SWNOVELS Chapter 35
Stack Attack
Lita expected a lot of things to be strange about a congregation of wolves but at the penthouse suite of the hotel, it was just like any other bar & club combo she’d ever seen. The whole floor of the hotel had been renovated to open up the space. It accommodated a dance floor, two large bars on either wing of the room, several gambling stations and pool tables, and a lounge area that savored every square inch of the wall to wall windows that looked out over the city.
“Damn this is beautiful,” Lita marveled, awestruck.
“It ain’t the only thing.” Ace wiggled his brow playfully, tugging her along into the crowd until they reached the bar.
Heyppy y Vinnie!! Donnie!” Ace exchanged body shots and insults with two men posted up at the bar. They were attractive and definitely built but neither of them looked nearly as dangerous as Cole of Ace. She assumed they were a lower weight class.
““Hey man, how you doing? Who’s the brick house? The man named Vinnie cypd her hungrily.
“Hell yea, total stack attack, the one named Donnie agreed, showing all his teeth.
“DONT even think about it, Vin,” Ace warned, his eyes losing all the carefree life they’d had a moment ago, “You either Don! This is Lita and she’s here with me. Hands of£,”
The other men chuckled then waved and lifted their drinks as a goodbye before heading off to another part of the room.
“What a brick house? Lita whispered as soon as the men were out of earshot.
Ace leaned down to push some hair away from her shoulder, “It’s you doll. Fully stacked, you know?” When Lita made no signs of understanding he laughed, running a calloused thumb along her jaw, “Body built by the gods? Something us mere mortal men could only ever dream of? Unless you’re that lucky bastard, Cole, that is. He enjoyed her red face and flustered movements as he put some distance back between them.
“Oh,” was a
all she could manage, struggling to swallow against a suddenly dry throat
“Payback’s a bitch isn’t it? All that fucking slurping and sucking at your damn pasta, he eyed her evilly, watching her bite her lower lip.
Damn. She adjusted her dress, that was a good play. Her clothes felt unnecessarily hot all of a sudden and she desperately needed some air, grab me a rum and coke? I’m gonna head out to the balcony…”
Can
you
They were just playing a role but it felt good to be wanted like that. She hadnt felt more Eke a woman in the last year than she had in that half minute with Ace. She missed it. She fucking missed being in tune with her own body, not hiding it. Wanting sex not dreading it. Craving someone’s hands on her, not shying from it.
Lita brushed past a few people on her way out into the night air and breathed deeply When was the last time she felt so alive? That deep well of sadness ached a but as she wished her brother were here to experience it all with her but, in the end she couldn’t let it dampen her night. She smiled into the breeze, chilly but welcome as a familiar hand came around her, offering her drink.
“I probably pushed that too far, Ace murmured as he took up a spot beside her on the guardrail, I feel it too, you know, how easily it could stop being a game between us? I won’t push it again… His throat worked as he turned to watch the city lights.
Lita nodded, gulping her drink and leaning her face into the breeze as it whipped her hair around her head.
“Lita… Ares voice was low, not quite angry but hardened slightly, “What happened to your back?”
The gap
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Involuntary, she hadn 1 thought about her scars all day. She hadn’t tried to hide them once but the fact that someone had seen them, hade those nasty little anxieties swell back up in full force. She pulled her hair down and tried to turn away but his hand caught her
“Hey,” his tone softened, “Nothing’s going to happen, alright? It’s just you and me, just your old flirt Ace asking his best friends mate, what happened to her hack, okay?” His finger massaged the wrist he held, “It’s okay. Just tell me.”
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