Page 123 of Taming the Beasts
“Baby, look at me.”
Emma sniffed and looked up at him.
“I need you here with me.”
“Then why are you sending me away...”
“And the only way I can make sure you’ll be here with me in a few days is if you leave right now. I need you to be safe. I can’t lose you. I can’t.”
I’d never heard Callum sound so broken before.
Emma slowly nodded. “Please be careful.”
“I will be.”
I grabbed Otto’s hand to pull him away from the door so that they could have a moment alone.
A minute later the door closed and Emma was standing there with tears rolling down her cheeks.
“Emma.” I ran over and hugged her as she dropped the bag she’d packed on the ground.
“I don’t want to leave him,” she sniffed.
“I know.” I hugged her tighter. “And we’re not,” I whispered.
“What?”
“Sh. Follow my lead.”
She looked very confused when I pulled back. I turned to Otto. “What exactly is the plan for tonight?”
He raised his eyebrow at me. “I can’t tell you that, Zoey. I’ve been sworn to secrecy.”
“Shit. Like blood oath secrecy?” That meant he actually couldn’t say.
He shrugged.
Well that made it just seem like a normal swearing of secrecy. Not a magical one. “Tell me,” I said.
“I’m not supposed to.”
“But Emma and I can help.”
Otto shook his head. “Absolutely not. I’m going to go finish packing. And then we’re heading out.”
“Or I can give you head and you can tell me all your secrets.”
Otto laughed. “Or you can just give me head and then we can leave.”
“Otto!”
“I’m not telling you, baby.”
“It’ll be really good head.”
“You always give me good head,” he said with a smile.
Damn it!I knew that my perfect mouth would one day ruin me! “Please tell me.”
