Page 180 of The Curse Trilogy

I just sigh, and then I lean into his perfect body while we walk into the main building. Hale and Clay blaze by while we keep our slow stroll, and Brazen tilts his head curiously before kissing my brow.

“What did he say to you?” he asks softly.

“Nothing much. I just had to check in since they didn’t see us come in,” I mumble.

“I meant, what did he say to you to make you blow out the wall of an apartment?”

I didn’t blow it out. It just blew out when I threw him through it.

“I don’t want to talk about it.”

“Just tell me what he said,” he gently prompts.

“I thought you said it didn’t matter,” I grouse.

“I said it didn’t matter why you were back. I’d like to know what he said to upset you that badly. It just has me worried.”

“Don’t worry about anything. I’m fine. He only told me what I needed to hear in order to put him behind me.”

Tears sting my eyes, and Brazen pulls me closer to him while we make our way down a few doors from where I was staying.

“We’ll go grab our stuff,” Angelica chirps.

I nod to her, and she tugs Grayson’s hand to lead him into the old apartment. Brazen grabs me up to whirl me around, and I laugh while my feet dangle as he carries me through the door with the one arm wrapped around my waist.

“Are you hungry?” he murmurs while closing his lips over mine.

“Just sleepy,” I yawn. “Very, very sleepy.”

He smiles as he sits me back down, and then he drops his bag to the ground with a thud.

“Let’s go to bed then. I just need to change,” he murmurs softly.

“I don’t,” I grumble, and he laughs lightly at my silky pajama set which I traveled all the way to Berimond in.

“I can go grab your stuff,” he murmurs gently.

“No. I’ll go in the morning. I just want to snuggle into you for the night.”

He tries to suppress his grin, but it’s pointless. He’s loving the fact I want him so badly right now, and I smile like a fool to mimic his goofy grin. He pulls his shirt off, and then he grabs a pair of shorts from his bag before jogging toward the room where I’m standing waiting on him.

“The meeting is at noon tomorrow, but I’ll have to be there at nine with the other advocates and commanding officers,” he murmurs with a slightly disgruntled air.

“Will you find me?” I smolder out while tangling my lips with his.

“You know I will,” he seduces, and then I hear the door opening.

“Sweet digs,” Grayson murmurs as he walks in.

“It’s a captain’s suite. It wasn’t available last time due to all the officers here. I suppose I should feel privileged to be able to obtain it this time,” he jokes.

“No offense, but Hershian is seriously lacking,” he mumbles to Angelica.

“Seminole is a much larger facility, therefore it has a larger revenue circuit,” Brazen explains. “Araya and I are getting some sleep. We’ve got a meeting tomorrow, and then I’ll take you to the range to work on your shooting. How many tests do you have left?” he asks Grayson.

“Five more. Long distance scope shooting is in two days,” he sighs out.

“That’s my niche. I’ll have you looking like a pro,” he murmurs confidently, and Grayson cocks up a smile.