Rose of Jericho (Lilith Adams Series Book 2) Read Free Page A

that she didn’t think was aimed at Cohen for some reason. “What?”
    Chance’s jaw clenched again, loosely, but she could see the tension pulling at every muscle in his face. “Why didn’t you listen to him?” The question seemed calm and reasonable but her confused look seemed to completely abolish any restraint he had left. “Dammit, Lily. What the hell were you thinking? The cab was right outside! Why didn’t you run?”
    Chance let out an aggravated sigh when she simply stated blankly at him. His hazel eyes fixed on her cuffed wrists and she could see the pure exasperation rolling off of him in waves. He was actually angry that she hadn’t been able to escape, that she’d come back for him. All of his frustrations were mounting into a big ole’ ball of prickly anger with only one target in front of him. Oh joy, her lucky day.

 
     
    Chapter 2
     
     
     
                 
     
     
     
    “A re you serious?” Lilith was just floored. After everything they went through in Tennessee the last thing she expected was to get bashed for running into the metaphorical fire to save his ass.  Okay, well maybe she didn’t exactly save his ass, but A for damn effort.
    His eyes closed for a second and when he opened them, they bored straight into her. “Yes, I’m serious, Cher . Cohen told you to run. Whether he’s on our side or not, you should have taken the warning. You could have gotten away.”
    That was it. She finally had a valid target for all that pent up anger eating away at her. Chance wasn’t the only one that could lash out.
    “Oh, no. Don’t you dare . First of all, you don’t know that. If they know where you live they sure as shit know where I live. The odds were better with you upstairs, not that I even stopped to think of that.”
    Lilith took a deep breath to try and steady her quaking muscles. She was beyond angry, she was vibrating with fury. Chivalry was nice and all, but she wasn’t gonna be railroaded for doing the right thing.
    “Do you seriously think I could have even seen running as an option?! You would have done the exact same thing, so do not sit there and lecture me, Chance.”
    “It’s my job to protect people, not yours .” Chance snapped the words instantly with a steel-like certainty.
    Lilith couldn’t help but laugh, but it wasn’t a friendly one. Her jaw set in determination and her olive eyes narrowed. “I’m sorry. I didn’t know I needed a super-secret bodyguard union card to give a shit about people. Maybe if I ask that guard nicely he can knock you out. I think I prefer you unconscious right now.” Lilith did notice a slight smirk on the guards face out of the corner of her eye. At least someone was finding this entertaining. It sure as fuck wasn’t her.
    That seemed to knock some of the wind out of his sails, at least momentarily. Chance just stared at her, slack jawed, while Lilith suddenly found the closed window next to her infinitely intriguing. This whole thing was a nightmare. Fighting with Chance wasn’t going to help their situation at all. They needed answers, leverage, something, anything but this.
    “I…I shouldn’t have said that. I’m sorry, Cherie .” His Cajun accent was slightly thicker as the words escaped with a deep sigh. She finally tore her eyes away from the window and knew there was more on his mind. The tight pull of his jaw and stiff posture was a dead giveaway. He was trying to play nice and part of her just wanted to take his peace offering and ignore the messy stuff under the surface. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the part currently in control.
    “But…” Lilith fixed him with a glare when he had the good grace to appear confused. “Just finish what you were going to say, Chance. Let’s have it.”
    He couldn’t help but smile, damn him. That smile was enigmatic. It began to chip away at her anger instantly and she secretly hated that about him. “And I thought Gregor was stubborn.”
    “Cut the crap, Chance.