Biker Bound: The Lost Souls MC Series by Ellie R Hunter Page A

little closer.
    I’m thinking hell yes, his body is definitely tempting enough.
    “What would you tempt me with?” I flirt and it feels good.
    His mouth lifts at the corner into a devilish grin and he closes the space between us and leans into me.
    “Everything I have darlin’,” he whispers.
    His hot breath hitting my bare neck sends a shiver down to my toes.
    Before I can answer he is walking away. I am left standing in place waiting for my body to catch up with my brain and start functioning again. It’s not long before he is walking back with Alannah beside him.
    “Hello Kristen,” she smiles.
    I feel like a sweaty, hot mess in this heat but Alannah looks like she has stepped fresh out of the shower and cool as ice.
    “Hey, I was wondering if you have the afternoon free.”
    “Sure, do you want to stay here or go somewhere else?” she asks.
    If I want to think straight let alone concentrate on a conversation than I think it will be best if I weren’t around Slade right now.
    “Somewhere else. Zachery needs to get out and play.”
    “I know just the place, hang on a minute and I’ll be right back.”
    Slade doesn’t leave with her. I open the door and he walks around the car to my side.
    I can’t be close to him and remain normal. I slide into my seat to wait for Alannah but it is no good, Slade kneels down next to me before I can close the door.
    “If you’re not in any rush, you should stick around,” he says, seductively.
    What the hell is happening to me? Everything this man is doing is making me hot and it has nothing to do with the sun.
    “I’m in no rush,” I find myself saying in a hypnotised tone.
    His dark brown eyes are like pools of melted chocolate, when the sun hits them you can see hints of gold in them.
    “That’s real good.”
    Alannah takes me by surprise when she climbs into the passenger seat. I thought she was going to take her own car.
    “Are you ready?” I ask her.
    “Yep, let’s go. See you later Slade,” she sings, shooing her hand across me.
    He swats her hand away laughing.
    “See you later,” he murmurs, but he isn’t speaking to Alannah. He is looking directly at me.
    Having his stare solely upon me feels heavy and not entirely in a bad way.
    When he stood and walked away I missed his presence.
    When I heard Alannah’s breath catch I immediately knew I was about to hear what she thought.
    “Don’t say anything,” I warned, “So, where are we going?”
    “To my house, I have a huge back yard for Zachery to play in so we can talk while he is safe. If you haven’t noticed Willows Peak isn’t exactly kid friendly.”
    “Tell me where to go.”
     
    “Your place is gorgeous,” I compliment her, while full out gawking at her home and garden.
    “Thank you. Cas brought it for me a couple of months ago,” she smiles, carrying out a tray of iced tea into the garden.
    Zachery is happily off wondering around her garden so I take the opportunity to talk.
    “So you’re with Cas?”
    “Engaged actually.”
    “Congratulations.”
    “Thank you. I know you want to know about Billy but there isn’t much to say,” she says, regretfully.
    “To be honest, I don’t know what I want to know,” I blurt out, “Everything has gotten so confusing. I drove halfway across the country to tell someone I only knew a few months that he has a son and then I can’t because he’s dead. Now, it feels like I’m stuck in limbo not knowing what to do next.”
    And just like that I am baring my soul to a stranger. All suspicions I previously had have disappeared. I didn’t know Billy so how could I know what was going on in his life at that time.
    “I know we don’t know each other that well but if you stay around town then you have us to help out and you never know, you might even get to like some of us more than others?” she smirked playfully.
    “What’s that supposed to mean?” I ask, already knowing what she’s implying.
    “Oh come on, the heat between you and