To the Edge and Back [The Royal Wolves] (Siren Publishing Allure) (18 page)

Smiling slowly, he kissed her gently, his fingers a light touch under her chin to tip up her face. “You are welcome,” he said softly to her. “Do want some of the eggs with the salsa?” he asked gently. “If you like a hint of spice, the salsa will be a good choice for you.”

“Sure, are they salty, too?” she asked and looked up. “I don’t care so much for really salty things. It really bothers me and kind of makes my tongue feel all swollen up and ick.”

Chuckling, he shook his head. “They don’t put salt or pepper on them. They let the clientele do that in case anyone has a heart condition or any other issues. The only reason the ham is salty is because of the curing process and then the grilling bringing it up and out.” Shifting, he dug out a little bit of the salsa and stabbed some of the eggs before holding it out to her.

Opening her mouth, she took the eggs in and then when she chewed, she smiled. “That I like.” She did have to take another drink of milk, but it tasted really good. “I think next time I will order those, too.” She cut into her pancake. “Would you like to try a bite?”

“I have my own, love, but thank you for the offer,” he told her, kissing her gently. “I don’t want to take your food.” Slipping his arm around her waist, he hugged her slightly. “Eat, honey,” he murmured before moving just enough to give her space to eat.

“All right.” She forked that bite into her mouth and moaned. “Oh god, this is so good,” she muttered and forked another and then another bite into her mouth. She ate with relish and gusto. Everything tasted so amazing and felt wonderful as she ate.

Eating quickly, Janos had all his done before she was halfway through hers and, with a satisfied sigh, he sat back and sipped at his coffee. Grinning as the waitress returned to refill his cup and take his plates, he glanced slowly around the restaurant over the rim of his cup. Resting his arm along the back of the booth, he toyed with the ends of her hair when he returned his gaze to her.

She grinned up at him and shook her head. “Do you need me, love?” she asked and grinned. Her eyes were on him, and something caught her attention from the corner of her eye, and she looked up at the tall, rather large man at the other side of Janos.

The man cleared his throat. “We would like to speak with you in private when you are able. We will be at your club until then.” He bowed. Never did he say “sire” or “your majesty.” However, the respect and the intent were there.

Glancing over, Janos, who’d felt him approaching and, while he knew there had been no intent to harm, was still on guard, nodded slowly. Watching the man as he went to rejoin the others and then as the majority left, Janos frowned. “We seem to have found ourselves with an honor guard of sorts,” he murmured, more to himself than to Mina.

“That’s bad, isn’t it, Janos? I mean you don’t want to be found. You want to remain under the radar, but will you be able to do that with them following you around like that?” Mina looked around and then watched outside as the men who left mounted motorcycles and roared out of the parking lot.

“I don’t know, love, but it’s not good,” he murmured softly. “But it’s probably better to have the good guys know we’re alive and kicking if the bad guys do, too. Be nice to have a little backup should it be required.”

Pushing her plate away, she shook her head. “I think I’m done, Janos.” She felt uncomfortable with the turn of events, but more so because of the fact that the men still needed and wanted to talk to Janos. She was worried, more than a little. “I think our afternoon on your desk has just gone up with a puff of smoke.” She had a grin on her face, teasing, but she was saddened as well.

Snorting at her, he shook his head. “Show’s what you know,” he told her. “We talk to them, kick them out afterward, get down and funky, try and find all our clothing, and then go and visit with Ben. Besides, we’ll need to tell him and the others as well and, depending on what’s said, it could cause us a hell of a lot of grief.”

Grief was something he simply didn’t need. “I’m sorry, Janos.” She couldn’t help but to feel that the reason he was now being given the grief was because of her showing up in his life.

“I have to admit, however, that I love your plan, but with one revision. I think that we need to remove our clothes carefully, fold them neatly, and place them somewhere easy to find, because I don’t want to go to meet your brother and be missing an item or two of clothing.” Like panties or a bra.

“No?” he asked with a grin as he looked down her body. “He wouldn’t notice something missing, especially with it being the middle of the day by the time we get there. He’ll be distracted and off in his own world or, if it’s the day to get his stuff organized for the accountant, he’ll be frustrated, hair on end, and distracted. Either way, he won’t notice if you’ve got your undies on or not, love.”

