“They’re not normal feelings. I don’t think he’s attracted to me.” She frowned slightly. “I don’t know. He’s difficult to understand. He went into disguise as Marv—”
“Wait,” Duke barked. “The Fox is that old homeless guy?”
“Yes. And he was, uh, also one of your weekly clients.”
She winced as he swore.
“This can all wait,” Reyes barked. “Let’s get out of here. I don’t want to leave it up to chance that he won’t be back.”
Duke nodded. Much as he’d like to stay and wait for the Fox, Sunny was his priority. He reached down and picked her up.
“Wait.” She wiggled out of his arms. He set her feet down, but kept hold of her.
She picked up a book from the nightstand. He gave her a curious look as he picked her back up. He held her cradled against his chest, bridal style. The book rested in her lap.
“It’s a first edition Alice in Wonderland,” she told him. “I can’t leave it behind.”
He growled. “How the fuck did he know that was your favorite story?” How had he known that she was a Little? That she used to keep her housekeys under pl
ants on her porch?
“He bugged the shop,” she told him as they moved out of the cabin. “And maybe our houses.”
“That fucking bastard, I’m going to kill him.”
“I know he shouldn’t have done any of it,” she told him. “But if he didn’t care about not upsetting me, you guys would all be dead. He would have killed you. I don’t like that he kidnapped me and held me, but he did rescue me from Horse and Rory.” She shuddered. “And they were going to hurt me. They were pissed about not being let into the Iron Shadows. Horse. . .he had this knife. . .” she trailed off, looking pensive and scared.
“You don’t have to worry about those assholes, he took care of them. They can’t hurt you again.”
She let out a shuddering breath and nodded. “As wrong as Fox was for the way he went about things, he did save me.”
Duke still wanted to kill him. There were a lot of things that bastard could have done differently. But for now, he wouldn’t argue with her. He reached Ink’s bike and set her down. Fuck. He didn’t have a helmet for her. Or more clothing. He pulled off his leather jacket and helped her put it on. She smiled up at him, looking tiny in his big jacket.
He pulled her close, aware of everyone starting their bikes and waiting for them. “Don’t ever fucking do this to me again, understand? I was fucking terrified, chasing down each of that asshole’s clues, wondering if you were all right. I’m not fucking letting you leave my sight again, understand?”
She just hugged him tighter. “I love you too.”
25
Pleasure filled her.
She moaned as her clit was gently sucked. Her eyes fluttered as she floated in that place between consciousness and sleep.
A finger slid down her slit, pushing inside her and she sighed. Oh, yes. His tongue flicked at her clit as he added a second finger.
She groaned. “A girl could get used to waking up this way.” She attempted to touch him, to run her fingers through his hair. She frowned. She couldn’t move her arms, her hands were stuck above her head. Then she let out another groan as she realized why.
He’d tied her up.
Again.
To say Duke was having a few lingering issues from her being kidnapped was putting it mildly. Over a week had passed since he’d rescued her from the Fox’s safe house and he was sticking to his vow of not letting her out of his sight.
It was kind of cute.
Except when she needed to go to the bathroom.
Eventually, she knew she’d need her own space. However, for the moment she needed him nearby just as much as he had to be close.