Corded (Corded Saga #1)(11)

 

"My dad's old hunting cabin." He drove a few more miles before turning onto a gravel road.

 

"Are you sure we won't get caught here?"  

 

"Absolutely. No one uses it but me and my dad, and he's not there. I know it."

 

"Okay." I didn't really have another choice. We needed to ditch the Reine vehicle and lay low until the storm passed.

 

We drove about a quarter mile from the main road before the small cabin came into view. I could barely make it out in the darkness. Bolton drove the Humvee into the trees and parked it. "No one can see it from the road."

 

He got out and came around to my side. He untied my hands, and then held out a hand to help me down. Bolton was impossible to understand. Was he really just desperate to find a normalcy that no longer existed? He had the wrong sister. He would have been better off with Quinn.

 

He turned on the flashlight and took my hand leading me to the small house. He opened the front door and led me in before locking the door behind us and double checking it. "Don't try to run away tonight, Kayla. You'll only get yourself hurt."

 

"The only place I want to go is the city."

 

"Don't try to go alone. We'll take the truck when the storm dies down tomorrow night."

 

"Tomorrow night?" I asked with alarm. "I thought we'd go in the morning."

 

"Driving during the day will make us an easy target. We'll use the day to plan. I'm not losing you in all of this."

 

"When I met you this morning, I never thought we'd end up here."

 

"I pictured taking you to my own bed, not this one. But it'll have to do."

 

I froze. "I'm not sleeping with you."

 

"You are sleeping with me. I won't touch you, but I'm not letting you out of my sight." He said it matter of fact, like there was no other conceivable option. "I'll light a fire. Go find a blanket and get out of those wet clothes. You'll freeze."

 

"What about you?"

 

"I have plenty of clothes here. I'll find you something too."

 

I helped him move some firewood into the fireplace, and he easily started a fire. The warmth surged through my freezing body.

 

"Here. Use this." He handed me a heavy blanket. "I'll find you clothes."

 

"I'm fine."

 

"You can't help your sister if you're sick. Get out of those clothes." He turned and walked out of the room. He was right, whether I wanted to admit it or not. I peeled off my wet clothes and wrapped up in the blanket.

 

Moments later he returned with a pile of dry clothes. "We can hang up your clothes to dry. Try this shirt tonight."

 

"Thanks." I waited for him to turn around. "Bolton?"

 

"Yes?" He pulled of his shirt and dropped his pants and shorts.

 

"What are you doing?" I gasped.

 

"Taking off my wet stuff." He stood there completely naked. Even with just firelight I could see everything. I knew enough about male anatomy to know what his current state meant. I'm sure I blushed before I snapped out of my shock enough to avert my eyes.

 

"Can I at least see you?" His lustful eyes pleaded with me.

 

"I'm not having sex with you tonight. Only if you help me get Quinn and Bailey."

 

"No sex, but something?" A funny expression crossed his face. "You get to see me naked, don't I get to see you?"

 

I felt my jaw drop. "I never asked to see you. I'd actually prefer if you put on more clothes."

 

"I'll get dressed after I see you." His eyes were playful.

 

"Only for as long as it takes me to get dressed." I dropped the blanket and pulled the white cotton t-shirt over my head.

 

 

 

        

          

        

         

 

I didn't look at him until I was covered again.

 

His eyes were big. "I hope we get Quinn fast."

 

"Aren't you forgetting something?" I needed to change the subject. The way he was looking at me, and the fact that he was completely naked was too much.

 

"What?"

 

"You said you'd get dressed after."

 

"Oh yeah." He grinned.

 

"You can't expect me to sleep beside you after seeing that expression on your face."

 

"I can control myself. I'm not an animal."

 

"Not an animal, but a man. A starved man at that." Food wasn't the scarcest thing in our world.

 

"But a man who knows patience will reward himself with something much better."