back out of my winnings. Probably. Or maybe not.
I shoved the money into my pocket and grabbed a notepad and fancy ass fountain pen next.
I pulled the lid from the pen with my teeth and spat it onto the floor before scribbling a note for Saint and Blake.
I’ve taken our pet out for a bit. Be back when I’m back.
I tossed the note and pen down on the dining table, leaving the lid off to enrage Saint even more.
“Where are we going?” Tatum asked as I pulled her out of the door and into the night.
“Sad as it is, I’m gonna take you to what might just be my favourite place in the world,” I replied and she didn’t have anything to say to that, only offering a frown which said she didn’t like me being cryptic.
I led her through campus all the way up the hill to the main gates and she started to drag her feet as I didn’t slow.
“Why are we heading for the gate?” she asked urgently.
“Because I promised to take you out.”
Tatum jerked to a halt and I turned to look at her in the moonlight.
“We’re on lockdown! Are you fucking insane?” she hissed.
“Yeah, baby, I am,” I purred, moving closer to her and catching her waist as I pulled her body flush with mine and inhaled that vanilla honey blossom scent of hers. She stilled in my arms but didn’t try to push me off as she looked up at me with her big blues. I leaned down and pushed my nose into her hair, drawing a line up her neck with my mouth without actually kissing her which made goosebumps rise along her flesh as I reached her ear. “Question is, are you?”
Her pause made my heart leap, but her answer made it race.
“Sometimes.”
“Good.” I wound my arm around her waist, slipping my hand beneath the jacket she wore so that I could curl my fingers around her hip bone and enjoy the feeling of her soft skin against my rough palm.
She didn’t slow as we walked on and when I reached the gates, I gave them a good rattle to draw the guard out of his hut.
He walked towards us in his black uniform with a medical mask strapped to his face. It was creepy but kinda cool too. Like we were living a real life apocalypse movie. Oh what I wouldn’t give for the virus to turn people into zombies so I could get myself a baseball bat filled with nails and beat skulls in all fucking day every fucking day.
“I didn’t think we’d be seeing you for a while, Kyan,” Porter said from beneath his mask, his eyes skimming over Tatum and then focusing back on me. “It’s not so simple for us to just look the other way with lockdown in effect.”
“I imagined it wouldn’t be. I guessed the price would have doubled.” I pulled the rolls of cash from my pocket and waved them enticingly.
Porter’s beady eyes widened and I was sure he was salivating in that mask. “Just this once then, but be back before one am. That’s when my shift changes and Corlo is taking over after me. You know what an asshole he can be.”
“Just call me Cinderella and expect us back by midnight,” I said, with a predatory grin.
I could feel the tension coiling in Tatum’s body as she stayed pressed to my side and I grinned, fully expecting her to try and run tonight.
Do it, baby, I love a hunt.
Porter unlocked the gate and I tossed him the cash as we stepped out into the outside world. Freedom. Fuck yes.
I kept Tatum close but she didn’t seem to be considering running yet, probably waiting until we got further from the school and the guard dogs to try that. I couldn’t fucking wait.
I led her away from the main gates and down the drive before drawing her into the trees.
“Where are we going?” she asked nervously.
“If I wanted to fuck you in a bush I’d do it in one closer to The Temple, baby. I’m not a big fan of long walks.”
“Asshole,” she grumbled and I moaned like that word had turned me on.
“Give it to me harder, baby, you know I like it when you talk dirty to me.”
“You’re a fucking mindless douchebag who just runs around after Saint like a whipped little bitch,” she added.
“Better.” I stopped suddenly, releasing her as we reached my true love and I pulled the cover off