She smacked her hand on his thigh and laughed. “I don’t think so, mister.” Although the feeling ran down her body, a shiver of need and delight. “Oh god, Janos, that is not something I should be thinking of.” That fast her body was wet and needy.

Leaning closer, he kissed her, his hand in her hair to hold her to him. “Always think it, love,” he murmured, “because I definitely am, at least 90 percent of the time. Ever since we first shared the dreams, I’ve thought of you, the smell of your hair, the soft texture of your skin, the way your eyes dilate and your lips part as you get all hot and bothered and needy for your mate.”

“Oh god,” she breathed out and let her hand clench his leg. “I need you, Janos. You really need to pay the bill so that we can go to your club, and your friends will simply have to wait because I don’t know that I can.” It would be rude and obvious, but she honestly didn’t care in that moment.

Holding up his hand, Janos called for the check even as he gently stroked her hair. “They aren’t my friends. They’re merely not my enemies, at this moment anyway,” he said softly. “And you’re right, they can wait. Besides, you’re my mate and they will know we’ve only just become a unit. They will understand, or those with mates will.”

“Even if they didn’t, I don’t think that I could honestly really care less. I want and I need to be with you, Janos. I really don’t care who knows about it or what they do, just that I need you.” She closed her eyes and leaned into his touch with a smile and sighed. “I do love you, Janos.” She paused when the waitress brought the bill to them.

Pulling out his wallet, Janos put some money onto the tray with enough for a very generous tip for her. “Thank you,” he said to the woman and finished his coffee quickly.

Sliding out of the booth, he took her hand and guided her from the restaurant, noting that two more Wolves were also leaving. “Looks like we’re going to have an escort,” he murmured softly to Mina with a frown. He didn’t mind them acknowledging him or his mate, but unless Mina was alone, he didn’t want them anywhere around.

She frowned and looked back at them. “Will they always be around, Janos?” She shivered and moved closer to him when they opened the outside door, the blast of arctic air causing her breath to leave her for a moment as she acclimated.

“Not if I can damned well help it,” he muttered darkly as he led her to the car. Unlocking the door, he opened it for her. “Get in out of the wind, love,” he said. Once she was in, he moved around to his side and rolled his eyes as the men got on their bikes and, starting them, waited. Sliding in, Janos started the engine and then pulled out of the lot, turning onto the street toward Full Moon. Glaring in the rearview mirror, he growled, not a nice one either. “I’m going to kick their asses.”

“I’m so going to help you, I think.” She wasn’t much up on stealth and keeping a low profile, but what she had learned on the streets and in foster care was that if you kept your head down and nose clean, things would be much better for you.

Glancing at her in surprise, he grinned, his bad mood gone just that fast. “Really?” he asked with a chuckle. “I think I’d like to see you kick some ass,” he told her. “Oh yeah,” he murmured, licking his lips, “I’m thinking that could be amazing to see.”

“I may not be able to kick Wolf butt, but I think I could hold my own. I grew up on the streets or in foster homes that were worse than the streets. I learned at a very young age to fight. So while I may not appear the type, I really can, if I have to.” But she hated to. It was as if it took a piece of her soul each time, which was why she had let Mrs. Smith all but walk all over her. She allowed her boss to fire her, all because she didn’t like confrontation.

Reaching over, he took her hand. “I’m sorry, honey, I didn’t mean to make you sad,” he said, gently rubbing his thumb over her hand. Lifting it, he pressed a kiss to her inner wrist. “You can beat on me any time you want, love. I’ll even let you have your wicked way with me if you’d like.”

That made her lips turn up in a grin and she nodded. “I like that idea, Janos. Being able to have you anytime that I want to will make me a happy woman.” She turned her hand so that he was holding hers and sighed. “You are amazing, Janos,” she whispered even as they pulled into the club’s parking lot.

Slipping the car into his spot, he threw it into park and smiled at her in return. “Not really, love, but you definitely are,” he told her. “Come on, honey, let’s get inside and see what the hell is going on,” he said, squeezing her hand briefly before sliding out of the car.

