She bucks, her body going tense as she cries out, her orgasm hitting her hard and sudden as I circle that little nub, wringing out her pleasure until she goes limp. I stare at her perfectly reddened ass and bring my fingers to my lips, licking and sucking the taste of her from them.

When I pull her up and sit her facing me, her eyes are heavy lidded. I wipe the tears from her cheeks, then kiss them.

I cup her face and stare into the eyes that have been my undoing for so, so long. “Don’t ever scare me like that again.”

Her lips part, her brows drawing together. “You were scared?”

“Promise me.” I press my forehead to hers. “Please, Carina.”

She blinks a few times. “I … I promise.”

The barbed wire that had wrapped around my heart when I saw her disappear into the club finally relents. I can breathe again. I can think.

I glance around at the fogged-up windows and remember who’s inside the club. “We have to go. Now. And I want a full explanation on the way home. No bullshit.”

I step from the backseat and close the door, then pause and take a deep breath. I have to steel myself because if she tells me that she came to this club to hook up with Carson Falco, I’ll have his blood on my hands before the sun rises.

16

CARINA

I sit in the backseat, my body still buzzing with pleasure. I’m not sure what the hell that was, but a pressure I didn’t know was there had lifted off my whole body. When Gilly’s hand came down on my ass, I was livid, but as the slaps kept coming, I felt myself building to a release I didn’t know I needed.

The doors suddenly lock. I sit up straighter. Gilly is still standing outside the car. He pulls out his keys and hits the unlock button. The lock clicks open, but as quickly as it unlocked, it locks again. This time when he pushes the button, nothing happens.

“Carina,” he warns.

“It’s not me.” I hold my hands up to show him that I’m innocent. The car suddenly starts on its own.

“Carina!” he shouts.

“What do I do?” Ocean’s voice fills the speakers. “Should I like shoot around him? I’m still not great with the shooting thing. I haven’t had enough time to practice.”

“Don’t shoot!” I scream. Gilly pulls out his gun. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him look more serious, and that’s saying a lot. “Unlock the car.” I see the drone down the alley.

“Done,” Magic says as the lock clicks back over. Gilly's arm stops before he can hit the window with the butt of his gun. He flips it in his hand and fires one shot. The drone falls from the sky.