Titanium Security Series 4 - Extinguished by Cross Kaylea Page B

him, because from the muted sounds coming from the garage, he knew Jordyn was still working. He found her tackling the second bike, the first now parked next to the closed rolling bay door. She had her ball cap on backward.
    She stopped what she was doing when he entered, her welcoming smile doing funny things to his heart. Even dressed in cargo pants and a T-shirt and wearing no makeup, she was still the hottest woman he’d ever known. He couldn’t wait to finally stroke all those long, lean lines, find out where she was most sensitive and use it to drive her out of her mind.
    “Just get back?” she asked, coming around the end of the workbench toward him.
    “A few minutes ago.” The warmth and obvious affection in her eyes were just for him and knowing that made him feel like the luckiest sonofabitch in the world. When she stepped up to wrap her arms around him he tugged her close and buried his face in her neck. Her little sigh of pleasure and contentment tangled him up inside, had his body tightening in need. God, she felt good up against him. She fit perfectly in his hold, all soft and pliant. The mixed scents of shampoo, soap and a hint of axel grease teased his nostrils. Pure Jordyn.
    He smiled against her neck and nuzzled the velvety skin just below her ear, earning a delicate shiver from her. He’d never been free to express what he’d truly felt for her before. He was going to savor every moment of this stolen time together. “What about you? How long you been in here?”
    “Since Alex and I got back a few hours ago,” she murmured into his shoulder. She cuddled in closer, apparently content to stay right where she was and Blake was only too happy to hold her close like this. His whole body felt electrically charged, every nerve ending attuned to each place they touched.
    She lifted her head. Her eyes were smoky with desire. One he couldn’t wait for the chance to satisfy. But not here where they had no privacy. When he took her, it would be somewhere behind a locked door when they had enough time to explore each other so he could find out exactly how to ramp her up until she was begging for him to fuck her.
    “Did he tell you what happened?” she asked.
    The fog of lust cleared slightly from his brain. “No, what?” He stroked a hand up her back, the other wrapped securely around her waist. If she felt this good with her clothes on, he couldn’t wait to find out what she’d feel like naked against him. Beneath him, on top of him, he didn’t care, but whenever it finally happened he planned to show her all the things he’d been fantasizing about with her.
    He knew she was thinking about the exact same thing because she squirmed against him and seemed to shake herself before answering. “We went to this impound lot to look at a vehicle the government had set aside for us. Alex told me to check the engine, and when I did we found this.” She pulled away from him and walked over to a box on a shelf anchored to the wall. When she reached inside and held up a block of Semtex with the wires and blasting caps still attached, his eyes widened.
    “Holy shit.” He took it from her and examined it. “Was it hooked up to the battery?”
    “Yeah, but whoever planted this did a good job of hiding it. And it was a bitch to get out of there once Alex unhooked it.”
    He looked up into her eyes. “What did he say?”
    “I think he knew it was there all along. He’s been busy with Evers and the girls from the time we got back, I think following up on the potential lead this gives us. He mentioned something about having Claire trace the material or whatever. Then he could maybe find out where it had come from and who authorized planting it. I’m guessing someone in the police or military, but I’m not sure.” She frowned. “He really didn’t say anything?”
    “No, nothing.” Not that it surprised him, knowing what a secretive bastard Alex was. Blake set the plastic explosive aside, just grateful