Sins of the Past (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour)

left through as Cole walked back over to the window.
    Lorna wanted to scream at the both of them for talking like she wasn’t even in the room. The least they could have done was clue her in on what the hell was going on. When everything was over and they were safe, she was going to hand them both their asses for keeping her in the dark.
    In the meantime, Lorna calmly stood and walked over to her closet. She stood on her tip toes and felt around on the shelf until she felt the lock box and pulled it down. Opening the box, Lorna lifted the holster out and strapped it to her thigh. Once that was done, she picked up the pistol her Uncle John had gotten her and pressed the button to make the clip slide out. She smiled at the memories of him teaching her how to shoot and fought the tears welling up in her eyes. Making sure it was fully loaded, she popped the clip back in and placed the gun in the holster and added a couple extra clips in her pocket.
    Glad of her smart decision to put her boots on, Lorna pulled two long knives with serrated edges out of the lockbox and placed one in each boot. Both were also a gift from Uncle John after he had forced her to watch Rambo when she was fifteen. After that she pestered the man for a knife just like the one she had seen in the movie until he finally gave in and gave her not one, but two for her sixteenth birthday. It was the best present she had gotten. He even took the time to teach her how to use them. By that time, Lorna’s mother was disappearing weeks at a time, leaving her alone, so Lorna had been grateful for his lessons. Uncle John had been ex-military. Lorna had no idea what branch and he seemed to not want to talk about it so she had respected his decision and not asked. She was just happy he hadn’t treated her like some weak girl who needed to depend on a man to keep her safe.
    Finished arming herself, Lorna turned from her closet to see Jacob and Cole both standing in the middle of her bedroom staring at her. “What?” she whispered. She snickered when Cole reached down to adjust the hard-on trying to burst through his jeans. Jacob didn’t have that problem since he was still completely naked. His hard cock was standing straight out from his body. Lorna fought the urge to drop to her knee and take care of his problem. Now is not the time, she mentally chastised herself.
    “Damn, that has to be the sexiest thing I’ve ever seen,” Cole whispered.
    Jacob nodded his head, agreeing. “It most definitely is, but what’s with all the weapons?”
    “What the hell do you mean, what’s with all the weapons?” Lorna fought to keep her voice down. “Your house is on fire, but you aren’t rushing out to see why. You two are running around here acting strange as hell and won’t tell me what’s going on. You tell me to get dressed and to put on shoes that I can run in. In my world that means something bad is about to happen. If I’m going to have to run, then I’m damn sure going to make sure I’m prepared to do that and keep myself safe, hence the weapons.” She gave them a look that she hoped they read as duh .
    Cole grinned at her rant and moved back to the window. Jacob just growled and moved past her, heading to her closet. It was her turn to stand and stare when he pulled a large duffel bag off the floor that she had no idea was there and placed it on her bed. Her mouth fell open when he opened the bag and pulled out jeans and a shirt. Once he was dressed, he went about strapping on weapons the same way she had done. Cole came over to the bed and began doing the same thing.
    “Close your mouth.” Jacob laughed as he came over to her.
    “What the hell?” Lorna asked as she pointed to the bag.
    “You keep saying ‘hell’ a lot.”
    Lorna was ready to shoot Jacob. “Maybe if you guys would answer at least one of my damn questions, then I wouldn’t have to keep saying it,” she snapped. “One of you needs to tell me what the hell is going on. Let’s start with why the hell you have a bag full of weapons in my closet and when the hell you put it there?”
    Jacob sighed. “It’s a long story that we don’t have time for. The short version is that there is a really dangerous guy after us seeking revenge. We think he set the fire to flush us out into the open. Since that didn’t work, he’ll wait until the police and firemen are gone before trying again. We need to be ready when that happens.”
    Lorna realized he skipped over her question