The Bounty Hunters: The Marino Bros.: Box Set (64 page)

Blaze squeezed her thigh as he continued to go over more details of the plan.

Bella hated having someone else risk their life for her, but just a bit of her terror subsided. She hadn’t known what the guys would do to capture these hit men, but it seemed like they were working out every detail.

Andreas was still talking, and she listened in after covering Blaze’s hand with her own.

“We have to go by the books on this one, completely, and bring on some local PD. We aren’t dealing with some college kid who wants to play big time. These guys are bad. Nikko is going to see if he can get us a contact in Pigeon Forge, and let them know we got us a possible hit man. They can provide back up in the sting, or even take the lead if that’s how they want it. That’s fine with us, but we want in.”

“I thought you said we were just going to use the info to keep Vincent Roman off Bella’s back, let her slip from their radar.”

“We thought about it, and decided we might as well go for the whole enchilada. It’s go big or go home. It’s too risky to leave him out of jail. Might as well put him behind bars with his sons. We get this attempted hit on tape, these dudes trying to whack her, good video equipment, and sound, pull in the Tennessee PD and prosecutor’s office to arrange for the decoy, someone who looks enough like Bella wearing a vest, and when they shoot we all come in, and take them down. We just got to plant the seed about where you are staying and have you use your credit card at the resort when we are ready to lure them there. We have the Tampa PD drop your name at the club, say his buddy is chasing down a runner in Tennessee, so the bad guys are looking for your trail to get to her.”

“It sounds like a solid plan. Details seem to all fit. But you think Pigeon Forge PD can find someone who looks enough like Bella to fool them? The hit men got a pretty good look at her when they fired on us the first time. She’s doesn’t have the blond anymore the way it looks in the mug shot. It’s all dark brown.”

“Good to know,” Andreas was all business. “And, yeah, we think we got someone.”

“Alright then, anything else I need to know?”

“Gio is coming in around noon. He got an earlier flight. So we will come in on the six o’clock leaving here, and should be near you by ten. I know you only booked for a few nights, so go ahead tomorrow and book another couple more nights, and use your credit card this time. That way when Nikko’s friend plants the seed at Lemon Trees, if they do a little digging, it won’t spook anyone. In case they know you are the bounty hunter already, we will be there tomorrow, so wait as long as you can to book it, and we will take turns running surveillance the first night, but we want this to go down the day after when we can get the assistance we’re gonna need from the Pigeon Forge people.”

“Okay, what about Bella?”

“You’ll need to move her the day of the op, and we will make the switch with the Tennessee PDs people. We’ll take her somewhere secure, close by, and you and the decoy will be the bait.”

He heard Bella’s gasp, and gave her hand a reassuring a squeeze. He just nodded while he tried to focus on what Andreas was saying.

“They’ll probably come at night. We will also have our Tampa connection drop the hint you’re running with her, and have gotten involved with the skip. So we put you and the decoy in the bed. The cabin set up is great by the way. We got the specs on line from Angela just now, and that loft, if the bedroom door is open should give us a clear view to where the bed is placed. I plan on being up there with Gio, maybe some PD too. They have to have some say in this and of course the glory, but that doesn’t mean anything to us.”

“Right. Good, sounds good.” Everything was falling into place and so far, to Blaze, it all sounded solid.

“I’ll put Nikko on perimeter or babysitting. Ronnie is driving me bat shit crazy here whining about him just recovering and I’d better not put him into any dangerous situations. Like I would!”

Blaze nodded and winked at Bella. Hopefully, she was reading between the lines. Andreas was always so good at looking at things from all angles, and planned these takedowns out so no one got hurt. In fact, Nikko getting shot had been the first time anything had ever happened to them in the past two years. And thankfully, it had been a clean shot.

“I know you’re careful. You always are,” Blaze spoke with confidence, for both his brother and Bella’s benefit.

