Breathe Into Me (20 page)

“Great plan
, angel, except you forgot the part about your ex getting killed the second he tries to arrest that werecoyote.” As much as I dislike Keith Spencer, I’d rather not get any more humans killed.

“I don’t know
, kid, that just might work. Andy’s right we haven’t been able to track that fucker down, but the FBI has way more manpower and resources then we do. There’s no way he’d stay hidden for long.” Jamie smiles at my mate. “Damn girl, hot and smart. I’m impressed.”

I glance
toward my other brother. “What do you think, Cass?”                                         

“Honestly I think
that our best bet is to follow the Feds and grab the coyote the first chance we get. I can’t believe I’m about to say this, but I’d rather sacrifice a bunch of unknown humans than, Lincoln. If Micah agrees I say we go for it.”

Great, the one time I need Cass to back me up he decides to check his morals at the
door. Micah enters the room appearing to be completely worn-out. This situation is taking its toll on him.

“Cass head to the bar and
talk to Finn. Olivia said the Feds didn’t believe Linc’s alibi. I want to know everyone that they talked to.”

Cass nods his head and walks out the front door. Micah sinks into one of the leather chairs and starts to rub his temples.

“I heard Andy’s suggestion. I’m not happy about the idea of using humans as bait, but we are out of options. Let’s do everything that we can to keep the human casualties to a minimum. It’s time to formulate a plan.” 

***

“Are you mad at me?”

I shake my head.
We agreed if plan A fails we‘d have to go to plan C.

“I was never mad at you
, angel, I just hate this whole situation.” I appreciate what she’s doing for my brother, I just hate the fact that she’ll be around her ex.

“How do you want me
to handle this thing with the Feds?”

Ugh, I have no fucking clue what to do with the men in black. Well that’s not entirely true, I’d like to m
ake one of them disappear.

“One of them is
your ex fiancée, what do you suggest?” I say sarcastically.

“I was thinking
I’d go to dinner with Keith and just coming clean,” she says as she shrugs her shoulders.

I don’t fucking believe this.
“Why can’t you talk to him at the station?” I yell.

“Don’t be jealous, it’s just dinner. This isn’t just about
, Lincoln. I need to talk to Keith, he needs closure, and I can’t do that at the police station.”                                                                                                                 

“You are MINE
, not his. I saw how he looked at you. He wants you back in his bed. It’s not fucking happening, I don’t care if he needs closure. You are not going to dinner with him.” Anger courses through my body as images of my mate and that asshole flash in my head.

“I
have to do this, Adam, it’s long overdue,” she says as she crawls into my lap. Her legs straddle my hips, as she presses her body close to mine. “The only man that I want is you,” she says as she trails soft kisses down my neck. Fuck, I’m instantly hard. I know what she’s doing and I can’t let her distract me, although two can play at this game.

I grab her hips and
I grind my cock against her core. “YOU BELONG TO ME,” I growl.

She moans as she tugs on my ear
with her teeth. “I want you,” she whimpers as she presses her body against mine, her hands roam freely over my arms and chest.

I pull her closer, my erection presses into her
core. “I swear if he touches you in any way he will disappear.” I’ve never threated a human before, but this is my mate we’re talking about, I will not lose her again.

“I promise you
that once this is over he’ll go back to Boston and forget all about me.”

I want to believe her
, but things are never that easy. If he hasn’t gotten over her after all of this time, I doubt one dinner will help him let go. “Do you really believe that?”

She bites her bottom lip and nods
her head.

God I want her more then I want
oxygen.

“I’m sure there’s a way
I can convince you that I’m right, maybe you should take me upstairs.”  She places a gentle kiss on my lips. 

I quickly sweep her into my arms and jog up the stairs taking two at a time.
I kick my bedroom door closed, and place my mate on her feet. Her soft body rubs against mine, making my cock twitch and strain against my zipper. We begin to frantically strip out of our clothes. The moment we’re naked I lift her off the ground and place her onto my bed. I kiss her hard as my hands caress her body. Suddenly she takes control and rolls me onto my back. She trails soft kisses along my jaw down to my neck.

“God woman you drive me crazy.”

