Page 3 of Her Dragon Daddy Disaster
Instead of listening, Levi reached out and grabbed my hand, his massive paw engulfing it completely.
Likely, he expected his touch to stun me, to keep me immobile and wanting more. Almost six years ago, he would’ve been right.
But that was then.
Lightning fast, I rotated my arm, tucking my hand over his and breaking his grip, while my other hand yanked the taser free as I stepped forward. Shoving it into his gut, perhaps several inches lower than necessary, I pulled the fucking trigger with glee, grinning as I waited for him to collapse in writhing pain.
The weapon went off, the crackling noise of electricity discharging filling my ears while ozone wafted to my nostrils.
Hendricks was barking orders on the radio.
“It’s okay,” I said. “I’ve got this. Keep calm.”
Hands that had been moving toward guns around the room slowed. They didn’t, however, stop. It was the White House. No threat was taken lightly, and the discharging of a weapon was no minor incident.
It should have ended there. I could have turned Levi over to Hendricks and watched as he was taken below for …debriefing,all the while still twitching from my attack.
“Are we done yet?” Levi asked instead, standing calmly without flinching as the weapon finished its discharge.
I stared at him in shock. I’d heard of people on extreme amounts of drugs who could mostly resist a taser. But that?!
“What are you on?” I whispered, stepping back, my right hand dropping toward my service pistol. I didn’twantto go to that length, but it was a threat. Levi should have been on the ground pissing himself. Literally.
“Nothing,” he said with a snort, gently pushing the taser away from his lower stomach.
“Bullshit. I just hit you with fifty-K volts. You didn’t so much as blink. Nobody can do that. It’s impossible.”
Levi shook his head. “Not impossible. Just unlikely. Now, I believe we were talking about you and me? I seem to recall a certain couch in your living room. Do you still have it? You know the one that when you get on your knees on it and bend over, your ass is at a perfect height for me to—”
“Shut up,” I snarled, knowing full well I wasn’t going to hear the end of this, no matter the outcome. The Secret Service had women in it, but it was still very much a boys’ club. Tales ofme getting railed by some super-stud would be in full force for weeks.
Agents around the room were still on their way over to me. I could hear Hendricks talking calmly, but to me, they were miles too far to be of any help.
“Whatever you remember,” I said, deciding to face his words directly, “that was in the past, Levi. You walked out on me, among other things. Without a word. Just disappeared. You can’t just show up six years later and act like nothing happened, moron. I’ve moved on. Now, get your ass back with your group. Last chance before these guys arrive, throw you in cuffs, and take you below.”
Levi just stared at me. His nose flared, and his eyes ran down my body and back up.
“Liar,” he said softly. “You haven’t moved on at all. I can still smell your arousal. You want me.”
“Leave.Now.”
He shrugged. “Very well, have it your way. Call a supervisor over. It might be for the best in the end.”
“Please just go,” I said. The last thing I wanted was for Levi to start retelling Hendricks in all the gory detail of just how well heknewme. Besides, that would simply increase the paperwork.
The other agents were now less than a dozen feet away, standing menacingly, but letting me handle the situation. For now. I didn’t have long left, however, before they would step in. I could sense the confusion among them on how he was still on his feet. But if things could be resolved calmly, that was what we preferred to do.
“I’ll leave,” he said, “ifyou agree to see me after your shift ends.”
“I can’t,” I said. “I’m busy.”
I didn’t add “with the childyouleft me with.” I wasn’t about to tell him about Jakub.
There was a pause as he evaluated my seriousness. Then he sighed. “Fine. Have it your way. Call your supervisor.”
“You won’t leave?”
He snorted disdainfully. “Sarah, my dear, I just took your taser on full bore and didn’t even flinch. Shouldn’t that beslightlyconcerning to you?”
