Protection: A Bad Boy Stepbrother Romance by Wood Vivian

Author:Wood, Vivian [Wood, Vivian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Vivian Veritas Publishing
Published: 2016-01-12T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Jace’s attention fell to the game. It was a brief one. Tessa swept the board in a subtle and effective pincer strategy, but Jace had come back at the last moment and put her in checkmate.

“That wasn’t a bad plan,” he said, pushing back from the table.

“It’s a warm-up strategy. I can do better,” she said, her tone a little defensive.

“What do you say we make this game more interesting?” Jace suggested, seeing an opportunity to ask more questions.

“What did you have in mind?” she asked, her tone suspicious.

“For every piece I take, you answer a question for me. Anything I want to know, within reason.”

His stared her down in challenge, just short of declaring his next victory in advance.

“And the same for me, then?” she asked.

“Fair is fair.”

“All right,” she said. The words were hardly out of her mouth before she’d moved her first pawn.

It seemed that this time Tesas had another strategy in mind. Curious, Jace moved his first piece. The game proceeded for a few minutes in silence before he took one of her pawns.

Rocking back in his chair, he picked up the white plastic pawn and rolled it between his fingers thoughtfully.

“How long have you known about Shifters?” he asked.

“Less than two months.”

Tessa’s hand flicked over the board. She had an opportunity to take one of his pieces, but didn’t. Jace’s response was to capture one of her pawns. He fired off another question as he nudged the piece off the board.

“Who is this so-called source that told you about us?”

Tessa’s eyes narrowed, and she was quiet for a beat before responding.

“I don’t know that much about him. His name is James. I’m pretty sure he’s an Ascendant, too,” she said, her words measured.

“How did you find him?”

“It’s not your turn,” she said. Another few moves passed before Jace could take another of her pieces. With a self-satisfied smirk, he repeated himself.

“How did you find this James person?”

“I didn’t. He found me,” she said, and then proceeded to take two of his pieces in one move.

“Damn,” he muttered. He hadn’t seen that one coming.

“So I get two questions.”

Jace nodded, keeping his expression blank.

“Okay. Ummmm… do you have any family?”

Jace was surprised. He wasn’t sure what he’d thought she was going to ask, but that wasn’t it. Of course, that would be something a female would want to know. They seemed to like judging men by their family relations. The very thought made Jace queasy.

“Just my sister Maddie.”

Tessa nodded before choosing her second question.

“How pissed is your wife going to be when she finds out you’ve been locked in here with me for days on end?”

Jace blinked, again taken aback. She thought he was mated? He had a heart of stone, zero patience, and not a spare ounce of kindness. What crazy woman would have him?

“I’m not… seeing anyone,” Jace finished, awkward.

She nodded again, and then gestured to the board.

Jace moved his knight in preparation to put her in check. Just as quick, she took his knight down with a pawn that had been lurking nearby.

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