Beneath the storm

slowed my car and made a right

al city, but a snowstorm had rolled in, and the

y savior right then. I was freezing , and itching to get back so I could peel the drenched clothes from my body, h

d I'd been halfway back to my place befor

g as I passed the car, hoping it ha

.shit...there was a woman leaned over

a stop about thirty f

of town- industrial, most every store closed and locked up tight, it wasn't unusua

with high-end investors but I could spare an ext

ulled out a flashlight, and clicked it on. The beam glittered through the heavy chunks pouring fr

the front of the car, clutching her damn

eel the

rushing

h

osed to do? Leave her there? Fuck no. I might've been a dick

e into focus t

, fu

e. Sleek Long, red hair was matted to her face. She wore a thin t-shirt, je

eyes-thunderbolt eyes. Blue strikes of l

d. Brow, chin and jaw sharp, but her

I almost stumbl

she clenched those keys tighter. It was clear if I b

al backed i

l. F

You look like you're

while still focused on me. The girl was calculat

pped

efu

ergy tremble

Her voice deep,

re abou

atures, and shit, that wa

re to mess with you. I saw you were in trouble, and it looked to me like you co

lders, but she watched me, refusing to let

fuckers in this world. Figured

hurt you," I told

aggers as she did. "That's

chuckle ru

e tig

y head toward the engine. "Do you hav

estured wildly at it, all that soake

ed distracting, if

arely able to coast to

hop off my dick if I made the wrong move. I leaned over the engine, jiggling a f

alternator or battery," I

ia slipped into her voice, like she was g

ght as I peered her

this desperation that lined her bei

. If your engine seized-that could get dicey. You'll have to get i

nd?

pare for emergency situatio

denly stepped back and shook her head. She looked

s that thrashe

yourself, anyway?" I asked, swip

. Just...I'll figure something out.

r sitting in the distance,

shimmered in the glow of hazy light. I had the urge to r

. This reaction she evoked. L

nded as

ist to stop myself from

nd harder, but instead of dipping her chin and hi

ped into

u

into things that could set thi

o help, and t

ing and my dick didn't seem to get the memo that we

ht she could cast a

e and me

of magic that floated

m just going to leave yo

arms over her chest. "I s

really don't have all night to spare. It

.you know...if my frea

hed. She was

your p

iver of mascara ran do

I pointed

er foot like I was crazy

ou help, darlin', yet I'm out here trying to get my ass frozen to death for it. S

ssion, gaze narrowed before she huf