Saved by His Submissive by Angel Payne

Author:Angel Payne
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Angel Payne Writes, LLC
Published: 2013-02-25T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Sage sighed heavily as she stood in the kitchen, watching him from the wide window over the sink. Garrett paced the lawn, side patio and back of the condo with careful steps and a vigilant gaze. All he needed was a brain bucket and an M16, and she’d swear he was out on patrol. The strain didn’t leave his body even as he sat at one of the chairs around the fire pit to strip off his T-shirt and get out of his boots. Every rope of muscle in his torso was still wound in tension.

None of it came as a surprise. Or a difference. He’d reinstated his mental smokescreen the second they’d climbed into the van with the other guys. Tait and Kell had led the bombardment of questions and general chatter, adding their embellishments about what their own first jumps were like, as well as their most harrowing jumps since then. Sage was glad some of their stories pushed believability, since she’d needed the distraction from the silence wrapped around the man who’d brought her such bright ecstasy just minutes before. Nothing improved during their drive home, when Garrett pretended to be interested in the entertainment news update oozing off the radio. Did he seriously expect her to believe the newest Hollywood hook-ups were a remote concern to him?

It was official. He was hiding something from her. And if it was an understanding about this new energy between them, she had a right to know about it. She’d burn through his whole damn forest to do it. Let’s do this, Smokey the Bear.

She poured a couple of glasses of water as he came back inside. “Oh, hell yeah,” he murmured when she offered him the drink. “That’s good. Thanks, sugar.”

He guzzled the whole glass in one swig, slammed it down, and refilled it. The moment provided the shot of courage she needed. There’d been a few others like this, where he’d poked through the smoke to give her glimpses of the brash, wild mustang of a man who’d first captured her heart two summers ago, when she’d been refueled to fight for him again. To fight for them. It was worth it. She had to keep trying.

The mantra compelled her forward, next to him. As she expected, Garrett stiffened. She didn’t back off. Instead, she lifted a hand and rested it against his chest, above the V formed by his dog tags.

He didn’t retreat.

That was a good sign, right?

Sage slid her touch toward his neck.

He grabbed her wrist with the speed of a cobra.

“Don’t.” She said it from tight teeth. “Don’t, Garrett.”

“Sage—”

“You’re not going to fire bomb me out this time.” Though he swung away, she hooked a hand into the crook of his elbow and dug in, at least as much as she could against his coiled bicep. “I’m not going to let you.” She got him to stop, though he only turned his profile for her to see. “Won’t you even look at me?”

With slow resignation, he swiveled completely around.

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