Chapter 15 : Places To Be

Getting back to the motel, I grabbed my files and spread them out on the desk. We'd need to maximize our time once Kaius got here. With the murders escalating in number and in intensity, we needed to act as quickly as possible.

I wasn't about to let another woman get snatched off the street only to be met by an untimely death all because we were too busy taking our sweet time.

Putting my hands on my hips, I glanced up in the mirror over the desk. Zaine was seated on the end of the bed, the mattress bowing under him. He had taken his shirt off and tossed it somewhere while the top button of his pants had come undone and flared apart in order to show the deep-v right below his stomach.

I matched his heated gaze and forced myself to turn around to look at him.

"Come here." He held out a hand.

Compelled, I followed the order.

He pulled me down into his lap, an arm coming around my waist to secure me against him. I tucked my upper half against his warm chest,