Page 139 of A Midnight Romance
“You’re up next, River.” Sensei Clark wipes the sweat from his chin with the back of his hand.
“Ben has fresh green smoothies in the kitchen,” I begin.
“Say no more.” Sensei Clark whips past me before I can complete the sentence, leaving me and Lux alone in the gym. He can never resist them.
Her eyes narrow. “Since I live here now, I assumed you wouldn’t have to follow me around all day anymore.”
“Your assumption was incorrect.” I push off the wall and walk toward her.
She does the same, her hands firmly on her hips. “Clearly.”
“You like it,” I bite back.
Stepping onto the mat, I close the distance between us. Her large, dark eyes focus upward, meeting mine with a fire I’m obsessed with. “The joys of having a serial killer and stalker as a boyfriend.”
I lean in, bringing my lips to graze hers.
Lux’s eyelids close as she breathes in heavily. “And can’t forget the obscene amount of orgasms you tease out of me on the daily.”
“What can I say? I can’t get enough of you.” My mouth captures hers as her arms swing around my neck. The sweetness of her lips mixed with the subtle salt from the sweat on her skin sends me to heaven. Remaining connected, I bend to bring my arm around her ass and lift her up. With a smooth movement, her legs wrap around my waist and deepen our kiss.
“Break it up, you two,” Sebastian calls out as he enters the gym.
Both Lux and I turn his direction.
“What is it?” I spit in response to his interruption.
“Hayden was going through the last of the things we collected from the night we set Andrew’s bed and breakfast on fire,” he begins. With a squaring of his shoulders, I can tell he has important information to tell us.
“Is this about there being no remains at the scene?”
Hayden rounds the corner into the gym. “Hey, River. Lux.”
“Hey, man,” I return.
Sebastian flips his hat on backward as if to focus, then removes a card from his front pocket. “One of the guys found this card at the scene.”
Lux jumps down from my arms.
“It was Jacobi who found it. He thought little of it at first, but brought it to my attention since the word is out that the police weren’t able to recover human remains from the burn site. Which we all know is suspicious.”
Sebastian pinches a small rectangular card between his fingers as he extends his arm to hand it to me. “Here.”
I remove it from his grasp, holding it close to get a good look at what it is.
Embossed with a shiny cream-colored font are the words:The Black Veil Society.I flip the white card around to see a ten-digit number on the back.
Lux approaches my side. “A phone number?”
I glance at Sebastian and Hayden. “Do you know what this is?”
Seeming perplexed, Hayden shakes his head.
“A simple preliminary search of the TI database only pulls up a turn of the century secret organization that well-known murderers belonged to.”
“Shut up,” Lux gasp. “Do you think that’s what this is?”
My mind spins. “It might just be a coincidence.” Then I turn to Hayden. “We’ll look for more information and keep you updated.”
