Free King Cobra (Diamondbacks Motorcycle Club Book 3) by Evelyn Glass Page A

I’m hopelessly in love with you. I know I haven’t exactly proved it lately, but it’s the truth. The fact that you don’t know that only goes to show how much of an ass I’ve been.” He tightened his hold around her fingers. “I’m sorry,” he said sincerely. “I’ve been handling this all wrong. I’m so sorry.”
     
    By now, Eve’s already galloping heart had kicked up a stampede in her chest.
     
    “I love you, too,” she said. Because really, what else was there to say?
     
    “Really?” Lind looked genuinely incredulous.
     
    “Yes,” Eve said vehemently. “I love you.”
     
    “Even after everything?”
     
    “Even after everything,” Eve said. She wasn’t about to argue with the fact that “everything” had been quite hard to swallow, but she was too happy to get into that right now. “I love you,” she repeated, willing the words to sink in for him.
     
    Apparently, they did. Lind tugged on her wrists and pulled her close. He wrapped his arms tightly around her, clutching her to him like he was afraid she would disappear if he let go. It was a legitimate fear; after all, that was just what had almost happened. He cupped her cheek with one hand, his thumb stroking her cheekbone almost reverently. Then, he buried his fingers in the golden locks at the back of her neck and pulled her in for a kiss.
     
    Eve all but melted in his arms. She clutched the front of his t-shirt with one hand and encircled his waist with the other, pulling him desperately closer.
     
    I need you, she thought as she pushed her tongue past the sweet barrier of Lind’s lips. I need you so much closer.
     
    They kissed for what felt like forever and yet too short a time at once. They only pulled back when they were both seriously out of breath, but even then, neither of them broke the contact. Lind’s arms remained around Eve. Eve’s hands remained on Lind.
     
    “I’ve missed you,” she said.
     
    “I’ve missed you, too,” he replied, leaning his forehead against hers. “I’m sorry,” he said again. “I’m sorry about everything.”
     
    Eve nodded. “It’s okay,” she said, and for the first time in what felt like a long time, she really meant it. “We’ll be okay.”
     
    Lind nodded back and kissed her, a light touch of lips on lips that still was able to send a jolt of electricity shooting down Eve’s spine.
     
    Eventually, Lind pulled back enough so that they could stare at each other and have a conversation.
     
    “What are you doing here anyway?” he asked. “I thought you hated the headquarters.”
     
    “I do,” Eve admitted. There was no point in denying it; to her, the headquarters represented all that she was not allowed to share with Lind and all that threatened to take him away from her. But maybe things could be different now that they had turned this corner. “I came to talk to you.”
     
    “Oh,” Lind said. He looked at her curiously. “Tell me.”
     
    Eve shook her head. “It doesn’t matter now.”
     
    He frowned. “Are you sure?”
     
    “I’m sure.”
     
    He stared at her for quite a few long moments, searching her. Then, suddenly, a look of realization came upon his handsome features. “I almost lost you, didn’t I?”
     
    Eve cringed at the pain in his voice and eyes. She couldn’t lie to him. “Yes,” she admitted. “You almost did.”
     
    In response, Lind tightened his hold around her. It was clearly an automatic reflex, and Eve wondered at this man who could pull away from her one day and respond so readily and intimately to her presence the next.
     
    “I’m sorry,” Lind said again. “I’ve made things worse for you and I really didn’t want to. I guess…” He hesitated. “I guess I went kind of crazy.”
     
    Eve gave him a small smile. “Yeah, you did,” she said. “Care to tell me why?”
     
    Lind sighed. “You know it’s a personal revenge this man is after.”
     
    Eve nodded.
     
    “Personal revenges are brutal,” Lind