by KD Jones
“Where’s Drake?”
“Passed out.”
“What?”
“Um, I kind of shocked him unconscious, along with the perp.”
There was a silent pause, then an outburst of laughter. “Where are you?”
She gave the directions and slid back on her ass until her back leaned against the dumpster. Help was on the way. She fought to stay conscious but she hurt all over, she felt darkness taking her over.
Chapter 13
Drake awoke to find himself lying on the couch in the breakroom of the bail enforcement agency. “What the hell happened?” he groaned out.
“You got shocked unconscious, my friend.” Vic answered him as he leaned against the doorway staring at him intently.
“Damn, that was…”
“Lucky. You were damn lucky. Jinx didn’t have time to adjust the power. It was set to high voltage. If the three of you, Roberts, his girlfriend and you, had not taken the voltage together, one of you alone would have died.”
“Where’s Roberts now? Did he get away?” He tried to stand up but Vic came forward pushing him back down with a hand to his shoulder.
“He’s in lockup downstairs, awaiting the authority to come and get him along with his girlfriend. They’re in the same shape as you. I had the paramedics check all of you over. They said to not use quick movements, and that the three of you may need twenty-four hour observation in case of any complications.”
“Where’s Jinx?”
Vic pointed to the other side of the glass wall. Drake winced as he shifted and turned to look out of the breakroom. He spotted her pink hair swishing against her back in a long ponytail. Her back was to him, and she was sitting on a desk surrounded by four male bounty hunters. They were listening to her as she told some story using her hands to reenact the tale. They laughed at what she was telling them, and he felt a sharp stab of jealousy. He wanted to snag her and drag her off somewhere so that he could have her all to himself.
“Drake? Are you hearing me my man?”
He turned to Vic reluctantly, hating to take his eyes off of her. “What?”
“I’m asking if you have your assessment of her completed.”
“Not yet.”
“She completed your case for you tonight.”
“Yes, but she got lucky.”
“Really? It sounded like she kept her eyes on the mission, while you had your eyes elsewhere.”
Drake felt heat rise to his face. “I was doing my job. If I hadn’t been there, she could have been hurt. What if he had a knife or a gun?”
“If she passes the assessment, she will eventually have to face dangerous situations like that.”
Drake could hear the concern in Vic’s voice. His eyes narrowed on his friend and boss. “Why did you give me the responsibility of training Jinx?”
“I couldn’t do it, and neither could Jagger. We would be sure to fail her assessment on purpose, and she would be furious and hurt with us. But if you, a stranger…”
“If I failed her assessment, she could be furious with me instead.”
“Yeah.”
“Well, Jinx has a will of iron. She’s determined to do this. Nothing any of us say will stop her. If we fail her assessment, what do you think she’ll do? Settle for being your receptionist?”
Vic sighed and ran a frustrated hand through his hair avoiding his horns. “She’ll go to another bail enforcement agency.”
Drake nodded his head. “Yep, she would.”
Vic and he shared an understanding look before they both gazed out the window to look at the object of their frustration. Vic cleared his throat. “I hate to admit this but she has a talent for this. Her ability to learn things easily like self-defense and handling a gun and the fact that she won’t give up until she completes a task are all the things that make a great bounty hunter.”
Drake didn’t say anything, he didn’t have to. Jinx had proved that she at least deserved a chance to do this. “She’s not ready to send out alone yet.”
“I agree. I won’t feel comfortable until she has clocked several missions. Should I partner her up with someone else?”
Drake’s hands clutched tightly in fists with the thought of any of those other males working one on one with Jinx. “No, I’ll continue with her for now, but I want someone else to do the final assessment of her.”
“Why?” Vic asked his eyes narrowing on him.
“I may be biased when it comes to her, and it won’t be fair for me to give the final assessment when I…”
“You care for her?”
“That’s’ between me and her.”
“She’s just coming out of a relationship.”
“I know that.”
“She’s not someone to play with and throw away the next day.”
“I know that too.”
Vic looked out the window, then glanced back at Drake. “She’s a grown woman and can make her own decisions. If you hurt her…”
“You and Jagger will gut me?” Drake asked.
Vic gave him a sardonic smile, “Something like that.”
Drake sat up slowly. “I think it’s time to go home.”
“Let me find someone to take you home and stay with you.”
“What?” Drake felt confused.
“You had a huge electrical shock pulsing through your body that could have killed you. The paramedics wanted to admit you to the hospital.”
Drake shook his head despite the heaviness and pain he felt. “I’m not going to a damn hospital.”
“I told them that. However, you got injured while on the job. Our insurance will go sky high if you have a relapse. That means someone is going home with you to keep watch. You’re off work tomorrow. You’ll need to see your doctor for approval to return to work.”
“Damn it Vic! I don’t need to be treated like an invalid.”
“That’s the way it is. I’ll have Jinx stay with you.”
“What?” His heartbeat raced at the thought of having her back in his home, but it was a bad idea. She was a temptation, one he would not be able to resist.
“Look, you may not actually need someone to watch over you, but she does. She got hit in the back of the head hard and might have a concussion.”
