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wants someone.” She lifted her chin
and looked at Carson.
“I don’t have all the answers to that, but I’d say he’s
interested in more than a simple fuck and definitely more than a protective
relationship.” Carson smiled at her as if he found her funny.
“A simple fuck is all it would have been. I don’t do
relationships.” She frowned. That watchful attitude was getting on her nerves.
“How about we test him. See if he’s feeling brotherly or if
maybe he’s feeling something else? Owen could give him a little something to be
concerned about if he’s feeling more than protective.” Carson flicked a glance
across the camp to a group of the Zarain.
Ada wanted to turn around and look. The urge thrummed
through her, but she fought it as she’d fought the urge to go to Jagger over
the last few days. She wanted to be close to him. It was almost a physical
need. Not to fuck him, but simply to be near him. The unusual feeling scared
her a little.
“This isn’t going to solve anything, Carson.” She frowned at
him. She didn’t want to be playing that kind of game. If he couldn’t make up
his mind, provoking him into a move would only cause trouble.
“We can’t solve this. But maybe it can help you two stop
avoiding each other.” Carson nodded to Owen.
For a moment, she thought that Owen might not do anything,
that he’d tell Carson where to shove his suggestion. Owen’s arm lifted and
curled around her shoulders. She stiffened and glanced at Owen. This wasn’t a
good idea.
She shrugged and tried to get his hand to fall away from her
without being too obvious about it. Owen’s arm remained around her regardless
of what she did. She didn’t want Jagger to come over because he was trying to
protect her in any way. This wouldn’t prove anything other than that he was a
little possessive.
Ada felt a hand on her arm. She looked back and saw Jagger
standing behind her. A frown knitted his brows and turned the corners of his
mouth down. His silver eyes looked hard and cold as ice.
“Do you want to come for a walk with me?” His hand lifted
from her shoulder and turned palm up in invitation.
She took a deep breath. His voice sounded tight. He
definitely had reacted to Owen’s arm around her. She didn’t know what it meant
though. Was he still trying to protect her? She wasn’t going to find out
sitting here. They needed to talk privately and couldn’t do that here.
“Yes, let’s walk and we can talk.” She turned to him.
Owen’s arm fell away from her. Jagger helped her up and
ushered her away from the people at the table. She raised an eyebrow at the
tension she could feel in his arm. What was he thinking? She kept pace beside
him, although she had to rush a little to do it. She waited until they were away
from everyone in the camp before she asked the question that held most of her
attention.
“What’s wrong? Why are you so…” Her voice trailed off as she
tried to find a word to describe what he was. Angry? Not really. Tense. That
fit, but it was more than that.
He kept leading her away from the camp but stopped while
they were still in one of the groups of trees. “What’s wrong? He had his arm
around you.”
“What’s it to you?” She heard the possessiveness in his
voice, but she really couldn’t believe it. Not after the way he’d acted in the
past few days. “You haven’t even talked to me since that day that we went for a
walk.”
“You were hurt. I wanted to make sure that you were fully
healed.” Jagger faced her. He scowled and his feet braced apart.
He looked like a man getting ready for a fight. Ada smiled.
Well, at least she had his attention.
“What’s your excuse for after I healed, because I haven’t
even felt a pang of pain in days.” She put a hand on her hip. She knew she was
provoking him, but he’d seemed interested in her and then it had shut off
without a single word or clue as to why. That had hurt and left her with doubts
and
and looked at Carson.
“I don’t have all the answers to that, but I’d say he’s
interested in more than a simple fuck and definitely more than a protective
relationship.” Carson smiled at her as if he found her funny.
“A simple fuck is all it would have been. I don’t do
relationships.” She frowned. That watchful attitude was getting on her nerves.
“How about we test him. See if he’s feeling brotherly or if
maybe he’s feeling something else? Owen could give him a little something to be
concerned about if he’s feeling more than protective.” Carson flicked a glance
across the camp to a group of the Zarain.
Ada wanted to turn around and look. The urge thrummed
through her, but she fought it as she’d fought the urge to go to Jagger over
the last few days. She wanted to be close to him. It was almost a physical
need. Not to fuck him, but simply to be near him. The unusual feeling scared
her a little.
“This isn’t going to solve anything, Carson.” She frowned at
him. She didn’t want to be playing that kind of game. If he couldn’t make up
his mind, provoking him into a move would only cause trouble.
“We can’t solve this. But maybe it can help you two stop
avoiding each other.” Carson nodded to Owen.
For a moment, she thought that Owen might not do anything,
that he’d tell Carson where to shove his suggestion. Owen’s arm lifted and
curled around her shoulders. She stiffened and glanced at Owen. This wasn’t a
good idea.
She shrugged and tried to get his hand to fall away from her
without being too obvious about it. Owen’s arm remained around her regardless
of what she did. She didn’t want Jagger to come over because he was trying to
protect her in any way. This wouldn’t prove anything other than that he was a
little possessive.
Ada felt a hand on her arm. She looked back and saw Jagger
standing behind her. A frown knitted his brows and turned the corners of his
mouth down. His silver eyes looked hard and cold as ice.
“Do you want to come for a walk with me?” His hand lifted
from her shoulder and turned palm up in invitation.
She took a deep breath. His voice sounded tight. He
definitely had reacted to Owen’s arm around her. She didn’t know what it meant
though. Was he still trying to protect her? She wasn’t going to find out
sitting here. They needed to talk privately and couldn’t do that here.
“Yes, let’s walk and we can talk.” She turned to him.
Owen’s arm fell away from her. Jagger helped her up and
ushered her away from the people at the table. She raised an eyebrow at the
tension she could feel in his arm. What was he thinking? She kept pace beside
him, although she had to rush a little to do it. She waited until they were away
from everyone in the camp before she asked the question that held most of her
attention.
“What’s wrong? Why are you so…” Her voice trailed off as she
tried to find a word to describe what he was. Angry? Not really. Tense. That
fit, but it was more than that.
He kept leading her away from the camp but stopped while
they were still in one of the groups of trees. “What’s wrong? He had his arm
around you.”
“What’s it to you?” She heard the possessiveness in his
voice, but she really couldn’t believe it. Not after the way he’d acted in the
past few days. “You haven’t even talked to me since that day that we went for a
walk.”
“You were hurt. I wanted to make sure that you were fully
healed.” Jagger faced her. He scowled and his feet braced apart.
He looked like a man getting ready for a fight. Ada smiled.
Well, at least she had his attention.
“What’s your excuse for after I healed, because I haven’t
even felt a pang of pain in days.” She put a hand on her hip. She knew she was
provoking him, but he’d seemed interested in her and then it had shut off
without a single word or clue as to why. That had hurt and left her with doubts
and
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