55: Mafia Psychopath

LUCIAN

I spend the half hour drive trying to control my body’s reaction to Blair being so close to me. Her scent surrounded me almost like I was in a cocoon of her warmth.

The fact that the last time we were sitting in the back of a car like this, we’d been tearing each other’s clothes off.

Suddenly, I was wishing Owen was still here.

Back on the plane, I couldn’t wait to get away from him. I’m seeing how his being closed had simmered my reaction to Blair. Mostly because I was upset he was making her laugh. Even envious.

But we couldn’t have driven together even if we wanted to.

If my brother, Enzo, had been here, then that would have been a possibility.

While there haven't been many attacks on alphas and packs like a few years ago. We still chose the safe route and went separate ways. Knowing that it was a possibility for one of us to not make it home.

And it would be a whole new problem to have the alpha and beta both gone.

Even that thought doesn’t make my temperature go down.

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