Her teeth graze my earlobe sending chills over my flesh. She kisses her way to my chest, grazing her teeth over my skin.

“Fuck
, angel, you’re killing me.”

Her tongue flicks over one of my nipples before she sinks her teeth into my flesh. I welcome the pain as my cock
begins to pulse against her stomach. I grip the sheets as I start to moan. She gives the same attention to my other nipple before she makes her way down my abdomen. She continues to alternate between kissing and biting me, the woman is torturing me. I could come just from the sheer pleasure of it all.

“Damn
, female, you have a talented mouth.”

She chuckles against my
skin. “You haven’t seen anything yet.” Her tongue flicks out and she licks my happy trail.

“I need to touch you
, Andy.”

She ignores me and continues her torture by
licking and biting my Adonis belt. Her hands wrap around my shaft as her pink tongue flicks over the swollen head of my cock.

“FUCK
!”

My back
arches as she takes me into her mouth. My hands tangle in her hair as she takes as much of my manhood as she can. She quickly finds a rhythm that makes my eyes roll into the back of my head. I bite my lip and try to hold off my release, but this feels too good.

“You better stop
, angel, I’m getting close.”

I hate to stop her
, but I want to come deep inside her. Her eyes meet mine as her tongue swirls around the head of my shaft.

“Good, I want to taste you.”

She licks me from base to tip then takes me into her mouth once again. She quickens her pace as she starts to moan. The vibration rocks me to my core, I cry out her name as I begin to orgasm. She releases me once she’s swallowed every drop of my seed. I lay there panting, fighting for air. This woman is going to be the death of me. She crawls up my body and straddles my hips. She begins to rub her slick core against my ever-present erection.

My hands find her hips and I pull her forward. I slide my body down the bed and place her sex to my mouth. I skim my tongue over her moist folds and find her most sensitive spot. She moans my name and I pick
up my pace. I show her no mercy. I’m unforgiving with my movements. She begins to squirm, but I grab her hips to keep her in place.

Within minutes, she’s screaming my name. I slide my tongue inside her so I can devour her sweet honey. Once I’ve finished feasting on her flesh I lift her up and slide
her down my body. I grab the back of her head and pull her in for a kiss. The flavor of our combined releases turns me on further.

Andy breaks our kiss and raises her body over mine. I help position myself at her entrance as she slowly takes me inside her
body. Her nails dig into my chest as she takes me to the hilt. I rotate my hips and she throws her head back and begins to moan. I cup her backside as we start to move as one. Our movements are slow at first, dragging out every sensation of pleasure.

“You are so beautiful,” I pant.

Her inner walls tighten around my shaft as she starts to move faster. I move my hands to her breasts and gently pinch her nipples. Her head falls back as she moans my name. I know she’s as close as I am.

“Come with me
, angel.” I grab her hips and thrust deep inside her again, and again.

She cries out as she begins to climax. Watching her come sends me over the edge and I join her with my own release. I moan her name as pleasure over takes me. I pull her body on top of mine as the last of my orgasm leaves my body.

“God that was fucking amazing,” I pant.

She places a kiss in the center of my chest. “I aim to please.”

I hold her close while we catch out breaths. I’m still not okay with her going to dinner with her ex, but she’s definitely brought my jealousy down a few notches. A loud knock at the door startles her.

“Fuck off
, we’re busy!” I yell. Unless the house is on fire, I’m not getting out of this bed.

“Y
ou have no idea how bad I feel for interrupting you, but Henry’s here and he say it’s important,” Cass says apologetically.

“You’ve got to be kidding me,
” I moan.

Andy chuckles as she crawls over me
to get to her clothes.

“This
isn’t over, female. I’m not done with you yet,” I growl.

“I hope not.” She smi
les as she throws my pants at my head.

We quickly get dres
sed and head down stairs.

“Sorry to intrude
, but Kelsey wanted me to give you all an early Christmas present.” Henry hands me a folder marked FBI.

I reluctantly open it. “Holy shit,
where did you get this?”

Henry’
s smile widens.

“What did you do Henry? And where is
, Kelsey?” Andy asks.

“Trust me you
don’t want to know,” he chuckles.

“What is it
, kid?” Micah asks.

“It’s the FBI’s entire case against
, Lincoln,” I answer as I pass the folder to him.

