Precarious Possessions (Maxwell Investigations) (28 page)

The man she was
with looked at Barry. “Dude, that door was locked,” he said blinking his eyes
wildly.

Lily stood and
ran her hands through her hair. “What are you doing here?” she asked hotly.
When he reached out to grab her, she backed away from him. “Answer me,” she
snapped.

Barry glanced
at her partner and then returned his gaze to her. “I’m trying to stop you from
getting into even more trouble,” he said lowly.

There was something
in his voice that was teasing her hunger. She knew she should be mad with him.
All she wanted to do was have a quickie in the club. Get her energy back up and
go back to her boring life. “Either leave or join in,” she said before turning
back to her partner.

For a moment
Barry’s eyes glazed over. “We can either do this the easy way or the hard way,”
he challenged.

Lily’s eyes
dilated at his tone. She didn’t want to think about the things he did to her. She
wouldn’t. Not when all she wanted was simple, uncomplicated sex. With a smirk
she grabbed her partner’s collar and brought his mouth down on top of hers.

Barry took a
slow breath as he watched her. He couldn’t fall for her charms. He was trying
to be honorable. The Council was starting to ease up her restrictions, and he
didn’t want to do anything to jeopardize that. Barry reached into his back
pocket and resigned himself to the fact that Lily just might be as difficult as
one of his sisters. “Hard way it is,” he said pulling out a pair of handcuffs.

* * * * *

“You have no
right to do this!” Lily screamed as Barry carried her out over his shoulder.
Her eyes narrowed when the approaching bouncers started to back off. “You’re
just going to let him kidnap me?” she shrieked.

Barry laughed
as he carried out of the club and to his car. His laughter was cut short when
she started to thrash and kick against him. It was just as he expected. She was
a spitfire when she was pissed. “I’m a cop, remember,” he said as he stopped
next to the passenger door of his Charger. He stood her on her feet and quickly
blocked the knees and kicks she threw at him. With a smile he pressed her
against the door. “All I have to say is that you’re wanted for questioning.
None of them will stop me,” he said into her ear.

It was true. He
was a cop and that was the main reason why everyone let him manhandle her out
of the club. But the real crime was what his voice was doing to her. Eric was
the Siren and in the months she worked for him, she never reacted to his voice
like this. “Barry, don’t do this,” she pleaded. Her head lowered to his
shoulder and she inhaled his cologne. “I won’t kill anyone. I’ve done this
plenty of times before.”

Her tone pulled
at his heart strings. Barry leaned back and looked into her eyes. “Lilavanti, I
can’t let you put yourself in danger,” he said softly. As she shook her head,
he moved her over and opened the car door. “Let’s get out of here,” he mumbled
before helping her into his car.

Lily wanted to
cry. Her control was slipping and if it got loose, there was no telling what
would happen. She closed her eyes and leaned her head back against the headrest
as Barry buckled her seatbelt. “I have to have sex tonight. You don’t
understand what you’re doing.” Her eyes opened and focused on Barry and started
to darken. “My powers are like your Magic. If I don’t find an outlet, then
there’s a risk that I could really start hurting people.”

Barry sighed as
he thought of his options. He couldn’t take her to Sloane. His brother-in-law
was still at the hospital with Eric. Dylan and Crispin were out. Barry’s
partner Thorne was there and he couldn’t subject his friend to a Succubus.
Madison and Troy were just married three days ago. His other brother Jimmy was
out of town... he thought. That only left one other option. “I’m taking you to
my place. You’ll be fine there,” he said lowly.

She shook her
head as he straightened and closed the door. He didn’t understand. And while he
thought she would hurt someone else, he wouldn’t try to understand. Her eyes
focused on Barry as he walked over to the driver’s side of the car and climbed
in. As he started the car, she pressed her lips together. “But will you be?”
she asked before he drove off.