Wings
Chapter Ten
Shadow woke up relaxed and happy, his eyes fluttered open and found the beige colouring of the ceiling. He turned his head to the side and saw her. Her bare back, aside from the straps of her bra, was to him. He shifted his body to her, he slipped his arm around the dip of her waist, pulling her into his chest. His head rested in the crook of her neck, holding her.
He felt her body adjust herself to his weight, and moaned quietly at his warmth. He sighed happily, enjoying her body next to his. "What are you doing?" She gently whispered to him as she found his hand at her waist with her own, interlocking hands.
He held her hand. "Holding you before I have to go work." She relaxed back into him and he continued to hold her in his arms. They lay like that for over thirty minutes, he would plant sweet and gentle kisses on her neck and shoulder from time to time. She would respond a few times with soft moans and he would smile to himself at that. He was making her feel this way and he enjoyed that fact.
"Shouldn't you be heading off to work?" She hummed as he kissed around her shoulder.
"Yeah, I should be." He groaned, pulled himself away from Kiera although he didn't want to. He left the bed and headed into the bathroom to have a shower. Kiera got out of his bed and slipped her underwear back on with a shirt she just slipped on.
She exited his bedroom and walked into the kitchen. She was hungry, and while making herself roast, she made him a flask of coffee to take with him. She took the toasted bread out of the toaster as Shadow walked through all dressed in his work attire, all cleaned up. He took a piece of her toast and shoved it into his mouth.
She glared at him. "I made you coffee to go."
He grinned and pressed his lips against her cheek for a moment. "Thanks." He took the coffee and left the apartment. She began to eat her to toast before she evaluated what she was doing, and what she was doing with Shadow.
Kiera walked to the living room and sat down on the sofa, she picked up a note pad and pen.
Aiken.
Attempt on his life. "A while back." Protection 24/7.
She stopped her writing from what she found out from the Charity Gala and from Tony. She put the notepad down and leant back on the sofa. Sighing, she ran a hand through her wavy hair.
"Why did I do that?" She muttered to herself. She didn't know what she was feeling. She didn't know if she was ashamed or happy at the fact she slept with Shadow. She wasn't disappointed with his performance but she could tell that he was inexperienced. She smirked at the fact that she could teach him a few things in the bedroom but shook her head at the thought.
She didn't know what they were. Were they friends with benefits or something more? She didn't know which one she wanted either. She hasn't been in any kind of romantic relationship in a very long time. She has most likely forgot how to act in a relationship but she needed to talk to him about it.
She had a few questions for him but she has to push those back for now. Aiken was her main priority. She needed to get more information on him, his protection detail and when he is going after Amy but she had a problem.
The police has been looking for her since Shadow got her that rifle, that was only a four or five weeks ago. She was sure if she went out where patrol was around, she would be found. She didn't want to deal with that right now, they were just getting in her way. Making it very inconvenient for her.
She was mulling over whether or not to head to The Rascal and flirt her way to get more information out of the idiot Tony. She knew Shadow wouldn't like to hear that but he wouldn't have to know, she reasoned with herself.
She would have to wear something provocative if she would sway the information out of him. She didn't have any of that with her here. She knew exactly where to go. She got up and dressed herself before leaving the apartment.
She walked all the way across town, and found the apartment block she was looking for. She found which apartment she needed, and knocked on the door.
A person she was unfamiliar with opened the door. "Um, can I help you?" He asked, raising an eyebrow at her.
"Does Rouge live here?" She asked them, and then she saw Rouge walking up to the door.
The door widened and when she saw Kiera she froze for a moment. "What are you doing here, Kiera?"
The man then made the connection, he looked back and forth between the two. "Kiera. The Kiera?" He asked, confused as hell.
"Pleasure, etcetera." Kiera smirked.
Rouge glared. "Again, what are you doing here and how did you find me, anyway?" She was less confused thank her boyfriend.
"I know a lot of things, Rouge, and where you live is one of them. It's about what I'm doing" Then Rouge understood why she was there. It was about Amy and the psycho that wants her kid.
"Babe, what's going on?" He turned to her.
"She came back from the dead a month ago, Knuckles." She told him simply.
He walked away, sighing and mumbling something about why can't people just stay dead and Kiera wanted to laugh at that.
"What are you up to?" Rouge leant against the door frame.
"I need more answers from his lackeys, and one of them particularly enjoys the sight of my ass." She smirked.
Rouge's features scrunched up in disgust. "Fine, I'll get what you need. Just, stay here." She told her and walked away.
Kiera waited patiently and silently wished she wouldn't tell Shadow she was here for that reason. She had a good idea what his reaction would be. Rouge then reappeared with clothes in a bag.
"Wash then return them." She warned her.
"Yes, ma'am." Kiera smirked and then left the apartment building, she walked all the way back quickly as she needed to get ready and head to The Rascal.