After they finished discussing a few more ideas, they hung up. A lot was going down on Andreas’s side, but they were to sit and wait. Bella still wasn’t completely comfortable with the plan. “Why do you have to be a decoy too?” He saw the worry on her face, and although he was feeling much better about the whole thing now that they had a plan, he knew he had to play this part.

“Bella, those guys got a good look at me, and they’ll have all kinds of Intel on me by the time they arrive. We’ll get someone from the PD here to play your part, but using two decoys is too risky. I’ll wear a vest, and it’ll be fine. You are the target, and that is where they will shoot first. I’ll be okay.” He tried to reassure her.

“But what if they shoot at you first, or don’t shoot you on the chest.”

“I’ll wear a cup,” he teased.

“Please don’t, Blaze, don’t tease. Not about this. I just want to think this all out. What if they shoot for the head? You or the decoy could be killed! I can’t lose you, and I can’t have another person’s death on my conscience.”

“All they gotta do is come in, with guns, then they got intent. It won’t come to bullets getting fired. But if it does, Bella, you don’t need to worry. The hit men are going to be looking in here and seeing no movement, they’ll head to the bedroom and see me and the decoy. As soon as they enter the room all hell will break loose and the decoy and I will hit the dirt, get onto the floor. They don’t stand a chance. Also, these guys will wait for night fall, less chance of being seen, sneak in and try to take you, well her, while we are in bed. We’ll have PD in the loft, in the closet, in the bathroom, and they will swarm down on them. The place will be crawling with the good guys.”

“I don’t know, Blaze,” she rubbed her temples. They were pounding as she thought of everything, all the possibilities, what might go wrong.

Blaze knew she would worry no matter what he told her. And so instead, he scooped her up and pulled her onto his lap. “We can talk and worry about this tonight or tomorrow. I don’t want you getting stressed out about this right now. Remember we were going to enjoy this day.”

“I know,” she spoke the words softly looking up at him, this incredible man, who was about to risk his life for her, and she buried her head against his chest.

“Hey, I gotta an idea. How about we go check out that hot tub.” His eyebrows suggested more than just a bath. “It’s big enough for two.”

Bella smiled, and then surprised him by jumping off him; she sprinted, and yelled, “Beat you there.” And she did.

*     *     *

The water swirled
around, and moved in a smooth wave like motion, enveloping them. Blaze washed her taking his time, and she returned the favor. She put her hair up into a loose bun on top of her head, not wanting to wet it, but she could already feel the curls forming wet tendrils that cascaded down her neck.

Sitting astride Blaze, she was coming undone as well. He had his knees up to keep her from slipping off of him. She rocked on his cock, and it was slow going as she lifted, and dropped, and lifted and dropped onto his engorged penis. The build was so slow and had taken so long, the orgasm that finally shattered her and racked her body was beyond intense.

Her pussy clenched and squeezed his shaft so hard he felt like he was fucking her for the first time. Her orgasm was so powerful, and she screamed while he pulled on the nipple he gripped with his teeth. Her head thrown back, she cried, “Oh, my god. Oh my,” drawing out each syllable as she quaked around him. “Yes, yes, yes,” and it went on. Her muscles tightened, her excited clit, overexposed from the heat of the water, and the constant attention from his hand had her body in spasms as one orgasm became two. She was nearly delirious when a third over took her.

Seeing Bella explode over and over again brought on his own release. Blaze shot his come into her, grunting at the pure animal pleasure of having her for his mate. She was beautiful, she was wanton when she needed to be, and she was his.

The Marinos

T
he night passed
all too quickly for Blaze and Bella although it was filled with passion, each of them reaching for the other during the night more than once. And because of that they had slept in.

Bella was up first. Blaze had done so much for her, she wanted to be the one to make him breakfast. She tiptoed into the kitchen so as not to wake him, and peered into the refrigerator.

She grabbed the eggs, bacon, and juice and put them on the counter. She took out the frying pan and placed it on the stove, and got the bacon onto baking sheets into the oven. With that started, she prepared coffee, and put bread into the toaster, but would wait to finish after she had the eggs in the frying pan.

