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All hers.
"I'm getting you out of here, don't worry," Aidan whispered in her ear, before stealing a kiss on that most sensitive of spots just down the side of her neck.
It tickled, and she couldn't suppress a giggle. "I know. I'm waiting for you."
That heat she'd first felt when she sat across from Aidan on her first night in Edinburgh in that pub had made a return. An intense fire burned in her, lighting up her lower abdomen. There was just one way to soothe it. One man who could soothe it.
She opened her eyes again and found Aidan staring down at her. His normally brown eyes had turned a deep, dark black. Just looking into them gave Heidi shivers.
The air seemed to prickle with tension, like the kind you feel in the calm before the storm.
His scent overwhelmed her senses. Sweet with a bit of spice. A little woody, like a forest in the fall after shedding all its leaves.
She chuckled.
"What?" he asked.
"You bears, you even
smell
sweet." Heidi grinned up at him.
Aidan let go of her, but she didn't fall. Heidi felt like she was floating in the air in front of him. He cupped her face with both hands, closed his eyes as she did too. His breath tickled her lips, making the wait almost unbearable, but she didn't stir.
"All right, missy," A voice shouted, dragging her painfully out of her fantasy just as it was about to hit its climax.
Heidi opened her eyes to find the same man with the swallows standing in the doorway.
"I need you to tell me who this 'Fight4Independence' person really is."
One of his silent minions dragged a chair into the cell, the bare metal of its legs scraping against the concrete floor, making the hairs on the back of Heidi's neck stand up.
"Did you hear me? Who is 'Fight4Independence'?" The man repeated.
Crap. "
I don't know the guy, okay? I just met him online," she tried to explain, but something told her, a vague answer like that wasn't going to satisfy this guy...
Chapter Ten
Aidan entered the office bright and early in the morning, only to find it empty.
Where was everyone?
The clean coffee cup on Heidi's desk was dry, unused. Aidan wondered whether to go upstairs to see if she was still in bed... But that would have been too creepy, so he decided against it.
He made a quick call to Jamie instead, who picked up just when Aidan was about to give up.
"Hello?"
"Jamie. I'm back." Aidan sat down at his desk, and impatiently tapped his fingers against the already worn surface.
"Great timing, Heidi has made some progress while you were away." Jamie sounded uncharacteristically excited, especially considering the time.
"Has she? She's not here."
A crackle interrupted the awkward silence.
"She's not upstairs, either?" Jamie asked at last. His tone had changed, gone was his excitement, instead it had been replaced by... concern?
Aidan's chest tightened, and a feeling of dread came over him. He rushed to the door, up the stairs and into the room where Heidi's scent lingered the strongest. Her bed looked unused, the pillow was still fluffed up and her duvet was neatly folded and placed at the foot-end of the mattress.
"Goddammit, Jamie!" Aidan shouted into the phone. "She hasn't been here all night!"
"I… Shit. I'm coming in." Jamie hung up and Aidan stood helplessly in the center of her room, phone still in hand. His bear wanted to come out, roar in anger and tear up the place. Where was she? Why hadn't she come home?
She had looked strong enough, Aidan had no doubt she would have been a good fighter, but the city could be a dangerous place for a lone shifter. They had files filled with names downstairs of shifters at least as capable, if not more so, who had disappeared without a trace. The last thing Aidan wanted was to have to add her name to one of the files. He wouldn't be able to stand it.
Aidan paced around the room, trying his best to control his breathing and suppress the urge to shift. After regaining a little bit of focus, he rushed back downstairs and powered up Heidi's
"I'm getting you out of here, don't worry," Aidan whispered in her ear, before stealing a kiss on that most sensitive of spots just down the side of her neck.
It tickled, and she couldn't suppress a giggle. "I know. I'm waiting for you."
That heat she'd first felt when she sat across from Aidan on her first night in Edinburgh in that pub had made a return. An intense fire burned in her, lighting up her lower abdomen. There was just one way to soothe it. One man who could soothe it.
She opened her eyes again and found Aidan staring down at her. His normally brown eyes had turned a deep, dark black. Just looking into them gave Heidi shivers.
The air seemed to prickle with tension, like the kind you feel in the calm before the storm.
His scent overwhelmed her senses. Sweet with a bit of spice. A little woody, like a forest in the fall after shedding all its leaves.
She chuckled.
"What?" he asked.
"You bears, you even
smell
sweet." Heidi grinned up at him.
Aidan let go of her, but she didn't fall. Heidi felt like she was floating in the air in front of him. He cupped her face with both hands, closed his eyes as she did too. His breath tickled her lips, making the wait almost unbearable, but she didn't stir.
"All right, missy," A voice shouted, dragging her painfully out of her fantasy just as it was about to hit its climax.
Heidi opened her eyes to find the same man with the swallows standing in the doorway.
"I need you to tell me who this 'Fight4Independence' person really is."
One of his silent minions dragged a chair into the cell, the bare metal of its legs scraping against the concrete floor, making the hairs on the back of Heidi's neck stand up.
"Did you hear me? Who is 'Fight4Independence'?" The man repeated.
Crap. "
I don't know the guy, okay? I just met him online," she tried to explain, but something told her, a vague answer like that wasn't going to satisfy this guy...
Chapter Ten
Aidan entered the office bright and early in the morning, only to find it empty.
Where was everyone?
The clean coffee cup on Heidi's desk was dry, unused. Aidan wondered whether to go upstairs to see if she was still in bed... But that would have been too creepy, so he decided against it.
He made a quick call to Jamie instead, who picked up just when Aidan was about to give up.
"Hello?"
"Jamie. I'm back." Aidan sat down at his desk, and impatiently tapped his fingers against the already worn surface.
"Great timing, Heidi has made some progress while you were away." Jamie sounded uncharacteristically excited, especially considering the time.
"Has she? She's not here."
A crackle interrupted the awkward silence.
"She's not upstairs, either?" Jamie asked at last. His tone had changed, gone was his excitement, instead it had been replaced by... concern?
Aidan's chest tightened, and a feeling of dread came over him. He rushed to the door, up the stairs and into the room where Heidi's scent lingered the strongest. Her bed looked unused, the pillow was still fluffed up and her duvet was neatly folded and placed at the foot-end of the mattress.
"Goddammit, Jamie!" Aidan shouted into the phone. "She hasn't been here all night!"
"I… Shit. I'm coming in." Jamie hung up and Aidan stood helplessly in the center of her room, phone still in hand. His bear wanted to come out, roar in anger and tear up the place. Where was she? Why hadn't she come home?
She had looked strong enough, Aidan had no doubt she would have been a good fighter, but the city could be a dangerous place for a lone shifter. They had files filled with names downstairs of shifters at least as capable, if not more so, who had disappeared without a trace. The last thing Aidan wanted was to have to add her name to one of the files. He wouldn't be able to stand it.
Aidan paced around the room, trying his best to control his breathing and suppress the urge to shift. After regaining a little bit of focus, he rushed back downstairs and powered up Heidi's
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