Drake was concerned. “She needs to go to a hospital.”
“I know but she refused, of course.” Vic shook his head in frustration.
“Shy will watch over her,” Drake said, knowing that the two had become good friends. He wanted to take back the words for some reason.
“Jinx will make a fuss over having someone watch her, similar to what you just did.”
Suddenly it hit Drake. “You are one sly son of a bitch.”
Vic shrugged and smiled. “She thinks she’s watching over you but…”
“I’m actually watching over her.”
“It’s a win-win. You’re both off tomorrow, so you’ll be able to rest up.”
Drake could refuse, but the fact that Jinx had been hurt because of his carelessness really bothered him. He should have shoved that stripper off of him the second he realized she was just a distraction. The fact that Jinx had managed to bring down Roberts despite everything was incredible, but it could have gone fatally wrong.
“Fine, I’ll babysit her.”
Vic walked to the doorway but paused to look back at Drake. “Try to work out whatever this is between the two of you.”
“I have a rule to not get involved with coworkers.” Drake didn’t sound convincing even to his own ears.
“I don’t enforce that rule about coworkers, I trust that my people will do the right thing and be responsible. I see the way she looks at you, and the way you look at her. Jinx’s smart, funny, beautiful, innocent, sweet—she would be hard to resist.”
“She is all of that,” Drake admitted.
Vic warned him. “She’s been hurt in the past. I had wanted her to find someone who was more like her.”
“A guy who dyes his hair the c
olors of the rainbow?”
“Someone who is positive and caring, someone who encourages her and makes her feel confident in herself.”
“Do you have a name for this male?”
“I’m just looking out for her.”
“What about that boyfriend she’s taking a break from? Do you know anything about him?”
“That asshole? I don’t even remember his name, but he’s definitely not the guy for her.”
Drake wanted to ask him more questions, but Jinx came to the break room door. “Ready to go, big guy?”
“Do you still have your stun gun?”
Jinx laughed. “Isaac confiscated it. He’s going to adjust the levels so that it will never be that high again.”
Drake would have to tell Isaac to not give it back to her ever. “Good. And yeah, I’m ready.”
Vic patted Jinx’s head. “Let me know if you need anything, but get plenty of rest tomorrow.”
She smiled up at him and it lit up her whole beautiful face. “I will boss.”
They watched Vic leave first before they walked out of the break room side by side. As they passed, some of the bounty hunters snickered and made rude comments to Drake.
“Try not to get shocked again Drake.”
Drake growled, “Suck it!”
When they got out to the hover truck Jinx put out her hand. He stared at Jinx, and her fingers. “What?”
“Keys, I’m driving.”
He shook his head. “No way. I’m driving.”
She crossed her arms over her chest and stared him down. Damn she was stubborn, and sexy as hell. There was also tiredness in her eyes. It must have been quite traumatic for her. Reluctantly, Drake gave her his keys.
Moving to the other side of his hover truck, Drake bit back his groan of pain as he pulled himself up into the passenger’s side. Glancing over, Drake felt bad seeing how she had to pull herself up and it was a little bit of a struggle for her. Okay, so maybe he will start lowering his truck a little closer to the ground.
“Do you remember how to get back to my apartment?” he asked.
“Of course. Are you hungry? I could stop and pick us up some takeout.”
“Yeah. I have food at home, but I’m kind of hungry now.”
They stopped at a burger joint. She ordered one with fries and a soda and he ordered three burgers, two fries and a superlarge shake. He was really hungry. All the food was eaten by the time that they got to his apartment.
“Park on the other side, away from the construction site.”
She hid her smile. “Got it.”
After she parked the hover truck they both climbed out. A few minutes later, Drake was opening his apartment door for her.
“Welcome back,” Drake told her as the lights came on.
“Thanks.” She said as closed the door behind them.
Chapter 14
Jinx was impressed that his apartment was still the way she had left it—clean. She walked over to the sofa and sat down.
“I called the number you left and arranged for someone to come and clean. I appreciate that.”
She shrugged. “You’re a busy person; it only makes sense to have someone do the little things like clean or grocery shopping and laundry, so you can concentrate on more important stuff, liking hunting down the bad guys.”
He sat down next to her. “Tell me what happened at the club. Some of the details are...fuzzy.”
“Sorry about that. I didn’t realize you were holding on to them until it was too late.”
“Tell me.”
She kicked off her shoes, leaned back, and propped her feet on the coffee table. “While you were tangling with the stripper, I noticed two people coming out the back.”
“You should have waited for me.”
“I couldn’t. He would have gotten away. I snuck up behind him and jumped on his back. His girlfriend was trying to hit me with her purse to get me off. I don’t know what she had in it, but it was heavy as hell.”
“I remember,” he said touching his bruised nose tenderly.
She bit her lip to not smile. Drake had really gotten clobbered by Bambi’s huge purse. “Yeah, Roberts shoved me back against the dumpster, that’s how I banged the back of my head. I got a pretty good bump.”
“Let me see.”
