Bigfoots Don't Do Mini Coopers (Kate Storm Book 1) by Meredith Allen Conner Page B

. when I was vulnerable.
    I was breathing hard. He wasn ’t. Period.
    And if he moved his fingers one more time, I was going to go off like a runaway rocket. Again.
    In the next second, his fingers were gone and I struggled to   keep it together. Everything in me clenched in loss.
    “ Damn humans,” he snarled. My eyes popped open.
    Ash crouched above me, big arms braced on either side of my shoulders, massive chest forming a protective s hield as he glared through the windshield. Headlights shone through the window above me.
    Sweet Spirits, I ’d forgotten where we were. In his truck. In the middle of a public parking lot. With lots of body parts exposed.
    I ’m a rather modest witch.
    I snatche d at my blouse, pulled up shredded strips and whispered a quick fix it spell. I’d deal with my support bra later. I had three buttons done up when Ash caught my hands in one of his. “I’ll do that.”
    He balanced his weight on his thighs, pushed my hands to the side and grasped the delicate edges of my blouse in his big hands. For a long moment he didn ’t move.
    The harsh glare of the headlights played over his bare chest. Skin smooth except for his scar s, muscles layered upon muscles, tattoo in stark relief. Almost menacing.
    Something flashed, hot and fierce, through his eyes before he deliberately blanked it out. He released one section of my top and placed his hand at the base of my throat.
    Heavy and oh-so-very warm, the weight pinned me. Not that I had tried to move. Or even wanted to. I loved being beneath Ash.
    He just can ’t help exerting his dominance.
    Bring it on, baby.
    Ash slid his hand down my throat, over my sternum to the top of my breasts. He turned his hand to the side and eased it south a few more inches. Heated sparks lit up his eyes as he stared. Cuddled between my breasts, his fingers curled forward, tracing one nipple.
    Tingles raced outward. My body had been slowly coming down from blast off. That one touch ignited my fuse once more.
    The headlights clicked off and darkness blanketed the truck. Ash growled. His fingers tightened on me as his entire body stiffened.
    “Damn it.” He let go, cold air washed over my skin. I shivered. “We should go.”
    In seconds, he had my blouse buttoned to the top, my jeans tugged over my hips and done up and then I was in the passenger seat with the belt buckled.
    So much for being caught up in the moment.
    My lips trembled. I turned quickly to look out the window . We’d been seeing each other for about three weeks and I still was not used to . . . This. My body’s overwhelming response to Ash’s presence. The sheer joy I felt when I was with him. The knowledge that I was vulnerable in ways I have never been before.
    Things like people, location and intrusive trucks did not enter my mind when I was with Ash. He obviously did not have the same blind side when he was with me.
    “I’m locking Al in your kitchen when we get to your house,” Ash bit out over the throaty roar as he started his truck.
    I looked over just in time to watch him wince and re-adjust his pants before throwing the Dodge into gear.
    He wasn’t un-effected. Ash wanted privacy. My lips stopped trembling.
    I hated this scared, defenseless side of me. I ’d thought I had done away with her years ago. Silly me. I’m a mental mess and I will forever deny it.
    My heart continued to pound, heated desire raced along my veins and my insides felt raw and exposed like someone had stripped away my protective layers and I had nothing left in defense.
    Open and yet tense to attack, the naked me held out hope.
    Hope. The one thing no witch, no one , no matter the species, can take away.
    Ash braked at an intersection, curled and uncurled his fingers around the steering wheel. In the red of the stoplight, he drew in a harsh breath.
    The light turned green and the truck surged forward.
    Ash was breathing hard.
    We were in this together.
     
     
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    Ash par ked in front of my apartment