Page 51 of Chaotic Curse
“Seems you got lost on the way to get waters,” Jordan says.
Hawk’s arm tightens around me.His jaw goes rigid.“We’re getting them now.”
“Where’ve you been?”
“We—”
Hawk interrupts me.“We don’t owe you any explanation.Come on, Daniela.”
“Right, you don’t.”Jordan turns but then looks over his shoulder.“You’ve got a leaf in your hair, Daniela.”
My hands get to my hair quickly.It’s up in a ponytail, and it’s soaking wet of course.Sure enough, I pull a leaf off my scalp.
“He knows,” I whisper to Hawk.
“Of course he knows.”He chuckles.“But who cares?”
I smile despite myself.If Hawk’s not worried, why should I be?
“No one could have found us back there,” Hawk continues.“It was off the beaten path.He was looking.Plain and simple.”
“Maybe he was just worried that we were taking so long.”
Hawk scoffs.“Right.The guy is after you, Dani.”
“Well, he won’t get me.”
“Damned right he won’t.”Hawk turns me toward him and crushes his lips to mine.
The kiss is hard and possessive, Hawk marking his territory with Jordan only a few steps away.When he pulls away, I’m breathless, my chest heaving.He doesn’t give me a chance to recover before he’s pulling me toward the refreshment stand.
When we join the others, the tension dissipates in the air.Gina and Lavender are obliviously chatting away.
Jordan sits across from us, a sour look on his face that he attempts to hide whenever Gina or Lavender look his way.But Hawk is right.We don’t owe him an explanation.
“Where were you guys?We were waiting for a while,” Lavender finally says, her gaze flitting between me and Hawk.
“Just got a bit lost,” Hawk shrugs.“This place is bigger than it looks.”
“Yeah, it is,” Gina agrees, shifting her gaze toward Lavender.
They don’t believe us, and I don’t care.
“Which ride is next?”Lavender asks.
“You three have a good time,” Hawk says.“I should get Daniela home.Her family will worry about her.”
“You mean they don’t worry about her when she’s with you?”Jordan asks.
I go cold.
What is Jordan talking about?
“Why would they?”Hawk asks.
“Oh, I don’t know.I mean, one of your brothers is an ex-con, and the other is in the hospital after overdosing on drugs.I believe one of your sisters is engaged to a mobster?—”
I can’t take it anymore.“Shut up,” I interrupt him.“You don’t know what you’re talking about.”
