Sassy Ever After: All By My Sass (Kindle Worlds Novella) (The Pride Command Book 2) by Michele Bardsley

Author:Michele Bardsley [Bardsley, Michele]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-07-31T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Four

Reese stood and watched at the window holding the AK-47 he’d retrieved from his duffel bag. The winter storm had fizzled, though lazy snowflakes still drifted from the black sky. He’d turned off the porch light. The Hunter would return--the only question was when.

He almost wished the ugly bastard would appear so he’d have something to do other than think about Abby. About her stupid, idiotic, moronic self-sacrificing ass … he made a fist, the urge to punch something so strong. He understood why she’d done it. He did. But she hadn’t understood that he could not live without her. It would be like living without breath, without heartbeat. He would’ve found a way to keep their colony going, even if it meant giving up the old ways.

Had she really believed that her life was so much less than his? Or that he would simply work through his grief until he could find a replacement wife with a working womb?

He uncurled his fist and sucked in a ragged, harsh breath.

In the kitchenette, Abby washed their dishes.

Earlier, they’d sat at the tiny table to dine on soup and grilled cheese. Underneath the oversized shirt--one of his, he noted--he’d watched the seductive sway of her breasts. The rigid points of her nipples revealed she was either cold or thinking about him. Maybe she was just thinking about what he was capable of doing to her. Neither of them tried to fill up the silence.

He wanted her. Even now, as he looked out into the snow-filled darkness and tried to keep his mind on business, his ears were tuned to her movements. He heard the patter of her socked feet on the hardwood floor. She stopped just behind him.

He turned to face her and nearly lost his ability to breathe. She looked vulnerable. He knew better, of course. She was strong. So strong. He drank in her face, the upturned nose, the elfin chin, and the sloped angles of her cheeks. Her hair wasn’t a single color. Interspersed in the cocoa strands were glints of auburn and gold. Her gold eyes were flecked with green. They were too dark to be called hazel, but all the same her eye color was more complex than brown.

Plain adjectives didn’t do her justice.

Her gaze strayed to the window. “It won’t be back tonight.” She bit down on her lower lip. Tonight. He could tell it was more information than she wanted to give him. But she had never been good with duplicity. She’d never hidden anything from him.

Except this.

His heart turned over in his chest.

“We have better ways to spend the time,” he said.

She looked at him then. Desire heated her gaze. She dropped to her knees, her gaze on the floor.

He stared at the crown of her head and tried to restart his lungs. He needed to get it together, but the knot in his throat stalled his ability to speak. Her submission was always so sweet.

Reese dragged her to her feet. He claimed

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