Gale, Avery - Jenna's Submission [The ShadowDance Club 2] (Siren Publishing Ménage and More) Read Free Page B

the room, he’d shaken his head slightly to get her brothers to step back before he sat on the ottoman directly in front of Jenna and took her hands in his and said, “Breathe with me, Jenna. Let’s slow it down a bit, shall we? In two, three, four, and out, two, three, four…Again, in…now out…That’s it…No, look at me, don’t look anywhere but right here.” Gesturing two fingers to his eyes, he wanted Jenna to focus on him rather than her brothers and the information she knew they were going to demand. During his special ops training, Colt had discovered he had a real knack for interrogation, and it hadn’t seemed to matter if he was getting information from terrorists, petty criminals, witnesses, or victims. He had always just been able to get inside their protective walls and bring confessions and memories to the surface with equal ease.
    But right now, all Colt cared about was calming down the beautiful woman in front of him. They had obviously triggered some very powerful memories for her to fall over the edge that easily. When Alex had remembered Ted Scott had stayed with their family for a week or so before returning to active duty, they’d all had a sinking feeling they knew what had taken place. After Scott had been killed during a cave explosion in a damned Afghan hellhole, they found out he’d been transferred to their unit because he’d been accused of sexually inappropriate behavior by several woman at the base where he’d been stationed previously. As they’d mourned the loss of a fellow soldier, it had never occurred to either Alex or Zach to make sure their sister hadn’t had trouble with someone they’d sent to stay in her home. Christ, just thinking about it had made Zach almost physically ill, and Alex hadn’t been able to do anything but stare out the huge picture windows into The Club’s gardens for hours on end.
    Colt saw that her coloring was returning to something much closer to normal, and even though they seemed to always push each other’s buttons in a bad way, the look in her eyes told him she was grateful for his help. “I think your sister has had enough of that particular discussion for the moment. Let’s move on to something else, shall we?” Colt sat back a bit, but kept her hands held in his as he watched Alex shift position.
    “Jenna, Zach and I are concerned that whatever has happened in the past may be the reason you seem determined to work yourself into an early grave.” When she’d opened her mouth to protest, he raised his hand to still her words. “No, hear me out. Mom and Dad have mentioned their concerns more than once. We’ve discussed it at the past several board meetings, all of which you’ve managed to be too busy to attend. So, as of this moment, you are on an indeterminate leave of absence.”
    Alex was prevented from continuing when Jenna shot to her feet and shouted, “ What ? You can’t just take upon yourself to decide what’s best for me, King Alex. Goddamn it, you are so not the boss of me!” Colt struggled to not smile at what was obviously a well-used response to her older brother.
    The minute the words left her mouth, Jenna knew she sounded like a whining child, but she couldn’t take them back, so she just forged ahead. “Zach, don’t you see how wrong this is? Can’t you do something with your asinine brother?” She looked at Zach with pleading eyes. “What am I supposed to do ? I can’t just lounge around here until you decided I’m good to go…Damn, you guys are taking this alpha male thing out on me because Kat’s pregnant and you can’t wail on her ass, aren’t you? Shit, it’s going to take months before she can go The Club and play. You can’t possibly be thinking of keeping me captive at ShadowDance that long. Does Kat know about this? Boy, she is going to kick your asses when I tell her what you’re up to.” Jenna knew she was rambling as she stalked from one side of the room to the other. God, the nerve of