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I reengage the safety on my gun and tuck it into my belt, nodding at my men to do the same. The officer sighs in relief, which makes me smirk. It’s good that he’s scared. It means he realizes the seriousness of the shit he’s found himself tangled up in.
“You can handle cleaning this incident up with your co-workers? Get them off our back while we plan a takedown?”
“I’ll say you guys caught up to me and jumped me.”
“Might need a black eye to make that believable,” I grunt.
He nods again. “And a split lip. Make it look good. I’ll drive the car back to the same spot and slash the tires.”
I look over at Hawk, then at Axel. With a slight dip of my chin, they know the plan.
“Deal.” I step forward to shake his hand.
“I’m Officer Jake Cardell,” he tells me as we shake hands.
“Blade.” I jerk my head to the left, “That’s Axel.” I nod to the right. “And Hawk.”
The two men step forward and follow Jake out to his car. They’ll handle it from here. Right now, I need to get my woman to safety.
“Ready to go home, baby?” I ask her.
Sonya nods and throws her arms around me as I pick her up and carry her to my bike. I don’t know that I’ll be able to leave her side ever again.
CHAPTERTHIRTEEN
SONYA
“No… No, please…”
“Sonya, love, wake up,” comes a deep, calming voice. “You’re having a bad dream, baby. Come back to me. I’ve got you.”
Blinking my eyes open, the last of the dream fades into blackness as the moon's dim light bathes us in silver. “Sorry,” I rasp, shaking my head of the remnants of fear stuck in the corners of my mind.
“No reason to apologize,” Blade whispers. “You had a traumatic day. Can I do anything for you?”
“I’m okay,” I assure him, snuggling against his chest. A few moments of silence pass, and I feel the guilt rolling off him in waves. I hate that he feels responsible for what happened. I got a little banged up, but nothing serious. No stitches, no broken bones. “The scariest part was thinking I’d never see you again,” I admit.
“Sonya,” he says softly, cupping the side of my face and turning my head so we’re eye to eye. “I’m yours. I’ll always come for you. Always protect you. I let you down today, but it won’t happen again.”
“Blade, it’s not your fault. You’ve given me everything—a chance to start my life, a job, a way to pay for a car repair that we both know isn’t worth all the work, a place to stay, a reason to get up in the morning, a reason to trust and love and–”
He cuts me off by taking my mouth. There's no build-up, only passion and heat from the very beginning. His tongue plunges into my mouth, tasting every inch of me like he owns me. He does.
He strokes the sensitive roof of my mouth, and I moan at the sensation, breaking the kiss. He nuzzles my neck and tightens his arms around me like I might bolt at any minute. Finally, he looks up at me.
“Sonya…” he starts, then trails off, trying to find the right words. “When we’re together, it’s like nothing I’ve ever experienced. It’s not just physical with you, although that part is overwhelmingly incredible.” He smirks, somehow putting me at ease.
Blade’s gaze turns serious, his brown eyes begging me to listen to him. “I’m bound to you forever, Sonya. I want to feel all of you, all at once, and not just physically. I want to crawl inside you and figure out how you operate. I want to know how you hurt so I can fix it like you’re already fixing me.”
“Blade…” I whisper. This man keeps surprising me with his tenderness and sweet words. I think it’s surprising to him, too.
“You’re everything to me, my whole fucking world,” Blade continues. “I love you, but love doesn’t even feel like an adequate word. I…”
I rest my forehead on his, breathing him in. “I feel it, too, Blade. I want you with everything I am. You’re a part of me, and being separated from you is like tearing myself in half. I need you more than my next breath.”
His lips are on mine, his hands roaming all over me, squeezing my breasts, stroking my back, tangling in my hair to guide my head as he deepens his kiss. He consumes me, each stroke of his tongue reminding me I’m his, each soft moan from our lips adding to the symphony of our love.
Blade quickly undresses us, hovering over my body as I stretch out beneath him. He kisses my nose, lips, and cheeks. Kneeling on the bed at my feet, he trails his fingers over my toes, up the arch of my foot, higher, until he’s tickling the insides of my ankles.