Holiday Mates: Supernatural Enforcers Agency Short Stories Read Free Page A

they took my phone and they’re on their way, we just gotta sit tight, and this will all be sorted out.”
    “What do they want?”  Penny tried to bite her lip, but her mouth was so tight against his chest all she managed to do was drool on him.
    “This is the biggest department store in the city, and this is their busiest day.  The amount of money they took in today must have been phenomenal.  I guess they just want the money from today’s sales – I’m sure everything will be fine.  It certainly not worth anyone getting hurt.”
    “Uh, I hate Christmas.”
    “Your Christmases usually end in hostage situations?” he teased.
    “No, but last year it was almost a murder-suicide between mom and me, and I was doing the murder.”
    “So this is a step up?”
    “Yeah.  Look, if we get out of here I will be allowed to pick up all the things I bought, right?  I had to abandon them when bullets started flying.”  She tried to shudder, but she was too tightly tethered to Mr. Gorgeous.
    “When you get out of here,” he corrected her, sternly, “yes, it’ll be fine.  I’ll make sure you get your stuff.”
    “Yeah, when,” she muttered.
    “It’ll be okay; I won’t let them hurt you.”
    There was a ferocity in his voice that was very appealing.  Unfortunately, her nose chose that moment to become incredibly itchy.  Typical - it would wait until she was tied up, and because she was tied up it immediately became unbearable.
    Penny tried rubbing it against his shirt, but on realizing that she looked like she was trying to wipe snot on him, she explained.  “My nose itches.”
    “Yeah?”  She could hear the smile in his voice.  “Okay lift your chin up and tilt a little to the right, okay as far as you can.  Now hold still.”
    He scraped his bristly chin over her nose a few times.  “How’s that?” he said through gritted teeth.
    She groaned.  “Oh, so good.  Thank you.”
    “It was good for me, too, babe.  I’m Diaz by the way,” he added before she could tell him off for dirtying up a perfectly clean nose rub.  “We didn’t really meet earlier when we were flirting.”
    “We were not flirting!” she denied hotly, although her penguin was more than happy to agree with him.  “You were trying to get somewhere with that slutty cat.”
    “Bah - she’s my ex.  I was hoping for an employee discount.  What’s your name?”
    She sighed.  “Penny Jones.”
    “Penny the penguin.”  She could hear the amusement in his voice.
    “What about it?” she snapped defensively.
    “Suits you.”
    Penny wriggled against the bonds.  “This is really uncomfortable.”
    “There’s a chair over there - maybe we could try and sit down.”
    “Okay.”
    They tried shuffling in the direction of the chair, but given that they could barely move, it took a heck of a lot of effort just to get an inch in that direction, and they almost fell over.  It seemed unlikely they’d be able actually to bend enough to sit anyway.
    “This isn’t working,” he muttered.
    “Have you got a huge flashlight in your pocket?” asked Penny in annoyance.
    “No,” he replied in a puzzled tone.
    “Well, something really hard is digging into my… oh, seriously ?!”  Her penguin would blush if she could.
    “What?  I’m sorry, but I got a gorgeous female pressing against me – I’m not made of stone.”
    It felt like part of him was, and he certainly didn’t sound sorry.  “We’re in a hostage situation!”
    “Which is going to turn out fine, and you feel good against me.”
    Ugh, she was glad he couldn’t see her flush.  Even gladder that he wasn’t a mind reader.  Having his body against hers was giving her some very interesting thoughts, and in spite of the situation, making her just a little horny.  “Can’t you control yourself?”
    “If you’d stop rubbing against me…”
    “I don’t have anywhere to go,” she grunted.
    “Okay, look maybe if we lie down.”
    “What?”  They