While waiting for the coffee to brew, Bella thought about all that had transpired the day before. She was nervous about tomorrow, but tonight as well. Meeting Blaze’s brothers for the first time terrified her. They were his family, and she knew they might judge her for who she had been involved with. She desperately wanted to make a good impression.

Blaze told her not to worry at all about Nikko. He would welcome her wholeheartedly. He was recently engaged and living with his fiancée. They wanted to wait at least a year before the wedding. And Gio, too, was easy going. He was a joker, and constantly teased everyone; he warned her not to take him seriously at all. Blaze also admitted he was worried about Gio. He hoped whatever happened in New York had gone off without a hitch.

It was Andreas who was the brooding one. He rarely smiled, and always seemed to be in a bad mood. That’s how strangers would perceive it, those who did not know him. But when he relaxed he could be just as jovial as Gio, and on those rare occasions it was like they were young again. Andreas carried a lot of guilt about their parents, and so had stepped into their role even though they were all nearly grown when it happened.

Bella could understand that. She’d had her aunt to help with her mom, but after her aunt’s accident, she wanted to do everything for her mom. She knew what that kind of self-imposed responsibility felt like.

The coffee was ready and Bella poured herself a cup, still waiting for the bacon. She’d wear the white dress tonight to meet them. It wasn’t too revealing, and it was simple and causal. She didn’t have much choice, but thought it would suit the occasion.

“Mmm, what smells so good?” Bella heard Blaze ask just as his arms reached around her to pull her to him. “I was hoping to wake next to you this morning,” Blaze whispered.

The evidence of his desire was pressed up against her, and she laughed. Last night was exhausting and invigorating at the same time. He had been insatiable. They both had been. Perhaps it was because of their worry over today and tomorrow. Their future depended on it.

“I made bacon and eggs,” she answered turning around in his arms. She’d never get tired of staring into his eyes. She reached up on tip toe to kiss him quickly. She didn’t want her eggs to be over cooked. “Can you push down the toaster? Everything is nearly ready.”

“Okay.” She heard the disappointment in his voice. But that changed quickly. “After breakfast though, you’re mine,” he growled.

Blaze pressed the button down on the toaster, enjoying the sound of Bella’s laughter.

“You sure don’t believe in giving a girl a break, do you?” She was bent over, head in the oven practically, pulling out the tray of bacon.

He shook his head, cock getting harder than his morning wood, as he watched her perfect ass back up towards him as she removed the tray.

He couldn’t help the groan of frustration that escaped from between his teeth. “You make it hard,” he cleared his throat, “um, to want to give you a break.”

She laughed again standing upright putting the tray on the counter not noticing she had practically backed right up onto him. She turned around so quickly, she caught him staring with a perplexed, frustrated expression. It took her all of two seconds to figure out what he’d been thinking. “Hey, now, this girls gotta eat if you want me to keep up with you,” she swatted his arm with the oven mitt as she passed around him to set the table. His eyes went straight to her ass. Fuck, she was hot. He was beginning to have ideas. “Plus, I wanted to surprise you this morning.” She added, “With breakfast,” when she saw his eyes get a particularly mischievous expression.

“Believe me when I say I’m not ungrateful, but if you want to surprise a man in the morning, there is more than one way to do it. You could. . .” He trailed off.

She interrupted, “I’ll keep that in mind. Now sit. I’ll get the food.”

“Ooh, I like a bossy lady,” he purred.

“I’ll remember that too,” she called from behind him in the kitchen. She loved it when he teased her like this. It distracted her from her earlier thoughts. She also filed the conversation away, and if, she looked up heavenward, hopefully, she’d be able to have many mornings with this man, surprise him in those other ways, and get to boss him around. Please, she whispered, let these next two days go smoothly. Let everything work out, she prayed. Placing her smile back in place, she returned to the table with two plates. When she came back with the coffee and juice, half of his breakfast had disappeared.