Free Black Storm [Panther Key] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour) by Scarlet Day Page A

climax deepened the connection between their hearts and minds, and they screamed their pleasure together, wrapping each other in their joy.

Chapter Eleven
     
    Kate was getting impatient. Or rather, her cat was getting impatient. It wanted her to shift and was pacing back and forth in her mind, making its unhappiness extremely obvious.
    “I can’t help it!” She huffed loudly and continued staring out the kitchen window. Not that she could actually see much. The rain was still blowing past the window in sideways sheets. She had almost gotten used to the rattling of the house. She would only jump when an even stronger gust of wind would hit.
    Strong arms wrapped around her from behind, and she knew without looking it was Blake. It was disconcerting how she could tell the brothers apart without even looking at them, but at the same time, something about it just felt so…right.
    She sighed and leaned back against his chest. “Is this ever going to be over?”
    Blake nuzzled his face into her neck. “Not long now, sweetheart.”
    Having seen as much of the blinding rain as she could stand, Kate turned in his arms. She didn’t see the other brothers. “Where are Drake and Jake?”
    She caught the hesitancy in Blake’s expression. “Packing.”
    “For what?”
    Blake raked his hand through his hair and blew out a long breath. “We can’t stay here, Kate. It’s too dangerous. We’re taking you somewhere safe.”
    Kate started to protest. She couldn’t just leave everything. “For how long? I’ve got my condo. My car. ” As soon as the words were out of her mouth she realized how stupid that sounded. It was just stuff. She had left her job to take care of her mother. She hadn’t made any friends in Palm Beach. Her mom had left her the condo and enough money so that she didn’t need to rush out and get another job. But the real truth was she just hadn’t seemed to care about anything since her mother’s death.
    Now, however, she knew she was starting to care for these men. She could feel her heart expanding for them. It was like using a muscle that hadn’t been exercised in too long.
    “We’ll have someone check on your condo while we’re gone, and I’ll get our mechanic to pick up your car. It’s on our land, and I know where it is, so it won’t be a problem.”
    She nodded and rested her head against his chest. “Where are we going?”
    “To our family’s place down in the Keys. It’s protected by very old clan magic. The only people who can get on the island are people we want to be there. I called our cousins earlier, and they’ll be heading this way as soon as they can get through.”
    She started to ask him more questions, such as how this magic worked, but something hit the side of the house with so much force it sounded like an explosion, and the whole house shook violently.
    “What the hell…” Blake let go of her and ran toward the back of the house, toward Jake’s bedroom. Drake was already running down the hall, and he threw open Jake’s door. Kate ran after Blake and gasped when she saw what was beyond the door.
    Blake grabbed her, pulling her backward and forcing her against the hallway wall. “Stay here!” Then he charged into the room, which wasn’t much of a room anymore.
    Kate stared in shock as Blake and Drake waded through the mess and threw pieces of debris out of their way. The outside wall and the roof had collapsed, and rain was pouring down on them. There were concrete blocks, roofing tiles, furniture, leaves, and unrecognizable rubble everywhere. Her frantic gaze searched the room, but she couldn’t see Jake. What if he were hurt? Or worse? She started to hyperventilate. Her cat was yowling in her head, wanting her to do something.
    She strained her ears, trying to hear any sound that Jake might be making, but the roaring of the wind and rain made it impossible to hear above it. Drake and Blake grasped a large piece of the fallen roof and heaved, their muscles