Bear Claw Bodyguard
“Of course she hadn’t stayed inside. And of course she had come after him. No doubt she saw him as akin to one of her sick forests: in need of tending, lest a catastrophic collapse follow. Or maybe she saw him as something more than that, something—or, rather, someone—she cared about within her own comfort zone of caring. Which would only complicate things more.
He shouldn’t have let the conversation get so personal. Let it? he thought with an inner snort. Hell, he’d taken it there, pushing her ...to open up to him, no doubt with some deep-seated and arrogant belief that she was secretly tired of the traveling lifestyle and ready to settle down with the right man.
More, her comments about her brothers and father had struck a nerve because he’d been that guy. Hell, he was that guy. That was what had driven him out of the kitchen, and it was what had him now gripping the waist-high railing that edged the platform, and staring up into the night sky.
He’d killed the floodlights—only a mild security risk given that the other sensors were still online—and the moon was only a thin sliver behind him, leaving the night dark and gorgeous, and filled with far more stars than the city ever saw.MoreLess
He shouldn’t have let the conversation get so personal. Let it? he thought with an inner snort. Hell, he’d taken it there, pushing her ...to open up to him, no doubt with some deep-seated and arrogant belief that she was secretly tired of the traveling lifestyle and ready to settle down with the right man.
More, her comments about her brothers and father had struck a nerve because he’d been that guy. Hell, he was that guy. That was what had driven him out of the kitchen, and it was what had him now gripping the waist-high railing that edged the platform, and staring up into the night sky.
He’d killed the floodlights—only a mild security risk given that the other sensors were still online—and the moon was only a thin sliver behind him, leaving the night dark and gorgeous, and filled with far more stars than the city ever saw.MoreLess
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