Hot Damn (Hot as Puck Book 3) by Rhian Cahill

Author:Rhian Cahill [Cahill, Rhian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rhian Cahill
Published: 2024-07-27T00:00:00+00:00

Cami

My hip aches. I can’t find any position that doesn’t send pain shooting down my leg or up my spine. Shifting, I try to ease the discomfort. Except nothing I do does.

When I get my hands on Kenneth, I’m going to knock his fucking teeth out.

“Hey. You okay?”

I glance up at Beckett. “Yes.” The word sounds like it’s been ground into dust.

“Sounds like it,” he says with a smirk. “Can I get you another drink?”

“No. You can get me out of here.”

His eyebrows shoot up, his eyes wide and shocked for a moment before concern floods them. “How much pain are you in? Should I take you to the hospital?”

“No. I don’t need a hospital. I need a hot bath and for all these people to take their concern somewhere else.”

“Cami.” His says my name with so much feeling that my eyes water.

Dammit.

“They’re worried about you.”

“I get that. I do. But it’s…” I try to think of a word that won’t make me seem ungrateful but can’t. “Suffocating.”

“No one’s hovering.” Beckett looks around and I follow his gaze.

He’s right. No one has hovered. They send me smiles or cocked eyebrows on occasion and I smile to let them know I’m fine. Except I’ve been doing it for two hours.

I’m tired.

Sore.

Cranky.

And angry.

So fucking angry.

It’s my own fault I’m siting here on a bruised butt. I should have known Kenneth was up to no good when I first spotted him. Instead, I let Whit lead the way outside and when he grabbed her arm…

Fury rose up so hard and fast I choked on it.

Her gasp of shock, the way she wrenched herself away had me acting before thinking. If I’d just taken a second to ground my feet instead of…

No. There had been no time to waste, at least that’s what my instincts told me so I’d shouldered her behind me as she stepped back and put my hand out to shove Kenneth away.

Except I missed the step and my feet got tangled and when my hand landed on Kenneth’s chest, he lost his footing too. Only he grabbed me for stability and because he was a few steps below, gravity took over and I was falling forward with nothing to break my fall.

Especially when that chicken-shit managed to keep upright and took off.

“Hey.” Beckett’s hand cradles my jaw and lifts my face until our eyes connect. “You can’t hunt him down and kill him.”

“Why not?” It doesn’t even enter my head that he’s able to read me. Hell, my murderous thoughts are probably written all over my face.

Beckett chuckles. “Well, for a start, there are at least six people in here, no, make that nine, who want to get in line before you.”

I mentally count heads and realize he’s counted every adult here. The fact he thinks Walker, Bran, Chase, and himself can be included alongside Mom and Dad, and my three best friends brings tears to my eyes. “Oh.”

“So, how about I do as you asked?”

“Huh?” I sniff back the threatening tears.

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