Night Sins by Lisa Renée Jones Read Free Book Online

filled the air, a taboo that had to be dealt with.
    At the same moment, they turned to each other. “Kayla—”
    “Ethan—”
    They laughed and Kayla spoke again. “Thank you, Ethan.”
    One dark brow arched. He didn’t question what she referenced. “Considering the pleasure involved, I hardly think you need to thank me.”
    “Yes,” she said, meaning it. “I do. You could have . . .” Her lashes lowered as she considered her choice of words. Every option seemed crass or overly familiar.
    His voice was low, seductive. “Made love to you all night?”
    That he spoke of making love registered instantly in her mind. Yet, she could feel he was still in protective mode, despite the fact she no longer needed it. His words could simply be part of the role he was still playing.
    “Yes,” she said. “Exactly.” Before she could stop herself, she asked, “Why didn’t you?”
    “Don’t think I didn’t want to,” he said, reaching for her hand and brushing his lips across her knuckles. “When I make love to you fully, Kayla—and I will—it won’t be in a moment of drugged lust. It will be in a moment of truth.”
    Kayla felt her stomach tighten, felt her insides warm. Not with the drugged lust he mentioned, but with something else, something more alluring and sensual, something enticing.
    Tasting temptation had simply fed a desire for more.

5
    F or several minutes, Kayla and Ethan rode in silence. With effort, Kayla pushed aside her feelings for Ethan and focused on business. She had no time for sex and sins. Her world was about saving lives and protecting innocents.
    And though she was eager to get home to her computer, knowing the Council could well have sent her reports to investigate, her mind raced with the implications of all Ethan had shared about the Brothers.
    “Maybe what happened tonight is a good thing,” she mused out loud.
    Ethan glanced in her direction and then looked back at the road. “I didn’t know we questioned how good it was.”
    She smiled and shook her head. She wasn’t talking about the sex. Clearly, he was. “I meant we have a perfect chance to set a trap. You said the Brothers are targeting women who’ve been with you. Now, I’m one of those women.”
    His rejection was instant. “They have no clue who you are, and we’re keeping it that way. The other victims worked for me. They were easy to find.”
    “Then hire me. Let’s make it easy for them to find me.”
    “No.”
    She frowned, irritated at his assumption that he alone could make this decision. “Yes,” she said, her tone biting. “Better me than someone else. I was born into this world to risk my life. It’s what I do.”
    “I said no, Kayla.”
    It was an order, and one she didn’t intend to take. He should know by now his bossy attitude would get him nowhere with her. She didn’t like fighting dirty, but he left her no choice but to hit him hard.
    “You’d rather let another innocent woman die?” she asked, pushing his buttons on purpose.
    “I’ve invited all my staff to stay at Night Sins,” he said, glancing between her and the road. “They’ll be safe.”
    Okay, so she hadn’t seen that one coming. “You can’t babysit them every second. And even if you do, the Brothers will change strategies, and you’ll be back to square one. We have a real window of opportunity, Ethan. A chance to get to whomever is calling the punches.”
    “Making you bait isn’t going to lead us to the Brothers.”
    “It might. We just need to think it through. At least we have a starting point.”
    “Kayla—”
    She cut him off. “Nothing stops me from marching into Night Sins and announcing myself. We both know Jac will remember me. I’m doing this, Ethan. With your help or without it. It would seem to me it’s in both our best interests to do this together.”
    Ethan eyed his mirror and cursed. “We’re being followed.”
    “See,” she said, feeling a sense of accomplishment. “It’s done. I’m