Page 31 of Riley & Kane: Complete Set

Rex

The angry seais an adversary of mine. There’s an unspoken agreement between us. When it’s howling and tossing my boat around on twenty-foot swells, it’s trying to kill me. It’s understood. I’m gambling on fate when I come into its house. I’m rolling the dice with my life, wagering that I can steal enough of the sea’s treasure before it swallows me whole. I’ve done it successfully for years, despite watching men on my crew lose their footing and sink below the icy surface, never to be seen again. Yeah, I’ve battled angry seas successfully untiltonight.

This is a new kind of storm—the one inside me for Clara. And I lost. Hell, I couldn’t even put up a decent fight against this…this obsession. It swells and grows more turbulent by the minute. I’m obsessed with her soft voice, her big doe eyes, her virginity. Taking it. Protecting it from myself.Killingoverit.

I should be put in jail for what I did tonight. Fucking my sweet little niece up the ass over the hood of her car. The car my brother is probably paying for. I’m following behind it now along the dark avenue, making sure Clara gets home all right. There’s a stuffed bunny rabbit in the back window and a ballet slippers bumper sticker. She’s so young. So refreshingly honest. Her future is bright, except for the depraved black spot I’ve justleft.

In the darkness of my car, though, I can’t help but reach down below the steering wheel and fist my satisfied cock. Lord, she took it like a champ. Creamed all over my hand even while I was treating that tight backside like my own personal playground. At one point I had my boot up on the front fender so I could thrust deeper…and she only mewled like a happy kitten. I’ve never come harder in my life. And I sure as shit have never wanted toholda girl afterward. Rock her, kiss her forehead, massage away thesoreness.

Never wanted to take on the world for a female before. But when she flashes those big eyes at me, I want to be her superhero. Someone to fight evil on her behalf, keep her tucked away in a safe place and provide for her everyneed.

The brake lights on Clara’s Camry light up as she pulls into her driveway. I pull over at the curb across the street, knowing I can’t go inside. Or Iwillhold her. I’ll sleep in her bed with her tucked against me. She’ll be so soft, her pussy there for the taking, and I won’t be able to help it this time. I’ll bang her nine times before morning. Shit, at that point, the addiction will be out of control. I’ll still be here when my brother returns from Bali, either shacked up with his little girl or…I’ll have taken her home with me. I’ll have claimed herforever.

I have to leave before the obsession turns into something I can’tcontrol.

The suggestion that I’m controlling itnowis laughable. Because she’s jogging toward my car and I’m fighting the urge to pull her through the driver’s side window and peel out of this goddamn suburban nightmare. I live closer to the coast, not too far away. We could be there in no time, Clara tucked into my sheets with a tummy full of food. She belongs withme.Me.

Beneath my white-knuckled hand, the steering wheel creaks. “Go on now, girl. Get. I’ll wait here until you’reinside.”

Hurt flashes in her eyes and I call myself a bastard ten times. “But…don’t you want to comeinside?”

“Can’t. I’m going on a hunting trip in themorning.”

Her lower lip pushes out. “Where?”

“LongShadow.”

She absorbs that. “What if there arerobbers?”

“Comeagain?”

“Inside my house,” she whispers, glancing over her shoulder. “Like, if I’m already home with the doors locked when it gets dark? I’m fine, you know? No robber just waits in a house all day to jump out and start robbing when night falls. But if I come home in the dark—like, right now—there’s a better chance of robbers. Because I haven’t been home since there was daylight. They could have snuck inafterdark. Can you just come in andcheck?”

God almighty, she’s as cute as a button. And she wants me to play her protector, despite the fact that I just tarnished her innocence in a public parking lot. Just looking at her hopeful face, my heart lifts and sticks in my throat. I can no more say no to this girl than I can change the seasons oncommand.

I grunt. “Just a quickcheck.”

She dances around, her hands clasped beneath her chin. “Thankyou.”

I climb out of my truck and cross the street beside her, making a warning sound in my throat when she curls her fingers into mine, holding my hand. “Clara…”

“What?” She looks up at me through her eyelashes. “Uncles hold hands with their nieces, don’tthey?”

“When they’re kids,maybe.”

“I didn’t know you when I was a kid. Can’t we make up for lost time?” She holds up my hand and twirls beneath it. “I see lots of presents in myfuture.”

In the corner of my eye, I see a male neighbor in his driveway, squinting at us in the darkness. Probably wondering if I’m Clara’s new, ancient boyfriend. Probably wondering if I’m going to ride her to the Promised Land as soon as we’re inside the house. Ain’t a red-blooded man alive whowouldn’twonder about how and when Clara spreads her thighs, but I pass him a black look, anyway, pointing at him in the darkness. In other words,I know where you live. Don’t look. Don’ttouch.

Ironic, consideringIshould be following thoserules.

Clara lets go of my hand to unlock the door and I frown, wanting it back. “How come none of those girls tonight helped fix up your knee? Ain’t they yourfriends?”

She ducks her head and trudges through the open door. “No. Notreally.”

“Why not?” I ask, following her inside. “They stupid orsomething?”

The smile she turns on me makes my steps falter. “No, they’re not stupid. They just think I’mweird.”

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