Page 76 of Burn Falls
“Miss me, sweets?”
I grinned and stepped aside so he could enter. I closed the door. “Yes. I don’t know how I’ll make it to Friday night.”
He pulled me in for a kiss, cupping my face with his cold hands and pressing his lips to mine. “After Friday, you’ll never have to miss me again.”
“Except when you’re working an hour away in Anchorage.” I looked up into his dark eyes. “I’ll be working days, and you’ll be working nights.”
“True, but I get off before the sun rises, and I can always wake you with my mouth.”
“That might make up for it,” I teased.
A knock sounded on the door. “It’s Athan,” Draven stated, and I moved to open it.
“Calla,” Athan greeted.
“Hey, Athan.”
“You need to invite him in, sweets,” Draven said, standing beside me.
“Athan, please come in.”
He stepped through the threshold. “Thank you. So this is my new digs.”
“New digs?” I asked.
“Didn’t Draven tell you? I’m going to be sleeping here while he’s gone.”
I blinked.
“I didn’t tell her yet,” Draven said.
“Tell me what exactly?”
“I’m your bodyguard.” He went to the couch.
“My bodyguard?”
“Not the first time I’ve been here, but it will be the first time I’m allowed inside.”
My gaze flicked to Draven in question.
“As you know, we don’t know why the vampire attacked your father, but I’m almost certain he thinks you saw his face and is probably lurking to make his move.”
My heart stopped. “To kill me?”
Draven moved closer and pulled me to him so that my head rested on his chest. “It won’t happen. Athan and I have had eyes on you since the night it happened.”
“Really?”
“Really. I’m not going to let anything happen to you.”
“And neither will I,” Athan boomed from the couch, testing it with his ass as though he was checking the bounce.
“Wait. How did he get into OBB if he has to be invited in?”
“Doesn’t work on businesses,” Athan stated.
“That’s dumb,” I muttered.