She leaned forward and pulled her ponytail out, parting her hair to reveal the bump. Drake touched it tenderly. Jinx felt shivers travel down her back.
“Did I hurt you?”
“No,” she whispered. Jinx turned to him and his face was so close to hers. His warm breath caressed her neck. Her nipples tightened, and she felt her pussy clench with need.
“After an action-packed night like tonight, do you usually feel...restless afterward?”
Drake leaned closer. “Yes, I’ve felt restless...and other things.”
She turned toward him. It was like her body was tuning to his magnetically charged one. Her body was heating up, building a fire inside. “What other things do you feel?”
“Hungry.”
His lips were so close now. She couldn’t look away from him. “We just ate.”
Drake cupped her face, bringing her closer to him and she didn’t have it in her to resist. “It’s not food I’m hungry for.”
Then he kissed her, and the fire inside turned into a raging inferno. Wrapping her arms around his neck, she felt his hands on her hips pulling her over to straddle his lap. Something wild inside of her had broken free. Jinx reached to pull his shirt over his head, needing to get her hands on his body.
Drake was built like a god. Jinx ran her hands over his shoulders, down his chest, caressing his pecs. She pinched his nipples and he growled with desire.
“Clothes off, now!” He snarled, practically ripping her shirt open.
She had on a workout bra, which didn’t have hooks. She could see his frustration at not finding a way to get it off. After pulling the bra off over her head and tossing it the floor, she gasped when his hands immediately went to her breasts. She didn’t have a set of double Ds like Bambi or the stripper at the club but he didn’t seem to mind as he squeezed and massaged them.
“You are so perfect,” he whispered. He lowered his head and took a nipple in his mouth. Strong suctions had her tilting her head back and moaning.
“Oh God, that’s so good.”
He released her with a pop and she was the one to growl this time. “Why are you stopping?”
“Get your pants off, before I rip them off.”
Oh, yeah she was all for that. Standing up, she shoved her pants off and kicked them to the side. She took her time though with her panties. She slid them down slowly feeling his eyes on her, tracking her.
She almost laughed when he quickly undid his jeans and shoved them down his legs, not even bothering to take off his boots and finish undressing. He wasn’t wasting any time. He reached for her and pulled her back to straddle his lap.
Jinx leaned over to kiss him again, Drake was like a drug she couldn’t get enough of. She rubbed breasts against his chest. Her tight nipples poked and dragged across him.
“Damn, I love your breasts.” His big hands moved to cup them again, teasing her tips.
Hearing him say that made her feel less self-conscious. She loved the way he touched her, learning what she liked. She wanted to learn him too, but right then she wanted to feel him inside her.
Jinx moved so that her slick entrance could rub along the side of his shaft. Her juices slid over him, coating him. Drake leaned forward, taking her nipple in his mouth. He really did like her breasts. With more confidence, she pushed up and down against him. Craving more, Jinx moved enough to allow his tip to nudge inside. Her wet pussy lips opened, letting him slide in deeper. With every motion up and then back down, she took more and more of his length. My God Drake was huge, bigger than anything she had ever had before—not that she had that much experience with men.
His fingers clutched at her hips, helping to maneuver her where he
wanted. Then Drake took hold of her and brought her body down hard, engulfing his entire length. Drake and Jinx groaned as one at the feel of him completely inside of her.
“Oh my God, Drake.”
He gritted his teeth as he moved out of her, only to slam up and back inside of her. “You feel amazing.”
Jinx forgot everything else, all of her was focused only on how she was feeling and how good it felt to have him deep inside of her. Nothing else existed except for the two of them. She rode him hard and fast, but she needed something more from him, and he seemed to know exactly what that was.
Drake cupped her ass with one hand. Wrapping his arm around her back and moved them so she could lie underneath him. He brought her knees up over his shoulders and pushed deeper inside her. Jinx looked up into his eyes as they darkened. He went wild, taking her harder and deeper, faster, in and out. She couldn’t catch her breath, and frankly, it was so good she didn’t think she needed the oxygen anyway.
His fierce lovemaking opened something up inside of her that had been waiting to be let out. Jinx had been holding back a wild spirit that craved this type of fucking, craved this type of man—craved him. Her nails scarred his back and she tried to move her hips up to meet his every thrust.
Jinx felt her orgasm hit her hard. She arched her back and called out his name, “Drake!”
Drake pulled out of her at just the right moment. His warm semen coated her thighs and stomach. It seemed to go on and on for a really long time. Then he turned to slide next to her on the couch. Thank goodness the couch was about the size of a twin size bed, or she would have fallen.
When she was able to catch her breath, Jinx turned her head to look back at him. “That was amazing.”
“We’re just getting started,” Drake said. To emphasize his point, he lifted her thigh and positioned his already hardening cock at her entrance. He slipped in easily, and her already sensitive pussy responded.
“Oh...yes.” Drake might kill her with her sex, but what a way to go.
*****
Drake had carried her to his bed sometime during the night and made love to her again and again. She was incredible, open and sweet with her responses to him. He would always prefer Jinx’s honesty to anyone else's expertise.