Page 83 of Fiercely Protective

“In that situation, anyone could have lost sight of me, even you.”

He huffed out a deep breath. “Will it make you feel better if I promise not to kill them and only remove them from your security detail?”

“Yes.”

“Fine, it’s done. Blaze, don’t kill the two idiots that were tasked with keeping Bri safe.”

Blaze grumbled something under his breath, but I couldn’t tell what he said.

Rogue pulled me across the car to sit on his lap.

He brushed back a strand of hair that was hanging near my face. “Your clothes are still damp, too. Are you cold?”

“I’m too nervous to be cold.”

“When we reach the penthouse, we can take a warm shower. Now, tell me, did you recognize the man you saw at the club? Did he look familiar at all?”

I shook my head. “No, he didn’t. The way he kept staring at me was unnerving and I thought I saw a pistol in his hand, but now I am not certain. Maybe it was my imagination. I do think he is the one that set off the alarms, but no, I have never seen him before tonight.”

“Hmm, I will have security footage sent to my computer and have you look over it. Hopefully one of the cameras caught him and we can identify him.”

I snuggled against him relishing in the warmth his body offered mine. This man who I had hated a few days ago was now the only thing I craved. His touch, his voice, his smell, the strength of his arms around me. I yearned for it, but I couldn’t help but wonder when Rogue sent me away, would he ever come back for me?”

Chapter Nineteen

Rogue

I didn’t waste any time getting Bri upstairs once we reached the penthouse. Her skin was chilled from the damp clothes she was still wearing. I carried her straight to the shower and turned the water on as hot as we could stand it.

I stripped her out of her clothes and followed suit with my own. The need to get her warm outweighed my desire to fuck her until the morning brought the cold reality that I would have to send her away until all the threats had been disposed of and it was safe for her.

When I joined her under the hot stream of water, her hands reached out to me, and I felt a tightness in my chest like nothing I had ever experienced before. This one woman had power over me. More power than anyone. When I couldn’t find her after the chaos at the club tonight, the feeling of terror that coursed through me was almost paralyzing and I didn’t like it. I had allowed Bri to become embedded into my soul as if my very existence depended upon her, and it disturbed me to think that she had that kind of hold on me and how easy it would be for someone to take her and destroy me.

“Rogue, I don’t want to go. I don’t want to leave you.”

I looked down into her upturned face, her bright eyes pleading with me as water cascaded down her back and shoulders.

My hands moved over her arms, my fingers tracing the same path as the rivulets of water down her spine, and pulled her closer. “It is better this way. The farther you are from me, the safer you will be.”

She crossed her arms over her breasts. “I don’t care. When I am not with you, I don’t feel safe. You are the only thing that keeps the nightmares away. I don’t want to wake up in a bed alone, wondering where you are and what is happening. Besides, there has to be something I can do to help.”

Her hands moved over my chest as her breasts pressed against me, but I couldn’t let lust override logic. I knew what had to happen. My hands gripped her wrists, and I walked her backward until she was against the tile. The power she had over me was strong, and I was close to giving in to anything she asked simply because I wasn’t sure how long I could go without her. I leaned down closer, letting my lips press against the throbbing pulse in the side of her neck.

“Like I said before, this isn’t just about you, Bri. There are other matters at stake. You are a distraction, an encumbrance. The one thing in this world that could destroy me. I need you to be where I don’t have to worry about you, where I don’t see you.”

Her eyes widened at my words, and I had not meant for them to be so sharp, but I was still wrestling with the crushing feeling of need for her. I had never felt this attachment to another living person before and it bothered me.

“You don’t want to see me? Well, you must be taking romantic advice from Blaze.” She rolled her eyes and tried to move away from me when I chuckled at her suggestion.

I pulled her back into my arms. With one of my hands anchoring in her hair, I yanked her head back, eliciting a shocked gasp from her lips. “Don’t think that you are going to walk away from me in a fit of pouty anger because you can’t get me to change my mind.”

I spun her around and braced her palms against the tile as I nudged her feet farther apart. “When I see you, I can think of nothing but having you naked, and then my mind is consumed with tasting you, feeling your flesh against mine, and fucking you until you are screaming and begging me to stop. I meant what I said, Angel. You are a distraction, an obsession from which I can’t break free.”

My fingers slipped between her legs where I found her pussy weeping for me. When I roughly pushed two fingers inside her, she shrieked. “But make no mistake, you are mine!”

I entered her swiftly and violently, bringing her off her feet to her toes. “I will end these threats and once I have, I am going to take you somewhere far away so I can have you naked and all to myself with no distraction. I am going to fuck you until there is no doubt in your mind as to where you belong.” I leaned over her shoulder and let my teeth sink into the long column of her neck. “Don’t ever make the mistake of thinking I would ever let you leave me. You are already embedded too deep into the darkness, but until it is safe, and the dangers eliminated, you will go wherever I say and stay there until I bring you back.”

My hands went to her hips, and I continued my thrusts. I felt her muscles tighten and squeeze my cock and I came undone. But this wasn’t over. I didn’t know how long we would be apart and if I was going to be denied access to her body, tonight, I would feast my fill. It wouldn’t be enough. I wasn’t sure if I would ever get enough of her. The cravings and desiresI had for this woman would rival any known drug. I longed for this to all be over so that I could have her to myself without the dangers that were lurking closer every day.

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