mine.
“If you die, you’ll break her heart. She can’t take it, not after losing Chase,” JJ hissed, grabbing my face in his hand to make me look at him and I saw the grief in his eyes, hating how it mirrored some jagged piece of my soul.
I shoved him back with a growl, but was forced to acknowledge the desperation in his gaze and I frowned as I wondered if JJ actually gave a shit about me. Did he really give a damn if I died today?
“JJ!” Rogue ran into the trees, colliding with him and knocking him back a step from me as she held onto him.
He hugged her tight, kissing her head as she clutched him like the sky would fall if he left this world then she turned to me, fisting her hand in my shirt and tugging me closer. Her lips met mine and I knotted my fingers in her hair, crushing my mouth harder to hers as she continued to hold onto us both and keep us close. Despite failing her tonight, she tasted like victory, like I was stepping onto my homeland for the first time after years in battle.
“Thank you,” she said breathlessly. “You saved him.”
“It wasn’t a rescue mission, beautiful,” I said dismissively. “I was just trying to cut down Shawn.”
I ignored JJ’s probing look and stole another kiss from Rogue, tugging her fully away from him and gripping her ass as I pressed my tongue into her mouth. God it had been too fucking long since I’d tasted her.
“JJ?!” Fox called anxiously, heading this way and Rogue tried to wriggle free of my arms, but I didn’t let her go, kissing her more fiercely, possessively, showing her who she belonged to. And it certainly wasn’t the asshole running toward us.
“What the- get the fuck away from her!” Fox barked and I finally let Rogue break the kiss but kept her tight against my body.
I found myself staring down the barrel of Foxy boy’s gun and arched a brow at him in boredom.
“Fox, calm down,” Rogue gasped, raising her hand to try and knock the gun away, but he didn’t move it.
“Yeah, calm down, Foxy,” I taunted as his upper lip peeled back and his right eye practically twitched with fury. “She’s right where she wants to be, aren’t you baby girl?”
“Stop being an asshole,” she demanded. But that sure as fuck wasn’t a denial.
JJ looked between us with concern lining his brow and Fox stepped closer, his finger tightening around the trigger of his gun as he pressed it to my forehead.
“Let. Her. Go,” he commanded in his bossiest voice and I yawned provocatively.
“Rick,” Rogue hissed, still trying to get free of my arms. “I don’t think he’s fucking around.”
“I’m not,” Fox warned. “You’ve got five seconds to get your hands off of her.”
“Are you really gonna kill me, Foxy?” I asked curiously. “Are you sure you can watch me die?”
“I can watch with my eyes wide open,” he said in a deathly calm voice. “You’re down to three seconds.”
“This is a long five seconds,” I pointed out. “Five, four, three, two, one. See? I should be dead by now. You’re as bad as fucking Shawn.”
“Let her go!” he snarled and JJ took hold of Fox’s arm, trying to tug the gun down.
“Fox,” JJ growled, trying to make him look at him. “Stop.”
“Aww, even your bestie thinks you’re an asshole. Must be a sad life you lead these days, Foxy,” I taunted.
“Fox, put the gun down,” Rogue ordered, still trying to escape the cage of my arms, but I knew as soon as I let go she was gonna be taken from me again and I didn’t know when I’d see her next. Sure, the other option was having my brains blown out, but I was one helluva stubborn asshole, so I might just take that option over being cowed down by Fox Harlequin.
“Put the gun down, son,” Luther’s booming voice reached me and I gave my ex adopted father a dry look as he appeared.
“Well isn’t this the fun family reunion?” I deadpanned.
“Fox, that was an order,” Luther said sharply and Fox growled in frustration before lowering the gun.
JJ’s shoulders relaxed and he reached for Rogue’s hand. “Come on, pretty girl.”
I pulled her tighter against me, dragging her backwards through the trees and wondering if I could make it to my motorcycle with her over my shoulder and these three assholes chasing me.
“Rick, stop it,” she said, pushing at my