All of us focus our attention
toward the veterinarian.

“How the
fuck did you get this file?” Jamie growls.

“My
dad’s the sheriff,” Henry says as he shrugs his shoulders.

“And what, he just handed it over?
Bullshit,” Jamie scoffs.

“No, but I do have access to his office
. Look, Kelsey asked me to help Lincoln and that’s what I did. He’s a good guy and he’s no more a killer than I am. Besides, I’ll do just about anything to make that son of a bitch Fed look bad. He deserves it after what he said to my dad.”

I can’t hide my amusement. Any
misgiving I may have had toward this human male is now gone. Henry has earned my respect tonight.

“Do you know how much trouble you’ll be in if your dad finds out? Hell Keith would mark you a t
errorist and make you disappear,” Andy yells.

Henry crosses his arms over his chest
. “As long as I get that file back within the hour and Kelsey keeps a few people occupied, we’ll get away with it.”

Jamie moves forward to stand in
front of Andy’s roommate. “WHERE IS SHE?” Jamie’s expression is as menacing as the tone of his voice.

To Henry’s
credit, he doesn’t appear to be intimidated by my best friend. “She’s having dinner with Nathan Hayes and Agent Spencer.”

Chapter 17

“S
ay that again,” Jamie demands.

“
Kelsey is keeping those two dickheads distracted. With the dress she is wearing, I’d say neither of them is thinking about the case against your friend.”

Cass throws his head back in laughter. “
Man that’s one hell of a woman. She’s going to make some guy very lucky one day.”

I r
oll my eyes at Cass while Henry smiles at him before turning his attention back toward, Jamie.

“
Look I’ve got to get this file back before anyone notices that it’s missing. I’m supposed to text Kelsey when it’s done and if I don’t do it soon she’ll move into phase two of her scheme.”

Oh god, I
’m almost scared to ask. “Do I even want to know?”        

“Well I’ve got about
twenty minutes before Kelsey drugs a Federal Agent and an A.D.A.,” Henry says with a mischievous smile.

Oh my god, I cannot believe the two of them. Has Kelsey gone and lost her ever-loving mind?

“Please tell me you’re joking,” Jamie says as he runs his hand over his face.

“Nope a
nd a word of caution for you boys, if you ever piss Kelsey off, don’t except a drink from her,” he says with a laugh.

Before I can comment on how stupid my best friends are the doorbell rings. Cass rushes to answer it.

“Good evening. I’m sorry to drop in like this, but may we come in for a moment?” Carlos escorts Kelsey into the cabin as Cass shuts the door behind them.

I scramble off the couch and rush to the front door.
“Carlos, Kelsey, what a pleasant surprise, what are you doing here?” I quickly plaster on a fake smile.

“You know why I’m here
. Our friends here are in a lot of trouble.”

Cra
p, how did he find out so fast?

Carlos zeroes in on
, Henry. “Do you know how much trouble the two of you are in? I can’t even begin to list all of the charges that are going to be brought against the two of you.  There is only one thing that I want to know?” Suddenly Carlos’s features soften. “Why didn’t you include me in this plan?”

Kelsey appears
to be as stunned by his question as I am. Carlos practically doubles over with laughter.

“
Oh come on you know I love to stick it to uppity white boys any chance that I get. Besides, Keith was out of line the other day.”

I offer Carlos and Kelsey as seat while Cass hands both of them a beer.
I curl up in Adam’s lap. His strong arms wrap around me offering comfort.

“So in all seriousne
ss whose idea was this?” he asks the room.

“Mine,” Kelsey admits. “The whole thing was my idea.”

Carlos nods.
“I figured as much.” He sighs. “You were kind of hard on him the other day, Niña. You know how he gets with these kinds of cases.”

I narrow my eyes on my old friend.

“Before you start in on me, let me just let me clarify some things. For starters, I don’t believe that your friend murdered anyone.”

I take a sigh of relief.
“Really, you mean it?”

He nods once again
.

“Thank god
, now all we have to do is convince, Keith.” I’m so relieved that Carlos believes Lincoln’s innocent.

