“A bad one. The fires have taken care of the corpses. We need to stop this massacre from happening again.
This doesn’t sound like the Rising I know.
Everyone turns to face me, and I suddenly feel a little on the spot. Hale takes a step away so he can join everyone in their expectant waiting.
“I had a lead before I left Javeline, but I don’t know how cold that trail has gone now. There’s a man at the Selma compound who might can put names to the faces my suspect drew for us. I’ve got them all saved to my files. We can start there,” I murmur a little bashfully.
Hale smirks as he rejoins me, and then several hummers emerge from under the ground as the secret hatch opens.
“We always keep extras on hand in every compound,” he whispers.
“Let’s go,” Brazen urges while climbing into the back seat of the one we’re getting into.
“Are you really going to ride with us?” Hale huffs.
“Yeah, I am because you’re going to get there first,” Brazen says with a mischievous smirk before giving me a wink.
“Captain Mordel,” Clay calls.
“Yes, Sir.”
“Ms. Emmerson needs someone to go with her. I don’t want anyone riding alone. We’ll be picking up some of our human officials along the way, so we need all the vehicles.”
Hale stifles a grin, and Brazen rolls his eyes while climbing out of the backseat. Hale’s hand slides over to find mine, and I squeeze it tightly as the engine starts to roar. My head pops back for a second in response to the jolting start, and then I feel a devious plan coming to mind.
“You look tense,” I murmur mildly while strolling my fingers up his arm.
“Just a little. I wasn’t expecting to shift directions so quickly. How much do you know about the Rising?”
I smirk a little, and then I press my lips against his arm very subtly.
“They’re a group of full bloods that wish to live like people did before we found out how to dilute the blood to safely feed them.” I pause while sliding my lips a little softer up his arm. “I think I can help you out with your tension.”
“How’s that?” he asks with a naïve mannerism.
My knees press into the seat as I lean over to his lap. His eyes pop open the second he sees my new plan of seduction, and one hand tangles in my hair when he doesn’t refuse my offer. He exhales loudly as I unzip his pants, and then my lips stroll over his instant erection once I pull it free.
“Like this,” I seduce while covering it with my mouth.
He groans as I slowly slide my mouth up and down, and then he grips the back of my head with one hand while using the other to drive.
“Fuck,” he breathes, and I quicken my rhythm.
“Hell no,” he snaps while jerking me up, a popping sound following the abrupt detachment, and my eyes almost sting from the rejection.
“What?”
“You’re not getting three ahead of me,” he growls, and then he jerks me to be on top of his body. “Fuck me,” he murmurs as his lips attack mine.
My smile returns against his lips, and then I move over to pull my pants off. I jerk his jeans lower, and then I move back on top of him as he continues driving. My lips scale up his neck as I lower myself onto his erection, and I gasp as he slides into me with such a filling, rapturous motion.
He grips my ass with the hand he can spare, and then he jerks me against his thrust. I keep my head out of his line of view as I begin moving up and down with a slower, more drawn out motion to fight his hasty thrusts. I peel my shirt off just before unclasping my bra, and he almost wrecks against a boulder when it falls to the floor.
“You’re so amazing,” he murmurs while bringing my lips back to his.
I continue smiling as the incredible road sex gets rougher - Hale jerking me harder and harder against his thrusts. The cars become visible behind us, ensuring we’ll have an audience if we don’t hurry this up.
My teeth almost break the skin on his shoulder, and he moans louder to let me know how fucking turned on he is. His hand grips my hair to jerk my head back, and I feel the quickening within me as my nails dig in.
