I could not believe the amazing woman sitting in my lap. She had completely disregarded her feelings to comfort me. How had I gotten so lucky to have this angel love me? I kissed her again, not being able to help myself. Her lips were soft and plump, wet from our earlier kisses. My tongue dove into her mouth. Damn, she tasted so good!
I wanted inside her. I wanted to lay her down on the floor and drive myself into her, like my tongue was doing now. My cock was about to burst with the need for the heavenly creature I had wrapped in my arms. I resisted, just barely. She deserved better than to be fucked on the hard floor, and there was too much to discuss first.
Reluctantly, I pulled away from her tempting mouth. She whimpered, and I almost lost it, my precious control. I had come to the conclusion that with Sam, I had no power. She had a hold over me, and I was all too willing to follow.
I looked into her heavy lidded gaze. I could see the desire shining out at me, and I wanted to give her what she needed. I would, as soon as we finished talking.
“You know that us being shifters is a secret, right?”
I was disappointed to see Sam’s eyes begin to clear, but I would see that yearning once again, once we were done. Her cheeks flushed as she licked her lips. I loved seeing her blush. She was strong, sexy and wanton at times. Yet there was an innocence about her that was so appealing. The moment I saw those pretty pink cheeks, I wanted her. That still hadn’t changed.
“Yes.”
“We have more secrets, Sam. You deserve to know them. I want you to know them, but you have to understand that no one else can know about this, any of this.”
She nodded her head making her hair fall over her shoulders. I ran my fingers through the silky strands.
“Of course.”
“We’re not just web designers. We have another job.”
“I assume it has something to do with your other form.”
“Yes. We work for the government.”
Sam raised her eyebrows. “The government knows about you?”
“They do, but they want to keep the rest of the humans from knowing. I agree. If knowledge of our kind got out, there would be pandemonium. We’d be hunted like animals. The unknown is scary to most people, and they’ll harm what they don’t understand.”
“I think so too, but hey, maybe one day things will be different.”
She smiled, and her eyes lit up. I thought she was wrong. We would never be accepted, but she was so optimistic, I couldn’t burst her bubble.
“Maybe,” I just said, shrugging.
“Okay, so what do you do for the government?”
“We’re part of a military branch called the Alpha Division. In a way, we keep the peace for our kind. If there’s any indication of a problem in a community, or with a lone shifter, we go in and fix it. Trouble can bring too much attention. We have to keep our kind a secret.”
“Wow, this all sounds very sci-fi.”
She laughed, and I drank in the throaty sound. I didn’t get to hear it often enough. She caressed my cheek and smiled. I rubbed against the palm of her hand, appreciating her affection.
“Your job sounds noble.”
“No, not noble.” My eyes were sad as I gazed at her puzzled expression. “We resort to doing almost anything to gain information. That’s why I was with Layla. I used her to gain her trust, so that she would give me what I wanted.”
“Jordan,” Sam began.
“We eliminate the threat, Sam. Eliminate.”
She shook her head. “What are you saying?”
“There are no trials, no lawyers, no judges. If we find sufficient evidence of wrong-doing, we take out the guilty party.”
“You mean kill them,” she stated, her brows lowered.
“Yes, that’s what I mean. We kill them.”
I swallowed hard. She undoubtedly knew how much of a monster I really was. Sam chewed on her lip, obviously thinking. I let her have time to process. What would she say, I wondered? Would she get up and leave? Reflexively, my arms tighten around her. She didn’t give any indication that she noticed or cared about my action, and I breathed a small sigh of relief that she continued to let me touch her.
“Jordan,” she sighed. Her fingers lightly caressed my cheek again. “What you do is noble. You help so many, and I’m sure it’s hard—”
I didn’t let her finish. Loosening my grip, I reached down for her crutches and helped her stand. Her mouth opened in surprise at my abrupt actions, as she stared down at me.
“It is not noble, Sam! Do you not understand what I’m telling you? I fuck to get information, and I will kill for as little as putting up a YouTube video.”
One minute I was happy she was accepting everything I threw at her, and the next I wanted her to run. I wasn’t sure what I wanted, but I did know Sam didn’t deserve to have a guy like me in her life.