Carlos sighs
wearily. “I’ll do what I can, but you know how he is. Once Spence gets an idea in his head he runs with it, no matter how stupid it is.”

I start to laugh.
“Yeah I know someone like that to.”

He laughs and turns his attention
to said friend. “Now as for you two, this stays between us, you got me? But I want two things in return for covering up this mess. First things first, hand over the drugs, Kelsey.”

She narrows her eyes on the Special Agent.
“What makes you think I have any drugs?”

Carlos
smiles warmly at her. “I followed you to The Boondocks. You were inside no more than five minutes. I knew you weren’t hiring a hit man because if you needed someone to disappear all you’d have to do is call your father. Although from what I hear, your twin brother has a particular talent for that as well. So that only left one other possibility. Now, give me the roofies, or I’m going to have to call some friends and have the local watering hole raided.” Kelsey pulls out a small plastic bag full of little white pills.

“Thank you
, now I want some answers. Andy, it’s obvious you know something, so why don’t you tell me what that is,” he asks me point blank.

“Shouldn’t her lawyer be here for this?” Jamie asks.

Carlos sits back in the chair. “She can have one if she wants, but I left my badge in my truck. As of now, I’m just Carlos Rivera, Andy’s Cuban friend from Boston. My only concern is her safety. That message was meant for you, Niña, now I want to know everything. I don’t want anything to happen to you.” His soft hazel eyes meet mine.

“You’re sweet to worry
, Carlos, but trust me I’ve got plenty of protection. Nothing’s going to happen to me.” Between my uncle and the four shifters in the room, I’m the safest girl in the world.

“Please I know how defiant you can be. No matter what Spence used to say or do, you would always do the opposite. Now, back to my question, what do you know about all of this?”

Micah holds his hand up to interrupt. “Hold on Agent Riviera, if you’re off the clock then you won’t mind if we share information. Our friend is sitting in jail for no damn reason and the info we have will not only clear him, but will give you the real suspect.”

Carlos seems to consider Micah’s requ
est. “You know I can only share a specific amount of information, but I promise if you’re honest with me and you can prove without a shadow of a doubt that Mr. Scott is innocent, then I’ll have the charges dropped immediately.”

Micah runs his hand over his jaw. “It’s a deal, go ahead
, Andy.”

I take a deep breath and begin my
story. “The killer’s name is Oscar Farron he’s about six feet and around one hundred eighty pounds, athletic build with dark golden hair and blue eyes. I met him at The Boondocks two weeks ago. The day after, he accosted me in the parking lot of the hospital. He told me to tell Adam to leave town with his friends or it would get bloody and I didn’t tell them and now Vanessa is dead.” Tears threaten to fall, but I do my best to hold them at bay.

“Th
is is everything we have on him. His last address was the trailer that went up in smoke early yesterday morning. All of his known aliases are there and his employment records for the last ten years.”

Carlos accepts the file and starts to sort through its contents.

“Okay, but what I don’t understand is what started all of this. Why did he single you out, Andy? Did something happen?”

I begin to fidget causing Adam to answer for me.

“Yeah he hit on her and when she refused him, he disrespected her so I punched him in his jaw.”

Carlos seems to consider Adam’s statement. “Is that when you got your shiner
, Mr. Stone?”

Adam shakes his head.
“Nope the black eye was work related, and he never had a chance to lay a hand on me.”

Carlos scratches his temple.
“Okay so what you’re telling me is this guy hit on Andy, got his ass kicked, and because you didn’t leave town he killed Miss Clark? I’m sorry, but there has to be more to this story.”

Crap now what. 

“Have you seen him since that night at the hospital, Andy?”

I shake my head no.

“Okay I’ll check the security tapes at the hospital, I’ll need the date and time of the occurrence. Maybe we’ll get lucky and see this guy leaving with Miss Clark, because as helpful as all of this is, it’s still not enough to prove he’s responsible for murder.”

I can feel my an
ger rise at the notion that the bastard may actually get away with this. “Well Lincoln sure didn’t do it. All you have is his DNA and of course, it would be there, they were dating. You need to let him go Carlos, he didn’t do this.” 

