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Story: Ferocity
“Any time.” Marcus stood then and held out his hand to Dave. “I’ll call you, as soon as I know something.”
“I appreciate it.” Dave shook his hand before wrapping his arm around Scarlett. “If we find out anything else, I’ll have it couriered over to you.”
“I appreciate it.” The DA glanced at Scarlett. “Don’t get too down on yourself. We still have a long road ahead of us, but I believe in this case.”
“Thought you couldn’t make assumptions,” she said with a smirk.
“I’m not.” He grinned. “We’ll be in touch.”
Dave led her out of the courthouse where the DA's office had been located. As she stepped outside, she paused, surprised by how quickly the weather changed. Snow had begun falling at some point while they'd been inside. At least two inches of the white stuff, if not more, already lay on the ground. Where it might not have stuck to the roadway, it clung to the grass and brown autumn leaves. Soft mounds built along the tops of the hedges and around the trunks of trees. Even the crisp, cold air smelled of the coming winter. There'd been a time when she would have hated the snow, now, she enjoyed it.
“We should hurry. Wouldn’t want to get stuck out here and there’s no telling when they’ll start the plows.” Dave opened the car door for her then assisted her before going around the front of the vehicle to get in behind the wheel. “Call Kenny and tell him we’re on the way. If there’s already a couple of inches on the ground down here, no telling how much is on the mountain.”
"Looks like we'll be snowed in for a while too," she said pulling her phone from her bag. She scrolled through the contact list before stopping on Kenny's name. She pushed the call button and waited. After he answered, she spoke. "Hey, it's us. Dave said to have the road to the sanctuary cleared off for us."
"Should have taken the truck," Kenny grumbled.
“Didn’t think it would snow,” she replied. “You’re going to do it though, aren’t you?”
“What do we get out of it?” Kenny asked.
“Who’s we?” She narrowed her eyes as they drove through the barren town.
“Edward and me, Timothy is too pretty to do any kind of manual labor.”
In the background, she heard Timothy's deep laugh and it sent a flutter of lust through her body. She shouldn't feel any type of attraction to him and she'd chided herself before for feeling as she did, especially since she'd had sex with Dave and Kenny so far. "What do you want?"
Dave laughed. “Loaded question, Scar.”
“You. With us. For one night,” Kenny said. “I’ll shovel snow from now until it melts if we can have you.”
“Kenny, I—” What? What did she say? Her thoughts fled her as she sat beside Dave. All of them? What did that mean? What happened afterward? What if one of them got jealous or worse, all of them did? She cut her gaze to the man beside her. If she thought he’d help her make any type of decision, she’d been sorely mistaken.
“One night. That’s all we want,” Kenny repeated.
“What if it’s not enough?” she murmured. “What if you all want something, I can’t give you?”
“Then we’ll cross that bridge when we get there, Scar,” Kenny assured her. “We’re not talking eternity here.”
For some reason, his words stung. “Right. One night.”
“Don’t get like that either Scar,” Kenny said. “You always get snippy with me when you take my words out of context.”
“No, I think the context was there the whole time. We’re starting up the road now. I’ll lose my signal in a minute. Start clearing the trailhead for us so we don’t kill ourselves on the way up.” Blowing out a breath of frustration after hanging up with Kenny, Scarlett threw her phone back into her bag.
“He’s got a point,” Dave muttered.
“Not you too,” she whimpered. “Why are you both riding my ass about this?”
"Because, isn't it obvious? He was asking you to accept us for the night, sure. But, he wants more like I do. I won't speak for the others as of now, but I am sure they would too if you gave them half the chance." Dave cut his gaze toward her. "So, are you going to be a chicken or are you going to be a lion?"
She laughed. “What’s with that analogy?”
He shrugged. “Sounded good, didn’t it?”
“I guess I am going to be a lion. Can’t let my feline companions down, can I?” She placed her hand on his thigh then grew serious. “This could potentially blow up in our faces.”
“Nah, I trust Marcus,” Dave said. “If he can put everything together quickly for us, by next week, we can begin the rebuilding process for the refuge.”
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