Free Dare You Forever (Brothers of Ink and Steel #2.5) by Allie Juliette Mousseau Page B

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    “Nice hit!” Ryder fist bumps me.
    “Aw, man you suck!” Reese yells as he rolls on the ground, D. E. A. D.
    Talon is suddenly there and tucks himself up next to me. “I found their flag position—it’s over in the forest up an oak. Do you think we can make it into the brush?”
    “All right, Talon!” I say quietly through my teeth. “Let’s do it.”
    We wait for the opportune time, then run.
    Talon goes down in a puddle of mud, and Ryder doubles back to help him while I cover their asses, and soon we’re hidden and making our way through the brush.
    We pass undetected as Caleb, Jake and Nate rush at Will and Sam, completely taking them out!
    HA! After a LOT of swearing the two move to the dead zone.
    When we get close to the flag, I cover Talon and Ryder as they take it down.
    We wave it triumphantly, indicating the other team’s defeat!
     
     
    All in all it was a great day, and it took my mind off of everything, but now in the silence of the house all I can think about is Sophie: if she’s okay, if we’re okay, if everything’s going to go as planned in the morning. That makes the adrenaline rise through my veins. Then I imagine Sophie and what she’ll look like tomorrow. Of course that gets me thinking of the dirty letter I sent her. I wonder if she’s read it yet. At the thought, my dick begins to rise. I cover it with a steady hand.
    “Down, boy. Tomorrow will be here soon enough.”

Chapter Eleven
     
    Sophie
    I carefully skim the letter—absolute erotica at its finest—but I can’t do it without him. I have to wait. Instead I take the thumb drive and stick it in the USB port of my laptop.
    As it loads I grab a glass of water and gulp it down. I’m still a little buzzed.
    Oh, and Charlie was so cute when I Skyped with her this evening right before she got into bed. She’s so excited about tomorrow.
    And she wants to call him Daddy.
    I smile and breathe out a deep sigh of relief. My friend on the inside—I giggle when I think of Suzanne, Josh’s mom, as some sort of spy—told me that Josh had a couple parenting books hidden in his workout bag. One was especially for new dads coming into a ready-made family situation.
    I could totally imagine Josh in all of his tattooed, bad boy hotness with an opened parenting book, trying to love us more.
    “He loves us so much,” I say out loud.
    I feel loved. I feel cherished.
    That is maybe the most amazing feeling—to be cherished.
    I know he cherishes Charlie too.
    Oh my God, I’m so warm inside and just overflowing with emotions. And it’s so nice to be alone—to have had these few days all to myself—to enjoy Josh’s incredible gifts, to really be able to contemplate what’s happening and what everything means, quietly.
    Music begins to play from my laptop.
    He made me a playlist!
    “Fight Song .”
    “I LOVE this song!”
    As Rachel Platten’s voice fills my ears and the music stirs in my soul, I jump up from the bed in excitement.
    “MY BABY MADE ME A PLAYLIST!” I dance and move my body to the music with MMA moves that Josh has spent hours on end teaching me.
    The chorus hits and I’m throwing punches through the air and swinging my hips. At first I’m lip syncing, then I’m singing softly, but by the second verse I’m rocking the full voice!
    I jump onto the bed and dance up there, singing at the top of my lungs.
    I don’t even have to worry about my neighbors , I think, giggling, as it’s only my bridesmaids.
    That amazing bridge comes and I’ve got one hand in the air, banging my fist toward the ceiling. Ha! I could be filming a video!
    When the song ends I fall down onto the bed, breathless and laughing.
    Dear God, I adore that man!
    I’m a new woman today! And he loves me for all that I am and all of who I am!
    “And I love him back!”
    The next song starts up—“Boom Clap”—Charli XCX! Back on my feet, I’m totally dirty dancing, thinking about his big, rough, calloused fighter’s hands stroking over