Free Irresistible Forces (McKingley) by Aliyah Burke, McKenna Jeffries

scared me,” she said, placing her drink down on the counter.
    “Sorry. What’s wrong?” He approached and lowered his mouth to hers for a kiss, which had her toes curling inside her slippers.
    “Nothing.”
    “Why do you think I’m ever going to let that bullshit answer fly?” he asked, cupping her ass and squeezing.
    She moaned and flexed her hips, loving the feel of his hard length against her. It would be better for it to be inside her and she reached for his belt just as the timer went off on her oven.
    “Damn it,” she muttered.
    He laughed and kissed her again before letting her by. The moment she pulled the dish out of the oven, he was right there beside her. Rubbing against her, enticing her.
    “How long does it have to cool?” he whispered.
    Grabbing his belt, she headed for the bedroom. “Long enough.”

Chapter Six
    Leo stood in a shooters stance and took aim at his target. He emptied his clip into the paper silhouette. After ejecting it, he set it down then hit the switch to move the target forward. Unclipping it from the clasp, he stared down at it and sighed.
    “Used to be two holes, little brother, not clusters. What’s going on? You seem to be losing your touch. Could it be true? The great Leo has lost his touch?”
    He turned his head and glared at the speaker of the unwanted and definite sarcastic commentary. The eldest of the Wright siblings stood there. Dimitri wore a suit and a half grin. Removing his ear protection, he sighed when Dimitri did the same.
    “What brings you here?”
    “Can’t I just visit my brother?”
    Leo snorted. “Not if you’re here to criticise my shooting.”
    “Not criticising. Commenting. Perhaps you need that bloodthirsty woman of yours to teach you a bit more.”
    He flipped his brother off then crumpled up the target. “Such an ass.” Although the idea of going shooting with Deyon held a lot of promise.
    “Well thank you. I’m fond of it myself.”
    There were just some days when he wanted to be an only child. This was turning into one of them. “What do you want, Dimitri?”
    “Just came to talk to you about the findings from the university fire.”
    All joking aside, he immediately sobered. “What do you got?”
    Dimitri gave him a look he understood and before long he’d cleaned up his area, shoved his gun back in his holster and was leading the way to his office. As the door shut behind them, he watched his brother sit before he made his way around the desk.
    Seated, he laced his fingers and leant forward, giving Dimitri all his attention. “From the seriousness in your expression and the fact you didn’t just send over a report, I’m going to assume it’s arson.”
    “Yes. Sorry man. But I looked over it all and I can’t come to any other conclusion.”
    “Shit.”
    Leo rubbed the bridge of his nose and exhaled loudly as he digested the facts. He didn’t like the implications this had.
    “What possible reason could someone have for blowing up that part of the university?”
    Dimitri didn’t answer, but then Leo didn’t expect to get one. Leo knew his brother understood he was just talking through things out loud. He reached for the receiver then made a brief call asking for the file.
    One of his officers knocked a short time later and dropped it off for him. “Thanks, Murphy,” he said.
    “You’re welcome, sir.” The man left as silently as he’d arrived.
    Leo flipped the file open and stared down at all the notes on it. He really didn’t want to believe the worst in people, but it happened occasionally that the crap came to the light and made its presence known.
    “Before you get into that, let me ask you something.”
    “Yes. I think you’re uptight and anal.” Leo leant back in his chair and watched his brother.
    Dimitri narrowed his eyes and flipped him off. “Very funny, little brother.”
    “You do know I’m not really little, right? We’re actually the same height.”
    A smirk filled his face. “You’ll