Mission: Her Protection (Team 52 Book 4) by Anna Hackett

Author:Anna Hackett [Hackett, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: to-read
Goodreads: 41135438
Published: 2018-08-12T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Blair tossed and turned in the sheets on Luke’s guest bed. She sat up and huffed out a breath. It was official. She couldn’t sleep.

Deciding not to just lie there staring at the dark ceiling, she got up. In her sleep shorts and tank, she padded out into the shadowed living room. Then she stopped.

She wasn’t alone.

Turning her head, she made out the large outline of the man sitting in the armchair in the corner of the room.

She knew it was Luke. It was like she had a damn radar, attuned just to him.

He sat back, and she saw he was cradling a glass of something. Ice tinkled against the glass.

“You okay?” she asked.

“Yeah.”

“I couldn’t sleep.”

“Me neither.” His voice was gruff. “The lieutenant called. Baxter still hasn’t woken up.”

“He’s tough.” She wandered closer.

“He’s got a wife. Kids.”

She heard the pain, the guilt. He was suffering, and again she felt the strange urge to soothe him. Not knowing what to do, Blair followed her gut. She moved closer, her bare feet almost silent on the wooden floor.

When she reached him, his arms snaked out, wrapping around her middle. He pulled her close and pressed his face to her belly. She let out a breath and slid her hands into his hair.

“He’ll be okay,” she whispered.

“But others won’t. Not while the last sword is still out there.”

“We’ll find it. It’s what we do. We protect our city, its people.”

“You protect the whole damn world, and I’ve given you nothing but hell for it.”

She stroked the silky strands of his hair between her fingers. “Well, I won’t argue that we can get messy. I know it makes your job harder.”

“Seeing your base, the storage area…I know what you do is important.” His hand moved, touching her bare leg just below the hem of her shorts.

His fingers moved in circles on her skin. She shivered, sensations skittering through her. She was used to heat and fire, but this small, simple, sexy move undid her more than a brazen caress.

She saw that he was still wearing his jeans, but his feet were bare, his white shirt was unbuttoned, revealing a delicious sliver of bronze skin, and his sleeves were rolled up. She licked her lips. Damn those sexy forearms.

His hand moved upward, skating over her pajamas until he reached the bottom of her tank. His hand moved under it, moving over her belly. She shivered again.

“You want me to stop?” he murmured.

“No.”

“This has nothing to do with wiping away a shitty day or drowning my sorrows.”

Her heart skipped a beat. “I know.”

“I’m not sure you do.” His hand moved higher and cupped one of her naked breasts. He trapped her nipple between his fingers and tugged on it.

She let out a shuddering breath. “Luke.”

He yanked her into his lap. Blair couldn’t stop herself from wrapping her arms around him. She straddled him, feeling his hard erection pressed between her legs.

He angled his head and took her mouth.

The kiss was deep, hot, and edgy. He drank from her mouth like a man dying of thirst.

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