My Pulse

Chapter 20: Quinn Keane

I start to stir when a cool towel presses against my forehead. I wake up to Cian looming over me.

"Hey baby, how are you feeling?" Cian asks me as I start to sit up.

I blink up at him convinced I'm in another dream. I blink again and he is still there.

"Hey there are you in there?" He says with a smile.

"Yes." I say slowly recovering. "I thought I was still dreaming." I tell him.

"Oh no, baby you're wide awake." He says as he softly puts his lips to mine.

My reaction is not soft however. I have literally been dreaming of kissing him and now I finally am. I'm way past resisting and denying this dark connection. I want to be with Cian.

"Will you two get a room?" Rylee mutters and Quill snorts. I pull back embarrassed that I forgot about the other men here. Cian doesn't seem to care one bit. He seems more pissed at the men for interrupting us but he just smiles and chuckles.

"It's too bad this fucking plane doesn't have one acutally." He says back to Rylee with a grin.

"So are you going to introduce us to her or keep her all to yourself?" Rylee says with a meeting grin.

Cian's grin fades into a flat line and he narrows his eyes at his friend. "I do plan to keep her all to myself actually.'' Cian replies flatly.

"Cian." I say touching his shoulder. "I want to meet everyone." I add gently.

He turns to me and regards my expression. So I stand up to formally meet everyone before he stops me.

We are clearly on some sort of private jet. It is really nice but not ostentatious. It's the largest plane I have ever been on, that's forsure. It looks like we are in the first class area with larger white leather seats. The sleek aerodynamic area is clean and modern and smells like an airplane.

I turn to take in the first person to the left of us. Cian stands up following behind me with a frown. Why does he have such a problem with this I wonder?

"Kieran, we met earlier briefly." He says and reaches to shake my hand again. I reach out to grasp Kieran's hand and give it a good shake. As Cian's second in command I want to be on good terms with him.

Kieran's strong hand feels good in mine and he quickly drops it looking back at Cian's face. I turn to look at Cian and he is scowling at our exchange. Wow he is a jealous man.

I think I'm just beginning to get to know who Cian really is. I can't help but notice Kieran's strong features. He is incredibly handsome with short brown hair and high striking cheek bones.

His strong cleft chin pronounces his lips that swallow up his handsome face. The most attractive thing about Kieran is his smile. It is so warm and when he smiles at you, it's easy to feel the light he still has to give.

Light in all this darkness I think in awe. Now that is curious.

I guess I stared at Kieran too long because he is becoming even more uncomfortable as Cian looks like he is about to launch across the room at him.

"Nice to see you again." I say quickly and he nods at me with a small smile.

"My turn." Rylee says grabbing my hand and bringing it to his lips. Cian hisses and steps forward toward them aggressively. I step back toward Cian to calm him down. This small gesture calms him down slightly but he still pulls me back out of Rylee's reach until my back is up against him.

"It's nice to meet you Rylee." I say coolly trying to ignore Cian's mood. Rylee is extremely tall. He barely fits on this plane it seems. He is the tallest man I have ever seen. He is tall but not big. I am sure he is strong and no doubt deadly with that stare.