have a feeling what he’d like to do is bend her over the counter and fuck her until neither one of them can move.
The thought of watching them hate fuck each other makes my cock twitch, growing semi-hard. I’m tempted to just stand by and let this play out, to see what happens when all that tension between them finally snaps.
But if Henrik has really escaped, that means our window of time to get this portal closed is shrinking. And if we lose that chance, this whole thing is gonna become a much bigger pain in the ass than I have the energy to deal with.
“Much as I hate to break up what would probably be the brawl of the century,” I drawl, “don’t you think it’s more important for us to get moving? We need to use that charm and that demon corpse to close the portal before whoever’s behind this whole thing comes up with a plan to stop us. Right?”
Trinity and Ford both snap their heads up to stare at me. They might’ve forgotten anyone else was even in the room.
The angel is still breathing hard, a wildness in her eyes that makes the dark brown of her irises flash with bronze highlights. She glances back at Ford, seems to realize they’re standing less than an inch away from each other, and hastily slips away from him, nodding as she does.
“Yes. That’s my point exactly. I don’t know how the bookie got away, but the most important thing right now is for us to get the portal closed. After that, we can deal with finding the demon”—she shoots Ford a narrow-eyed look—“who escaped on his own.”
Oh, shit.
I hide a smile behind my hand, pretending to scratch my jaw. Damn, this woman really is feisty.
Ford’s lips press into a thin line, and I know he’s gearing up to go another round with Trin even though I’m pretty sure he’s realized by now that he’s wrong about her letting the demon out of the holding room.
“Nix is right,” Beckett interjects before Ford can speak. He shakes his head, running a hand over his perfectly styled dark hair. “And if Sloth is the one telling us we’d better hurry, then that means we’re truly out of time.”
“Hey, I resent that. Or I would if it didn’t sound like too much work.”
He shoots me a look that’s part amusement and part annoyance, then turns back to the others. “Everyone change into tactical gear. Trin, there’s fight wear in your closet, and leather boots. We can’t afford to lose a good fighter because of a lack of shoes, even if we’ve seen that shoes can in fact be weaponized if you’re lazy enough to use them that way.”
“Again, I resent that,” I drawl. “You call it lazy, others would call it a brilliant tactical move.”
Ford barks a laugh, some of the tension draining from him. “Yeah, like that time Nix got pissed at Sawyer and threw everything within reach at him without ever moving his ass off the fuckin’ couch.”
“Another brilliant tactical move.” I grin. “Why do you think I have so many remotes?”
This time, Remi chuckles, and even Trinity grins. Beckett’s jaw clenches, like he’s wondering how he got saddled with all of us morons, but all he says is, “Get ready. We leave in five.”
It actually takes us ten minutes to leave, and I want to say those extra five minutes aren’t all my fault, but they totally are.
I just don’t like to rush, okay? Especially not when I’m going into a potentially dangerous situation where we plan to reanimate a demon’s corpse to undo a portal creation spell. I mean, this is the kind of shit you don’t want to rush, am I right?
Ford left the demon’s body in the trunk of Beckett’s car instead of carrying it up to the penthouse, which I completely respect. He checks on it to make sure it’s still there, double-checks the charm, and then we all pile into the car again.
We’re all dressed in black tactical wear, and it kind of makes me want to laugh. We look like we belong in a Mission Impossible movie or some shit, and although it’s dark out now, it won’t be for long. Between the fight at the casino and all that time dealing with the witch, we’ve been up almost all night. Morning commuters are gonna wonder why a bunch of ninjas are walking down the street dragging a body.
Trinity’s outfit matches all of