Page 294 of Tempted By her Daddies

All right. She needed to start paying attention to her surroundings. Anyone could sneak up on them at the moment and hurt one of her men.

And she couldn’t allow that.

It was her job to protect them.

But that’s not strictly true, is it?

Fuck.

Things were getting tricky and she didn’t know what she was supposed to do.

“Hey, darling girl, what’s wrong?” Roman stepped in front of her, his face concerned. “Are you still nervous about meeting Salem’s family?”

“I thought we talked about this,” Salem said. “My mum feels terrible and everyone is going to love you.”

“I know that. Why would I be nervous? I just don’t think I should go in there.”

Turning, she strode off.

There was a shocked silence behind her, then the pounding of footsteps. Someone grabbed her arm and even though she knew it was one of them, she couldn’t help but swing around and slip her arm from their hold before taking a defensive stance.

More shocked silence.

“What the fuck was that?” Alexei demanded.

But he hadn’t been the one to grab her arm. Nope, that was Salem. And he looked absolutely horrified as he gaped down at her.

“Did you . . . did you think I was going to hurt you, baby?” he asked quietly.

He held both of his hands up and she suddenly realized what a stupid move she’d just made.

BecausetheirTamsyn wouldn’t react like that.

HisTamsyn had been trained to kill first and ask questions later.

“Sorry,” she said, forcing a huff of laughter while hugging herself tight.

Best to act vulnerable . . . pull on their protective instincts.

To her surprise, she didn’t really have to act.

Because she felt really, really vulnerable right now. This was so bizarre. What was wrong with her?

Pull it together, Tamsyn.

This isn’t you.

Or was it? Was it the real her and the other her was the false one?

“Tamsyn?” Roman stepped closer again. “Can you tell us what’s going on?”

“How the hell did she break your hold like that?” Alexei asked.

Shit. Shit.

“I’m so sorry,” she told Roman, focusing in on him. “I want to go.”

“Go?” Salem repeated. “Baby, we can’t go. You have nothing to be scared of.”

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