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“You will.” The Mastermind moves bear and puts a hand on my shoulder.
“How do you know?”
Feeling these two ruthless me be so caring puts a lump in my throat. I don’t feel as if I deserve the tenderness they’re giving me. With them both so close, I want to wrap myself in their strong chests and hide away.
Hearing them talk about me, discussing me as a problem, gives me an unsettling feeling. Considering the ways this could go and what I might have to do. All of that and still with no clue who I am.
Being the only one who doesn’t know makes me angry. A taste of the rage that could follow makes me wonder once again,who the fuck am I?
“Do you know any familiar places that I might recognize? Could that stir something?” Even as I’m saying it, a dark sensation coils like a snake in my gut.
Whatever my mind is walling off and shutting out, there must be a reason. I’m starting to wonder how good an idea it is to break that wall down.
After a long pull on his whiskey, the Warrior looks across at the Mastermind, “That drone, it couldn’t have followed us here to the lodge, could it?”
“I had jammers and a detector running, all the way here.”
“No offense, but they didn’t do much good against the drone at the last place.”
“If there ever was one.”
“Are you serious?” With a frown and a glance at the door, he says, “He’s not getting to you, is he?”
The Mastermind shrugs. “Who knows? What do we really know for sure?”
They both glance at me as the Warrior says, “She’s not getting under your skin is she?”
“Me?” the Mastermind’s chuckle is dark and hollow.“Shouldn’t I be the one asking you that?”
The Warrior’s face darkens. “I’m going to step outside. Make a call.”
“Don’t do anything rash.”
Now I’m alone with the Mastermind, all my confidence evaporates. Facing the Emperor one-on-one was nerve-wracking, but at least the danger is out in the open. With the Mastermind, I have no idea what’s going on in his head.
He pours himself another drink and again he offers me one. He makes a small, puzzled frown when I decline. I think,He can’t be serious. Doesn’t he think I’m at enough of adisadvantage already? I feel like I’m walking a high-wire in a hurricane, miles up, and without even a pole.
He settles back into the couch and cocks his head to study me.
“We know that there was more going on around your escape and the cottage. Right? Something else happened.” Straight to that? He’s taken me by surprise. What he says next is even more unexpected.
“Level with me, okay? You’ve made a bond. Developed some feelings. Yes or no?”
I don’t react.
“Am I totally out of line thinking you have some feelings for me, too?”
I’m shaking more and more inside as he goes on. “When I came back to the lodge and the three of us were fooling around. You pretended you weren’t into it, didn’t you?” His chin lifts. “But I know you really were.”
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
My blood pounds triple time. Tingles and bursts of heat break out in the darkest and most awkward folds and crevices, all around my body. A squirm in my panties is more than I can hold back. Trying to keep my body under control is making my head buzz ad blur with confusion.
Before I can stop myself, I let out, “Yes.” And I should stop there. “I am having feelings for you.” Now I’ve gone too far. But I can’t stop myself “All of you.” I shake my head, like I’ve made the dumbest mistake. “I have strong feelings for all three of you, and now I suppose you’re going to leverage that against me.”
He moves along the couch, nearer to me. Our knees are almost touching.
“What makes you think we’re against you, why do you assume that?”
