Fight by London Casey, Ana W. Fawkes Page B

as though we were
together.
    I glanced at my hand locked tight
with hers and realized we were far beyond the line. This was really bad. And
Stoney had practically caught me fucking her in the bathroom.
    Someone had ties with Red Aces,
Skull X, and Aldo. This shit was tied tighter than I originally thought.
    When Winter got into the room, she
plopped down on the bed. I walked to our bags and grabbed them with one hand. With
my other hand, I grabbed her hand and made her stand back up.
    “ Tripp …”
    “ We ’ re going back to your place, ” he said. “ I ’ m
done being here. I ’ m not
going to be afraid. I ’ ll
fucking take on the Red Aces myself if I have to. ”
    I expected her to fight me on it.
    But she didn ’ t. She nodded.
    “ Yes, ” she whispered. “ There ’ s something I want to show you. Something … it ’ s private, Tripp. ”
    “ Okay. ” I touched her face. “ What is it? ”
    “ It ’ s bad. ”
    “ Bad? ”
    “ Yeah.
Bad. I ’ m worried you ’ ll judge me. You ’ ll leave me. ”
    I gritted my teeth. Don ’ t say you ’ ll never leave her, man.
That ’ s not
what this thing is. It ’ s
not a fucking movie or something.
    “ I ’ m not going to judge you,
darling. If you think it has anything to do with what ’ s going on …”
    “ What
if it doesn ’ t? ”
    “ Then
why would you tell me? ”
    “ Because
I trust you. Because I want you to see what it ’ s
like for me. ”
    “ What
does that mean? ”
    I saw the hurt wash over her pretty
face. Her blue eyes weren ’ t
quite as bright as before. “ It ’ s just stuff. Stuff Rocky used
to hold against me. Why I ’ m
stuck. ”
    Jesus, she was terrified, almost
shaking now.
    “ Okay, ” I said. I kissed her forehead. “ It ’ s
okay. Let ’ s get out of
here. I ’ ll protect you. ”
    Part of me was talking out of my
ass. I couldn ’ t really
protect Winter, could I? The best I could do was offer my life. And if this
Skull X group wanted her, they ’ d
kill me and get her.
    Fuck, the thought shook me to my
core.
    We got to my car. I started it,
half expecting it to blow up.
    It didn ’ t.
    We drove to her place without any
incident. The same as when we got inside, which I did first. Again, there was
no winning because if someone was there to kill me, that left Winter all for
the taking.
    I remembered Skull X hadn ’ t been here though. Whatever
happened with Rocky they had acted upon and had kept quiet since. Maybe Aldo
was involved and keeping them at bay. Or maybe something was waiting for me
tomorrow.
    I locked the door and Winter went
right for a drink. We had a few beers left in the fridge. Not enough to get
drunk, but enough for a taste. She opened me a beer, gave it to me, and I
grabbed her arm.
    “ Show
me right now, ” I said.
    Her face dropped again as she
nodded. “ Okay. ”
    Winter led the way to her bedroom.
The second she opened the door, my body tightened. My cock pressed against my
jeans, already thickening. It was wild what this woman did to me. Christ, it
was a bedroom. It wasn ’ t
like she was naked.
    The room smelled of her. It smelled
of blankets and a sleep smell.
    There was a dresser across from a
wide bed. The sheets were black with red trim. It was kind of girlie, dark and
pretty. I shut the door and looked around the room. There were some clothes on
the floor, a pink thong showing. I walked to it and kicked the clothes, covering
it up. It would have driven me damn crazy.
    Winter put her beer on the dresser
and went to the closet. She opened it and stepped inside. A light flicked on
and she crouched down. I stepped up behind her, watching her shirt pull up her
back. The bones and curve of her spine pushed from her back, her black panties
showing a thin line.
    Everything about her turned me on.
    I wanted to protect more than just what
was around me.
    Christ, was I actually starting to
have feelings for her?
    Winter slithered back out of the
closet and had a box in her hand. An