Reid - Maddie Wade Page 0,37

was on his mind all the time, their bodies almost touching. He cupped the back of her neck with his palm, tilting her head, so her eyes were on him. “Listen to me, sunshine. I would never put you at risk, so trust me when I say these women are as deadly as any of the Eidolon men. They’ll keep you safe. You mean too much to me and I wouldn’t risk your safety like that.”

Her eyes softened, and she leaned into him, placing her hands on his chest. “I trust you, Reid.”

Her words meant more to him than any compliment or medal he’d ever received. “Thank you, sunshine.”

She grinned at him. “You’re welcome, Reid.”

He dropped a kiss on her lips that lasted longer than expected when she wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him closer. He pulled back on a groan as he placed his hands on her hips and moved her away so he could go, hating every second of it.

“I gotta go. Try and call your brother today.” The need to straighten this out with Clay before they moved forward was growing more desperate with every second he spent with this woman.

She offered him a seductive little smile that he felt in his dick. “I’ll call him. Now go, do your thing. I’ll be fine. I’ve faced worse than these three.”

Reid raised an eyebrow but said nothing, dropping one last kiss on her nose before he left for his meeting with the Eidolon team.

Taking a deep calming breath and throwing her shoulders back, Callie prepared to face the three women in Reid’s kitchen. Three stunningly beautiful women at that. Usually, that wouldn’t bother her. She’d spent her entire adult life around outrageously beautiful women, but these three were different.

If what Reid said was true, and she had no reason to suspect he would lie to her, then these women were not only gorgeous but deadly, and that was a combination she wasn’t used too. Forcing her feet to move, she ignored the knot in her belly and forged ahead.

The women looked up from their cereal bowls as she entered. They all had a guilty look on their faces.

Callie moved forward. “Are those Reece’s Puffs?”

Pax chewed and swallowed a mouthful while nodding. “Yep, his mom sends them over for him.”

Callie grabbed a bowl from the cupboard poured herself some before taking a seat at the island next to Evelyn, who seemed the least scary of the three. “I haven’t had these in years. My agent would literally die if he saw me now.”

They ate in silence, the only sound for several minutes were the groans of appreciation until, eventually, Pax spoke. “So, tell us about yourself.”

Callie looked at the three expectant faces. All three were so different. Pax was a stunning redhead with long wavy hair and hazel eyes, dressed as if she was about to go shopping in Milan, not eat cereal with her friends.

Then there was Evelyn, who was on the shorter side compared to them but who had long dark hair, brown eyes, and the sultry curves of a Latina sex bomb that had her jealous with envy.

Finally there was Roz, who made her the most nervous. She had short, silky black hair, tattoos on both arms, and the solid build of a woman who got her exercise from fighting, rather than yoga.

She was wearing skinny black jeans, a white tank top, and a black leather jacket with scuffed military-style boots. But it wasn’t her look that screamed danger, it was the calm vibe she gave off that was difficult to explain.

What made them all the same, was the look she saw in their eyes. They had seen things, possibly even done things that nobody else but small group of people had ever done or gone through. It was that which made her trust them.

“Well, I’ve been modelling since high school. I travel a lot. I eat like a rabbit which I hate, and I rarely see my family. That kind of sounds ungrateful. What I mean is, I’m lucky. I have more money than I need, I see the world, and I wear the best designer clothes.”

“No, you meant the first one. The other was bullshit you roll out, so you don’t come across as a bitch.”

“Roz!” Pax and Evelyn both admonished her with a hard look.

“What? I just call it as I see it.”

Callie watched the three, and it hit her for the first time this stranger was right. She did