brown eyes swirled with so many emotions that I couldn’t pick one, he looked torn, like something was really bothering him.
“Ty?” I lifted my hand to his face, the scruff rough on the pads of my fingers. “You okay?”
Dipping down, he pressed his lips to mine. His tongue swiped along my bottom lip and I opened up, leaning closer as his tongue caressed mine. His arms tightened around me as he deepened the kiss, our chests bouncing off each other as our breathing deepened.
Pulling away, he leaned his forehead against mine. “Yeah, I’m good now.” Chuckling, I pulled back and tapped him on the chest.
Grabbing my hand, he led me into the main part of the warehouse and pulled my chair out for me.
Once we were sat down, he told us everything that he had heard, none of it meaning much apart from Daley’s phone call when Serena had left the room.
“Why has he got protection?” Kitty frowned. “He must think something is about to go down.”
Ty nodded and blew out a big breath.
“We need to look into Daley more. I want him watched every hour of the day.” Looking to Luke and Kitty, he said, “You two are on night duty. I want to know everything that goes on with him, phone calls, where he goes. Everything.”
“When do you want us to start?” Luke asked.
“Tonight.” They nodded at him in reply.
“Me and Kay will take the day shift.” Ty looked at me, asking me with his eyes if that was okay.
“How long will the shifts be?” I asked. However, as much as I wanted to do a full shift, I still needed to think of Eli.
I wanted to be a part of the team and I wanted to be doing the same thing as everyone else, but I still had to think about Eli. Sure, things were much better now that we lived at the compound but that didn’t mean I was going to be any less of a mom. I still wanted us to have time, just me and him. It was too easy to have one of the guys watch over him.
I had to make sure that I didn’t get too caught up in work or Ty.
“Ah, shit.” He hung his head, tapping his fingers on the table, realizing what I meant without having to say anything.
“Does it need to be two at a time?” Kitty asked. “If we’re just watching and waiting, then we could split it into four shifts.”
“No, Kay can’t be on her own-”
“Good idea,” I said, interrupting Ty before he said what I thought he was about to. There was no way that he was going to make special precautions just for me.
“Kay,” he said, reaching over and placing his hand on top of mine. “It was only a few weeks back that you wouldn’t go out on your own. What makes you think that this will be any different?”
My nostrils flared as I listened to him. I couldn’t believe that he’d said that in front of everyone.
I wasn’t stupid, I knew that they had suspicions about me not going off the compound but they didn’t know for sure, at least they didn’t until this moment.
“Tyson.” I gritted out. His eyes widened at the use of his full name. “Have you trained me in self-defense?”
“Ye-”
“Do I have a radio and weapons?”
“Yeah but-”
“No buts. I can do this. You need to trust me.” I kept my eyes connected to his, trying to get my point across. I needed to do this, he had to let me be me again. The me I was becoming before everything happened.
He blew out a big breath and watched me, his eyes scanning my face. I knew he could see it in my eyes, I was practically screaming it at him. Was I scared to go out on my own? Damn straight I was but if I didn’t start now, then when would I?
Before I knew it, it would be ten years down the line and I still wouldn’t be able to go anywhere without one of them with me.
I didn’t want to live like that.
“Fine,” he conceded. “You’ll do nine until three, then one of us will take over from you. Six hour rotations,” he said the last part to everyone, waiting for their nods of confirmation.
Putting a plan in place, I wrote down everything that he
“Ty?” I lifted my hand to his face, the scruff rough on the pads of my fingers. “You okay?”
Dipping down, he pressed his lips to mine. His tongue swiped along my bottom lip and I opened up, leaning closer as his tongue caressed mine. His arms tightened around me as he deepened the kiss, our chests bouncing off each other as our breathing deepened.
Pulling away, he leaned his forehead against mine. “Yeah, I’m good now.” Chuckling, I pulled back and tapped him on the chest.
Grabbing my hand, he led me into the main part of the warehouse and pulled my chair out for me.
Once we were sat down, he told us everything that he had heard, none of it meaning much apart from Daley’s phone call when Serena had left the room.
“Why has he got protection?” Kitty frowned. “He must think something is about to go down.”
Ty nodded and blew out a big breath.
“We need to look into Daley more. I want him watched every hour of the day.” Looking to Luke and Kitty, he said, “You two are on night duty. I want to know everything that goes on with him, phone calls, where he goes. Everything.”
“When do you want us to start?” Luke asked.
“Tonight.” They nodded at him in reply.
“Me and Kay will take the day shift.” Ty looked at me, asking me with his eyes if that was okay.
“How long will the shifts be?” I asked. However, as much as I wanted to do a full shift, I still needed to think of Eli.
I wanted to be a part of the team and I wanted to be doing the same thing as everyone else, but I still had to think about Eli. Sure, things were much better now that we lived at the compound but that didn’t mean I was going to be any less of a mom. I still wanted us to have time, just me and him. It was too easy to have one of the guys watch over him.
I had to make sure that I didn’t get too caught up in work or Ty.
“Ah, shit.” He hung his head, tapping his fingers on the table, realizing what I meant without having to say anything.
“Does it need to be two at a time?” Kitty asked. “If we’re just watching and waiting, then we could split it into four shifts.”
“No, Kay can’t be on her own-”
“Good idea,” I said, interrupting Ty before he said what I thought he was about to. There was no way that he was going to make special precautions just for me.
“Kay,” he said, reaching over and placing his hand on top of mine. “It was only a few weeks back that you wouldn’t go out on your own. What makes you think that this will be any different?”
My nostrils flared as I listened to him. I couldn’t believe that he’d said that in front of everyone.
I wasn’t stupid, I knew that they had suspicions about me not going off the compound but they didn’t know for sure, at least they didn’t until this moment.
“Tyson.” I gritted out. His eyes widened at the use of his full name. “Have you trained me in self-defense?”
“Ye-”
“Do I have a radio and weapons?”
“Yeah but-”
“No buts. I can do this. You need to trust me.” I kept my eyes connected to his, trying to get my point across. I needed to do this, he had to let me be me again. The me I was becoming before everything happened.
He blew out a big breath and watched me, his eyes scanning my face. I knew he could see it in my eyes, I was practically screaming it at him. Was I scared to go out on my own? Damn straight I was but if I didn’t start now, then when would I?
Before I knew it, it would be ten years down the line and I still wouldn’t be able to go anywhere without one of them with me.
I didn’t want to live like that.
“Fine,” he conceded. “You’ll do nine until three, then one of us will take over from you. Six hour rotations,” he said the last part to everyone, waiting for their nods of confirmation.
Putting a plan in place, I wrote down everything that he
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