The Keeper by Elena Long Page B

black and looked smoky.  Like bedroom eyes.  Her flame- red hair was shorter, falling just beyond her shoulders and wind-blown from the bike ride.  But her lips were the same, full and pouty, that he remembered.  The memory of those lips on his had kept him away for almost five years because he knew if he kissed her again, he would do the one thing her father had asked him not to do until she was older. 
    “Tuesday.”  She watched as his gaze fixed on her lips.  She ran her tongue across her bottom one just to mess with him and smiled.  When he looked back into her eyes, the heat in his hit her hard.  It was a look she had seen in other men’s eyes, but not in Jed’s.  Well, except for the last elevator ride they shared. 
    “You look…different.”  He had said the words in a whisper -h is body screaming at him to take her now.  Make her his.  He moved closer to her.  Their mouths just inches apart.  He could hear her breathing hitch , could hear her heart beating faster.   And the elevator chimed. 
    The door opened and Donovan stepped in, smiling as always.  For a vampire, he was a happy son of a bitch.  He was also Jed’s best friend.  Jed quickly stepped away from Lex as Donovan, not seeming to realize what he had interrupted, pulled Jed into a hug. 
    “What the hell was that all about?  I got a call from Grady.  Said he saw you headed into a church.”  Jed stepped back and Donovan looked between the pair in the elevator with him wondering what in the world was going on when the smell of arousal hit him.  He felt t he blush creep up onto his face as he watched the color drain from Lex’s.
     
    Alexis looked away.  She couldn’t make eye contact with either man.  They were both too damn hot for their own good and definitely too hot for hers.   She had wanted Jed for years, but when Donovan came into the picture, it was hard to decide between them.    He and Jed were at opposite ends of the spectrum.  Where Jed was tan with dark features and a serious attitude, Donovan was almost pale with blond hair and clear blue eyes .  H e was playful with a great sense of humor.  She was such a slut.   Could a virgin even be a slut?  She glance d a look at the men again who seemed to have forgotten that she was there.  He r blood heated just looking at them.  Yep, she was definitely a slut.  She wanted them .  Both.  And baaaaad.
    Jed caught her looking between the two of them and caught the increase in her breathing.  Shit.  It was Donovan.  He had wondered for five years, and now he was pretty sure that he knew the answer to his question.  He looked at the floor and took a deep breath.  He was looking for one scent in particular, but when he breathed in he got her arousal as well as Donovan’s. 
    “…made me dress like Little Bo Peep.  It was the most fun I’ve had in a long time.”  Donovan was fighting his laughter.  Jed hadn’t heard a word he had said -hadn’t answered his question , and he knew why.  Jed’s mind was wrapped around one feisty little red head.  Donovan knew the feeling.  His was wrapped around the same one.  He had never been so grateful to get out of an elevator in his life.  Jed would probably kill him. 
    Donovan grabbed his shoulder and squeezed just before stepping out into the lobby of the top floor.  The only two things on this floor were Silas’ office and Lex’s apartment.  Lex stepped out and went straight to her door while the other two men stepped off the elevator and watched. 
    “It’s you,” Jed said not taking his eyes off of Lex’s ass until it was hidden by the closing door.  It wasn’t a question.  Jed knew and he wasn’t sure how he felt about that.  Donovan was his best friend after all.  Silas had them switch places when Jed started having trouble controlling his wolf around Lex.  Jed had taken over the Phoenix office and Donovan had come here. 
    “It is.”  Donovan put his hands in his pockets and