Page 129 of Lawless
“Where are we?”
“Hazard Grove,” I confess.
“Hiding?”
“Laying low,” I correct. I refuse to accept that we’re hiding from anyone.
We’ll return. But not until I’m confident that we can all fight. Fight and win.
Right now, everyone is suffering too much to even think about going into battle with Victor.
“They won’t find us here. We can take as long as we need to recuperate and then we make our move.”
“You really think we can take them.”
“I don’t think, Pet. I know.”
She nods. I’m not sure if that’s because she agrees with me, or just wants to, but I’m happy to assume it’s the former.
“I want to be there when it happens. I won’t accept being protected from it all, no matter how ugly it gets.”
“Pet.” I growl.
“I’m serious. I know you want them all dead. And rightly so, you have your own reasons. But they ruined my entire fucking life, Reid. Every single part of me has been tainted by them. I need to see them die. And I need them looking in my eyes as they do so.”
It goes against everything I’m feeling to agree with her. I want to wrap her up in cotton and keep her away from those twisted cunts.
Just the thought of her having to be in the same room as them again sends a wave of fire so hot through me I’m surprised the water around us doesn’t start boiling.
But at the same time, I can’t say no to her.
“I’ll make sure you’re a part of everything we do from here on out. This is your fight just as much as it is mine.”
Twisting around, she sits between my thighs. Her skin is still red from the temperature of the water when we first got in, her hair is dark and hanging limply around her face. Her eyes are bloodshot, the shadows beneath them dark and haunting. Her bruises still more than obvious. But fuck, she’s beautiful.
She might think she looks a mess, but she couldn’t be more wrong.
My eyes fall to her full breasts, to the pink piercings through her nipples, and my dick jerks beneath the water.
I’ve wanted a lot of things in my life, but I’m not sure I’ve ever wanted any of them as much as I want Alana.
My eyes lift to her face, and I quickly discover that I wasn’t the only one checking out the view.
It’s long seconds before she finds my eyes, and when she does, the most adorable blush colors her cheeks.
A small coy smile plays on her lips, allowing me to see just a hint of the feisty woman I first locked up in my basement.
It might have only been two weeks ago, but it feels like forever. Like she’s always been a part of mine and JD’s lives. She may as well have been for the impact she’s had on both of us.
Something crackles between us, the air charged with electricity, the pull I’ve always felt toward her becoming harder and harder to ignore.
She’s dropped her guard and let me in. She’s allowed me to hold her when she’s at her weakest and fuck if that doesn’t call to me in a way I never expected.
My heart rate picks up as she leans a little closer, her eyes dropping to my lips momentarily.
There’s a little voice in the back of my head that screams for me to stop, to end this before it starts. She’s not in the right frame of mind to be making any decision about things like this, and I would be an asshole to take advantage.
Hell, I am an asshole.