She entered the apartment and headed straight to her bedroom. She emptied the bag and saw a strapless, tight shirt and a mini shirt, as well as a pair of kitten heels. Not my style, but that'll do, she thought. She straighten her hair before getting into the outfit Rouge put together for her.
She left the apartment and took a taxi to the Rascal, only ten minutes. She remained silent the whole journey but as the taxi stopped outside The Rascal, paid the fare and got out of the taxi. She entered the restaurant and came face to face with one of Aiken's lackeys, not Tony.
He smiled at her, she found that creepy. "You're here for Anthony, right?"
She smiled back at him. "How did you know?"
He smirked. "He told me about a smoking hot girl he went at the Viral Plaza last night."
"Really? Well, care to tell me where I can find him?" She batted her eyelashes at him.
"Yeah, booth at back." He let her through and she walked all the way to the booth.
He smirked as he saw her walking up to him. He certainly enjoyed what she was wearing. "Well, hello there, you sexy thing."
"Hello to you, too, darling." She smirked and winked at him as she sat down in the booth with him.
"I knew I'd see you again, angel." He smirked.
"Is that so?"
"You're here, aren't you?" He smiled at her.
"That I am." She winked.
They ordered food, and Kiera had managed to get a few more details about what happened to Aiken on his assassination attempt. A husband tried to kill him with a gun but the police stopped him. She knew why he did what he did, she just wished he shot the gun.
She then got more on his protection detail. He worked different shifts on different days and in different areas. It wasn't 24/7 exactly. He only had one on guard while he slept. That could be her way in. She could easily take down one guard and then take Aiken. Tony didn't think anything about her questions because he thought he was going to get laid, and he absolutely wasn't.
She needed to find out where he slept but she couldn't ask Tony that. Then she would have blown her cover. She'll find out another way. She needed to leave, she wouldn't be able to get any more out of him. She would need to get back to the apartment before Shadow. She didn't want him to find out what she did, she knew his reaction from last night.
"Anthony. You're on duty." A man came and didn't give Kiera a glance.
Tony sighed. "Fine. See you soon, Vicki?"
She smiled. "Sure thing." She watched the two of them walk away, she then got up and left the bar and restaurant, she called for a taxi.
It stopped in front of her and she got in, and told him to drive to a few minutes away from Shadow's apartment. She didn't want that to trace back to him or her if everything goes south. She paid her fare and left, she walked all the way to the apartment building and then up to the apartment.
Shadow wasn't there, she was in luck. She walked into her bedroom and changed out of the skimpy outfit and into shorts and a jumper. She threw the skirt and shirt into the washing machine, as promised to Rouge.
She sat down the sofa and grabbed the note book once again, and she began to write.
Husband had a failed attempt at killing Aiken. One guard on duty when he is asleep.
Kiera put down the notepad and decided it was time for a good nap. She laid down on her side on the sofa. She closed her eyes and slowly descended into slumber but was rudely interrupted by her phone ringing.
She extended her arm and grabbed it, she answered it. "I'm trying to take a nap, what is it?"
"Did you really go back to that creep?" It was Shadow, Rouge must have called him.
"Yes, for information and I got free food out of it. Win-win." She told him, resting the phone against her ear.
"You went on a date with him?" He wasn't happy.
"It wasn't a date and calm down." She rolled her eyes.
"So last night went nothing to you?" She sighed.
"No, it meant something. Something, we'll talk about when you get back. Now, strap on your big boy pants and grow a pair."
He didn't like that either. "I'll be home soon and we'll have that talk. Bye." He hung up the phone.
Kiera dropped the phone on the floor and closed her eyes again. She fell asleep quickly, although it wasn't dreamless. She dreamt of her brothers, playing in her family home. Her mother was cooking while her father was taking a nap on the couch.
She was pulled out of her dream when her shoulder was gently shaken. Her eyes fluttered open and found Shadow, kneeling in front of her.
"Hey, I'm sorry about the phone call, it was wrong to get mad at you." He softly brushed her hair out of her face.
"Yeah, you were an ass." She muttered tiredly and he chuckled.
"Yeah, I was." He sat down in front of her so that they were at eye level with each other.
"Talk." She told him, and softly found his hand. She silently enjoyed it when he held her hand, interlocking fingers.
He reciprocated her hand holding, he liked it too. "There's something between us, and we both know it. I care about you, and I know you care about me. I got jealous when you had lunch with that creep - I wished it was me with you and not him. I want to be the one to make you laugh, smile and maybe even a little bit irritated."
She smiled at that, and he did too before he continued. "I like you, Kiera. I do and I know your emotions are, kind of, limited but I want to help you expand them and I want to ask you something." He paused but Kiera added something.
"You're going to ask me on a date, aren't you?" She smirked.
He rolled his eyes. "I was getting to that, but yes, will you have dinner with me tonight?"
"Yes, but you're cooking." He smiled and then nodded.
"Sure thing." He leaned down and kissed her gently.