.

“Get your skank hands off my mate. This not a mission,” The words blurted out of me before it hit my brain to discern if I should say them or not.

The girl turned on me, but Grant grabbed her by the waist, laughing as he threw her over his shoulder.

“Did you hear what she just called me?”

“They're mating, T. Keep your hands to yourself.”

Walker wrapped his arms around me and kissed my neck. “I'm sorry. Taylor and I are so used to playing a role that we don’t even think about it. I wasn't thinking of how that would bother you. I'll do better.”

I still wasn't happy and glared at the girl.

“I saw her draped all over you back at the market in Venezuela. She was there when I broke free, remember? I know who she is—your wife. That doesn't mean I have to like her.”

“Fake wife,” Grant clarified.

“I know, but I still don't like it.”

He set Taylor down, but wrapped an arm around her shoulders and pulled her back to him. It looked like a sloppy choke hold, and I was disappointed he didn't put her in a full sleeper hold.

The woman and I continued to stare each other down.

“Babe, there's nothing going on between me and Taylor. T, tell her.”

Her chin lifted in defiance.

“Don't even,” Grant warned her.

She sighed and held out her hand. “Taylor. You must be the wicked beast of the east.”

I nodded and took her hand to shake it. “Lindsey. It's nice to officially meet the skank whore who gets to only pretend to be with my mate.”

Grant groaned. “This is all your fault,” he said to Walker.

My mate just started laughing.

Suddenly Taylor was smiling and laughing too.

“Uh-oh. Don't you dare enjoy this.”

My jaw dropped as he pulled her into his arms and kissed the hell out of her.

Walker leaned over and kissed my temple.

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