Carlos’s face softens
. “Andy we checked his alibi. Mr. Scott said that he was at the bar until closing. Both Mr. McDermott and Henry here confirmed this, but Keith doesn’t believe either of them. It might have something to do with the bartender hurling what I can only assume were insults in his native tongue. And despite who Henry’s father is, Keith thinks he’s lying because he’s your friend. I’m sure some of you can corroborate his alibi.” Everyone, but Adam nods, he knew Lincoln was there, but he never went into the bar that night.

“Wait does Finn have camera’s in the parking lot?”

If so then there would be proof of Lincoln’s whereabouts. Not to mention proof that shape shifters exist. Shit, I had forgotten about Micah changing into his wolf form.

“Nope the owner said he hasn’t had time to install any.”

Thank god, that could’ve been bad.

“Linc didn’t have any marks on his body, how do you explain that?” Adam asks.

“Honestly we can’t. By all accounts, he should be covered in defensive wounds, but I’m sure Spence has some explanation that he’s not sharing. Look, I’ll start on this and if I find anything I’ll let you know and I’ll see what I can do about getting the charges dropped.”

I take in the appearance of my old friend and notice the stress lining his chis
eled features. His hazel eyes appear tired and weary.

“Carlos why don’t you go back to the hotel and get s
ome sleep, you look exhausted.”

Carlos runs his fingers through his hair. “Beli
eve me, Niña, the only thing I want more than sleep is to go home and take care of, Carmen. I didn’t have the chance to tell you earlier that we’re expecting. Our son will be arriving in two months.”

“Oh Carlos, that’s wonderful news. I’m so happy for the both of you.”

Carlos’s expression becomes
grim. “I hate being away from my wife, but I have too many open cases that need my attention. Between Boston, Westhaven and Bar Harbor, Maine, I’m up to my neck in dead bodies and missing persons. I’m not sure if you’re aware that there have been surges of disappearances and murders across the eastern seaboard over the last few weeks. All of them reported to be animal related. The entire situation baffles the hell out of me.”

An awkward silence fills the room.

“Well
, Kelsey, I think our work here is done. Let’s get you back to your hotel.” Henry makes it to his feet and holds his hand out for Kelsey to take.

“Wait a minute. I thought you were staying with your grandparents?” I narrow my eyes on my best friend.

“Yeah, about that, I lied. My grandparents are on a cruise for their anniversary.”                                                        

“That’
s it. I’m following you to your hotel, princess. You’re packing your stuff and coming back here.”

Cass starts to protest.
“Ah, Jamie, I don’t know if that’s a good idea.”

I hate to agree with Cass
, but with Kelsey around they won’t be able to shift or talk freely about their lives, kind of like before I knew what they were.

“Fine
, Cass, we’ll just leave her unprotected in a room that anyone can break into.”

Kelsey jumps up and makes her way over to
, Jamie. “Look I enjoy men fighting over me as much as the next girl, but I’m perfectly safe at the hotel and it’s only for the night since I’m going home tomorrow. Besides, you’ll have to do better than that if you want to spend the night with me,” Kelsey taunts with a smile.

Jamie’s expression darkens.
“Did you forget about the body on your lawn? The killer knows where you live. You’re not going back home until he’s caught, and you know as well as I do that if I wanted you in my bed you’d be there.”

Kelsey plasters on one of her sexy smiles. “Please
, the only thing we both know is that you’ve been trying and failing, for weeks I might add. It just burns your ass that I haven’t come crawling on my hands and knees like all of the other women in town, huh? Now I’ll be perfectly safe at home, I have an alarm and Henry will be there. You are just going to have to deal with the fact that you can’t tell me what to do big guy.  You are not my father or my boyfriend, not that it would matter anyways.”

Jamie
’s massive frame looms over hers as he licks his lips. “Be happy I’m not your man, because if I were I’d take you over my fucking knee and give you the spanking you so obviously need.”

Oh god he did not just say that to her did he?
Jamie’s naughty words don’t even faze my best friend.

“Be ho
nest, this isn’t about my safety, not really. This is about the hard-on you get every time you see me. Oh, and just so you know,” Kelsey leans her petite frame closer to Jamie, “I enjoy being spanked.”

Dear god, just shoot me now. These two are like a horrific car accident. You know it’s going to be awfu
l, but you just can’t look away.