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“Yup. That was very clever actually. I had debated tripping him on the way to the elevator, but you beat me to it.”
I laughed as I returned my gaze to the computer, only for it to return to him after quickly repairing his keycard. I locked eyes with him, handing him his card before centering my pointer finger on my lips in a shushing motion. “Don’t tell my boss.”
He tapped his fingers on the desk and winked before turning toward the exit. “Your secret is safe with me, pretty girl.”
It felt like a lightning bolt hit me as I blinked in shock.
That nickname…
Right on cue, the elevator dinged, and another man walked out. He was nearly as tall as the one who had just stood before me. As he approached the front desk in an extremely similar hoodie, nervousness bloomed in my stomach tenfold.
The hoodies had the Navy SEAL emblem on the breast pocket area.
Holy shit.
The man from the elevator smiled at me before placing a bouquet of flowers on the front desk. It was only then that I realized he had been carrying them, or that his other hand was carrying a heavy duffel bag. “Good evening, darlin’. Just wanted to keep that promise of getting you flowers first. Being chivalrous is important in a relationship, ya know.”
My face stayed frozen.
Wolfe and Wraithe.
The man standing near the exit spoke again, and I jumped, realizing he hadn’t left yet. “Casey, babe, c’mon. We gotta get ready.”
The man in front of me winked, just like the last man had, and I watched as they left the building without a backward glance to me. It wasn’t even a full sixty seconds later when my phone buzzed in my back pocket, forcing me to nearly jump out of my skin.
PreyForUs
We wanted to give you our real names and faces to make sure you felt safe.
Give us five minutes.
You know what to do after that, pretty girl. If you still want this. Last chance to back out.
I looked at the clock. 11:12 p.m.
Regardless of my nerves, I didn’t hesitate.
It was really happening.
They came.
I watched the clock for an entire five minutes, drumming my fingers along the desk anxiously. And at the exact second the clock turned to 11:17, I slid my phone back into my pocket, walked into John’s office with a claim that I felt extremely ill and needed to leave, and followed my Preyless men right out of the building, into the darkness.
Just like we had planned.
SEVEN
CASEY
We both sat completely still,silent and watching, as our girl walked to the tree line.
I had to swallow down my grunt.
Our girl.
God, that did things to me, and it was only just the beginning. There was absolutely no telling how feral I would become for this beautiful woman as time went on. From her crystal blue eyes to her black, pin-straight hair, all the way down to her French tip painted toes we had seen in a mirror selfie recently.
Aiden may have been the caveman when there were two of us, but I feared that girl would be dealing with two cavemen very shortly.
