Page 21 of Unmasked Anarchy
He traces his thumb over the raised edge of the healed parts.“You’re a fuckin’ warrior, you know that?”
It’s the last thing I expect to hear.I open my eyes, blinking at him, but his expression doesn’t waver.He looks at the wound, then back at my face.“You’re fuckin’ beautiful, Sable.”
I feel like I’m going to pass out.
His words penetrating right to my core.
He finishes cleaning up the wound, then smooths the shirt back down, letting his hand linger a second.“Don’t ever be ashamed of survivin’.”
I hold my breath, not moving my gaze from his.
He reaches up, tracing his finger down my cheek, and, for a moment, it feels like the world stops.
“I shouldn’t be here,” I whisper.
“I know,” he murmurs, sliding his finger to my lips and tracing them.
“This ...this is dangerous.”
“Know that, too, darlin’.”
“It’s not going to stop you, though, is it?”
He shakes his head.
I hold my breath.
He leans in and, for a second, a blissful second, I think he’s going to kiss me.
Until the door swings open and a girl appears, her eyes widening.She mutters an apology and rushes away, but the moment is gone.
For now, at least.
“I shouldn’t be here,” I whisper, pushing to my feet.
I came way too close then.
I’m afraid next time there will be no stopping us.
~*~*~*~*~
GUILT CONSUMES ME.
The entire way back to Gage, I feel horrible.
I didn’t do anything, I know that, but the feelings swirling angrily in my chest are too much to handle.Gage might not be the world’s best husband, but he saved me when no one else did and for that I at least owe him my loyalty.
I shouldn’t have gone to Kael.
Even though everything inside me leads me that way.
It’s wrong.
Arriving back at the club, I climb out of the cab Kael called and tiptoe through the front gates.I don’t even want to know the kind of fee he must have paid for that cab driver, but he did it, without hesitation.
Everything is quiet, and it must be about two in the morning.It doesn’t seem like only hours ago this place was being shot up.Instead, it is deserted and almost like nobody is here.But I know that isn’t true.I saw three bikers appear the moment I got out of the cab, and they only retreated when they saw it was me.
They’re on high alert.