She moved up to his side, and when the bikers pulled up alongside and parked their bikes and turned them off, she frowned and shot them all dirty looks. These men were seriously beginning to get on her nerves, and if she didn’t have Janos all nice and naked beside her soon, she was likely going to tear one of their heads off.

Her hand slipped into his as she looked up at him with a smile and squeezed. “You get to tell them to wait.” Because she wasn’t sure she could be very nice about it.

“Screw that,” he muttered, pulling her along behind him. Moving inside, he saw that there was a group there already and the waitress was looking flustered. Shaking his head at the group as they moved to stand, he kept on going right past them and down the back hall labeled “Employees Only.” Opening his office, he let Mina go through and then shut, locked, and moved an armchair under the door handle just for extra fun. “Now, we ignore them for however long we need to do whatever it is that’s going through your mind, love.” He smiled at her.

“All right, well let’s see, I think that we need to have our clothes off for what is on my mind.” She winked at him and turned, began to remove her clothes slowly, folding them neatly as she did so. “I want to be able to find my clothes, because as if your brother wasn’t enough to need to be fully clothed in front of, I most certainly will
not
be without anything in front of the circus out there.”

Growling at the thought that any might even suggest it, Janos tossed his jacket toward his chair as he watched her strip. He kicked off his boots, but beyond that he stayed as he was just watching her. It was much more interesting than getting naked, for the moment anyway.

When she turned around, she grinned. “Now wait a moment.” She was fully naked, not even socks on, and yet he stood there completely dressed. “I see something wrong with this picture, Janos. I think you need to remove a piece of clothing or two.” Or hers were going back on.

Reaching over his head, Janos pulled off his shirt and tossed it aside as he reached for his jeans button. Slowly he undid his pants and pushed them down and, pushing off his socks with them, tossed everything to the chair. Moving toward her with a half smile, he lifted a brow. “Is this better, love?” he asked in a suggestive tone.

“Oh very much.” She moved toward him, closing the gap between them rather than waiting on him to come to her. “You are so very beautiful,” she whispered in reverent awe. He had scars, yes, but he was beautiful. Everything about him was.

“So amazing.” Her hand reached out and she stroked it along his chest and down his stomach, cupping him gently as she did so. “I very much want to kiss you now, Janos, to clear off your desk and give you a memory that will last forever in your mind of this moment.”

Bending slightly toward her, he smiled. “I’m not opposed to any of that, but we move the laptop first before you sweep my desktop clean. Otherwise you get to do all the math in your head, love, and figure out how to balance my books without my nifty software that saves my sanity more times than not.”

“Right.” She stepped back out of his arm’s reach before he could kiss her and snickered at the look on his face. She grabbed the laptop and unplugged it, taking it to the bookshelf and placing it carefully there for its own protection. “Now, should we clear everything else or just push it to the side?”

“You can keep clearing,” he told her softly, his eyes moving over her body. She’d leaned over, just so, and had his interest piquing even more. Licking his lips slowly, he knew his eyes were fully Wolf, but he was hungry for her and her movements were enticing in the oddest of ways.

She had cleared the desk halfway, and when she looked back at him, she saw his Wolf eyes and grinned over her shoulder at him. “Janos.” She had her back to him. Looking over her shoulder, she stretched her back and her hands to the other side of the desk, holding on and wiggling for him. “Please.” He needed her as much as she did him. She could see it in how hard he was and the Wolf in his eyes.

Growling in appreciation, Janos moved up behind her. “I love your ass,” he murmured, stroking a firm hand down her curves. Slipping his hand between her legs, he stroked her swollen pussy lips that were as wet as water and he pressed her legs further apart. “Hold on tight, love,” he said as he pressed against her, guiding himself into her pussy.

Her hands clenched on the opposite side of the desk and held on as she felt the first stirrings of her pleasure. “Janos.” She breathed loudly as she pushed back on him, demanding everything from him. “I love when you take me like this.” This was the first time over a desk, but she loved it and wanted more.

Leaning over her, he squeezed her ass in one hand and pressed the other to the desk for leverage and balance. “I’ll take you like this anytime you want, anywhere you want,” he promised. “I’ll take you any which way you want.” He smiled and kissed her shoulder. “We’ll pick up a copy of the
Kama Sutra
when we visit Ben. I think he has a well-worn copy in his office.”