Becoming His (Blackout Series) by K.I. Lynn

Author:K.I. Lynn [Lynn, K.I.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Catastrophic Press
Published: 2019-04-15T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

I blinked at him before reaching out and pulling his face back to mine. He groaned against me, his arms wrapping around me as he tipped me down onto my back.

“Fuck,” he hissed. “You are way too enticing.”

“Come back,” I grabbed for him as he sat back up.

“Hold on.” I watched as he stood and pressed against the ceiling panels. There were sounds of metal flexing, but nothing moved.

“What are you doing?”

“Trying to get to the hatch. Elevators have an emergency hatch at the top, but you have to get past the layer of decor.” He pulled at another piece and it released, popping off in his hands. “Yes!”

After laying the panel on the floor against the wall, he pulled out his phone and turned the flashlight on, shining it up and revealing the release handle.

With a hard twist, the seal popped and he pushed the lid back. It fell to the other side with a loud clang that echoed through the space. A wave of new air flowed in, making me realize how stuffy the small compartment had become.

“Come on,” he said as he held out his hand.

“And go where? We should just stay.”

“The power has been out for over half an hour now. We have no idea what happened or when it’s coming back. Nobody knows we’re here. There’s a ladder against the wall. We can climb it until we reach the door and pry it open.”

What he was suggesting was ludicrous. While I didn’t like hanging so far up in the air, leaving was far more dangerous than staying.

“Then what? We’ll be in a dark hallway,” I argued as my stomach churned.

“That has access to the emergency staircase.”

The switch flipped and I understood. “That unlocks automatically in a power failure.”

“Exactly. We can make our way up to my room.”

My excitement fell. “But there’s no electricity. We can’t get in,” I reminded him. Everything in the hotel relied on electricity and with none, we were stuck.

“Shit, you’re right.”

“Then what?”

“I bust the door down, I guess.”

“You sound pretty confident about all this,” I said, wishing I had a fraction of his courage.

“I’ve done it before.”

It hit me then. “A movie set is very different from real life.”

“Maybe, but I’m willing to gamble. You?”

The idea alone, the danger associated with it, was fear inducing, but not as much as the idea of staying where we were.

“Maybe, especially since your idea is to climb a vertical ladder and pry an elevator door open while balancing yourself so you don’t fall and leave me stranded.”

“I see where your priorities lie.”

“Yeah, getting my ass out of this situation intact, but I guess this is Vegas, and it’s all about the gamble.”

He cupped my face and tilted it back so that our eyes met. “I can do it. Trust me.”

“Trust isn’t the issue. One of us getting hurt is.”

He pressed his lips to mine before stepping back. “We’ll be okay. I promise.” His fingers deftly worked open each button from his shirt, and he pulled the hem from his jeans.

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