Free Potential Match [Ménage.com 6] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) by Peyton Elizabeth Page A

have someone watching our house around the clock, just in case he decides to come for Bryn.”
    “He’ll have to find her first,” Duke said. “And if there’s one thing that this psycho will find out if he comes to Triple, it’s that we look out for our own. No one is going to give him any information on where Bryn might be hiding out.”
    “But what if he does?” Bryn asked. Duke knew she was putting on a brave front. She had to be scared shitless, but here she was, still worried about their safety. Bryn started to bite the inside of her lip. “According to Detective Flynn, this serial killer has probably been murdering women for years. How many victims have there been? If the police haven’t caught him by now, what makes them think they can catch him? Maybe the detective is wrong, and the killer won’t come back for me. Or maybe I should take self-defense lessons. It’s not like I can stay here indefinitely—not that I don’t want to get to know you two better, because I do. But I do have a job to do, and although they were very understanding today, I can only postpone their office designs for so long.”
    Duke looked at Bryn. For having her life threatened by a serial killer, she was holding up well. Her anxiety was shining through at the moment, but Duke had numerous ideas of how to get her mind off of what had happened the last two days. Sitting up straight, Duke slid his right hand across the table and took ahold of hers. Bryn’s fingers were so delicate, just as he imagined her whole body to be. Duke had taken it upon himself to not only protect her body, but to ease her mind.
    “Now that this Flynn detective recommended you stay here, is that what you are going to do?” Duke tried not to show his trepidation as he waited for her answer. He really didn’t want to start their relationship by tying her to his bed for the next few weeks until the police caught this bastard, but he’d do what he had to.
    “Yes.”
    Duke exhaled his pent up apprehension. They would let the police do their job, while he and Des used this time to get to know Bryn in a more intimate way. Now he could tie her up for fun. And there was no time like the present.
    “Want to take a shower with me?”
     
    * * * *
     
    Bryn didn’t think Duke taking a shower was a good thing, so she talked him into soaking in the bathtub. That way, his wound wouldn’t get wet and he would be able to stretch out and relax. Des was walking around the house, confirming that all the windows and doors were locked up tight. Bryn was in Duke’s bedroom, waiting for him to come out. She knew from his suggestive tone that she could have joined him, but she had needed some alone time to wrap her brain around everything that had happened. Bryn had changed into the cut-off sweats and T-shirt she had brought with her to sleep in at the hotel in Tucson, but was now regretting having packed them. She doubted that Des and Duke would find them sexy.
    Bryn couldn’t bring herself to tell her mother that a serial killer had targeted her and that she was staying with the two men she’d met online. Her mother would have insisted she head back to Phoenix and probably had made her an appointment for a shrink. She was positive that her mom wouldn’t understand her need to be in a ménage relationship. It was all she dreamed about ever since reading a ménage romance book back in her early twenties. Now that she’d met Des and Duke, Bryn was finally seeing her future play out before her eyes. She just hoped she’d survive to see it through.
    Bryn had spoken to her mother earlier and told her that she’d lost her car keys and was waiting for the garage in Triple to make a key that would fit into the ignition. It wasn’t as if the entire story was a lie, since Spur had taken her keys and not brought them back. They were probably on the ground outside somewhere. Bryn would have to look for them tomorrow.
    Maybe Bryn should offer to massage Duke’s back. She