Free Davis, Keyonna - Faceless Enemy [Pine Valley 2] (Siren Publishing Classic) by Keyonna Davis Page B

When she rounded the corner, she could see Chase with his back to her, shoveling hay and manure out of one of the stalls. He had music playing in the background and was singing the words along with the song. Damn he looks good . His shirt that he had obviously removed at some point was hanging out of the waistband of his jeans, and sweat was glistening on his back and chest. The sweat should have turned her off, but if anything, it turned her on even more because it seemed to enhance all of his muscles. Kerri could feel her panties getting damp at the thought of running her tongue along his body and tracing every curve. Squeezing her legs tighter, she had to stop from reaching down to rub herself as she broke off a moan. It didn’t help that Chase hadn’t touched her since the day in the clearing. She could tell he wanted her by the way he got hard whenever she was around, but he never did anything about it.
    Kerri wasn’t sure why but refused to worry about that right now. She had more important things to focus on. She had been here for two and a half weeks and was about to go out of her mind with boredom. Sure, she had Cane and Ali to keep her company, but it wasn’t the same. She wanted to be able to come and go as she pleased and not feel like a prisoner. If Chase even knew she was standing in the barn now without an escort, he would probably have a fit, but Kerri couldn’t take it anymore. I am a MacGregor damn it, she thought, giving herself a mental pep talk. MacGregors didn’t hide. They didn’t cower behind someone and let someone else handle the problem, and she wasn’t about to be the first one to start. She would make Chase listen to reason. He would see that her plan to draw out her kidnapper and end this nightmare would work. By the time she was done convincing him, he would be willing to help with the plan so his life could get back to normal as well.
    Kerri took a deep breath and straightened her spine as she walked over and grabbed Chase’s shoulder. She couldn’t even begin to describe what happened next. When the room stopped spinning, she realized that she was on her back, staring up at the wooded beams of the barn ceiling. A huge hand was wrapped around her neck and she couldn’t breathe.

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    Feeling someone grab him from behind, Chase reacted with years of ingrained instinct. His family knew to make their presence known before they got to him and to never grab him from behind, so that left only one thought— enemy. Flipping the person over his shoulder and slamming them to the ground left the wrist twisted at an odd angle and gave him the opportunity to choke the life out of his enemy. Hazel eyes swimming with tears caused him to freeze. He knew those eyes. He had a seen those eyes for almost three weeks now, and they had kept him rock hard for most of that time.
    “Oh God, Kerri! I could have killed you,” Chase said as he released her neck with one hand and her arm with the other.
    He didn’t realize that he had lifted her off the ground and was hugging her until he felt the tremble go through her body. He could hear her gasping for breath and felt like shit, knowing that after everything that happened to her recently, he was the cause of more distress in her life. He knew that she resented being taken away from her dad and placed out here in the middle of nowhere. But never in his life did he mean to cause her harm or pain. He had caused enough of that and would die happy if he never had to do it again. Anger quickly replaced the guilt when he realized what she almost caused him to do. Grabbing her by the shoulders, he pushed her away so that he could see her face.
    “What were you thinking,” he roared, trying not to let her tears affect him. “Are you crazy, Kerri? You never sneak up behind someone like that again. I could have killed you.” I could have killed you. I could have killed you . He couldn’t get the thought out of his head. Chase was supposed to be protecting