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I have a feeling I’ll be getting that new car after all.

I’m lying on his chest, listening to his heart pound erratically. He’s so damn angry.

“Do you want to talk about it?”

“Not particularly.” He murmurs.

I try to lift my head to look at him, but he grips my side tightly. “Don’t you fucking move.”

Sighing heavily, I know better than to push people when they’re like this, but he’s mine and we don’t keep things from each other. “Please talk to me.”

He’s quiet for a little while until he lifts his upper body, carefully shifting me to my pillow. His eyes meet mine and I’ve never seen true darkness so ingrained in someone’s soul as what I’m witnessing now. It’s a pool of infinite depth, shadowed by more blackness than I ever thought possible.

It’s horrific, yet beautiful.

The love he has for me is limitless, defying all reasoning and logic.

His thumb traces my bottom lip. “You’re so fucking beautiful. It’s painful to see you with these bruises, but I can’t look away. Tragic and lovely at the same time. While you’re in agony, you still bewitch me. Your light brought me to life while your darkness rivals my own. You’re everything to me, Nova. Once you’re healed, you’ll be my wife.”

I gasp. “What?”

“You heard me, little demon. You’re going to marry me after I kill the motherfucker who did this to you, and his bitch.”

A lone tear leaks from my eye, trailing down my cheek. He catches it with his thumb before it makes it to my jawline. He brings it to his lips, sucking it into his mouth. Heat floods my body and although I feel like hammered dog shit, I want him.

“I recognize that look in your eyes, baby. Do you need something?” He leans close, his scent wrapping me in the safety I need right now.

“You.” I whisper, wishing my head would ease up some.

He closes his eyes for a moment before they snap open once again. “I know, baby. Fuck, I know. But I don’t think you can handle it right now.”

While my pussy screams for me to suck it up and demand his cock, he’s right. “I know.”

I hope he makes Max suffer.

His hand reaches out to run his fingers through my hair, to comfort me, but he catches himself, resting it on my chest instead. “Sleep, sweet girl. It’ll help you heal.”

He lays down beside me and I slowly move my head back to his chest. He’s holding me carefully like I’m made of glass.

While it’s exactly what I need,I want to fucking scream.

Chapter Twenty-eight

Colt

Nova was out like a light when she finally got comfortable.

Our cabin has a state-of-the-art security system considering my line of work. I made sure I installed every sensor and gadget possible before she moved in. If something happened and I wasn’t home, I needed to know she’d be safe. No one knows where we live to my knowledge. I’ve taken precautions to keep our cabin a secret.

She’s in the bed with that damn raccoon snuggled beside her. The security system is armed, and I’ll get a notification if she even breathes too hard. I hated to leave her alone, but I don’t trust anyone. The one person I believed I could count on, my second in command, proved himself untrustworthy.

When I slipped out of bed to get dressed, a pang of guilt hit me. She’d be upset if she knew what I was doing, but when it comes to her, there’s nothing I won’t do. I can’t just sit by and let him get away with this. I know she wants to be there when I kill them, but I can’t wait. The more I think about it, the more unhinged I feel. If I don’t act now, I’m afraid of what I’ll become.

That’s why I’m in my truck, heading towards the warehouse where Max always hangs out. If he had the balls to attack Nova in broad daylight, I know he’s waiting for me where I expect him to be. I’m positive I’ll be walking into a trap, but there’s a reason why I’m the boss.

Placing some calls while Nova was resting, I found out Junior ran his mouth to his men, declaring I had a traitor within my organization. Some of his guys talk to mine and word spread like wildfire. Max was never fingered, but common sense told him I’d figure it out. Lacey was a well-kept secret; I’ll give him that. But when I saw him with her and dug into her background, I knew exactly what was going on.

I hope his blind ambitions and Lacey’s pussy were worth his life.

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