Page 86 of Graves

Dominic offers a hand to her, and she takes it, pulling off of me and forcing me to groan at the loss of her. I could stay buried in her tight cunt all damn day. He walks with her into the bathroom, and I hear the shower start up. I debate going in there to rinse off as well, mainly because I just want to touch my angel. My eyes start to flutter, though, and I decide my brother can have her for a few minutes, I guess.

The next morning,I wake up with my angel’s head resting against my chest and my brother holding her on the other side. If this is going to become a regular thing, we are definitely going to need a bigger bed. She doesn’t take up much room at all, but Dominic and I are both six foot five and well over two hundred and thirty pounds. We need space.

My phone buzzes to life on the table beside me. I reach around for it, checking the caller ID before groaning. I ignored three of his calls last night, which was probably three too many. He has a short temper, and right now, my and Dominic’s plan is to keep him happy for as long as possible. At least until we can figure out how to get out from under his thumb. Keeping him happy keeps him off US soil.

I slide out of bed quickly, careful of my angel’s head, before I slip out of the room, phone in hand. As I answer, I go to the closet, opening the door to Dominic’s torture room before shutting it behind me.

“Yeah?” I answer.

“You need to work on your people skills,moy mal’chik. That is no way to answer a phone call, especially when you have missed so many.”

“Apologies. I was busy last night.”

“Yes, I know,” he draws out, his thick accent practically masking his words. “Street racing seems beneath you. Did you enjoy the prize you took home?”

The hairs on the back of my neck stand up at his words. Dominic and I obviously knew he was keeping an eye on us, how close of an eye, we couldn’t be sure. Apparently, we have our answer.

I do my best to keep my tone uninterested as I shrug my shoulders.

“She was subpar at best. Kicked her out before she could even get her panties on.” I fake a snicker.

Maxim bursts out in laughter at that.

“Moy mal’chik, you’re despicable. Whores are tolerable for an hour or two, no more. Remember this.”

My teeth crack at his words, even if he doesn’t know he’s insulting my reason for existence I still have the irrational need to gut him like a pig.

“How could I forget?” I scoff, causing Maxim to laugh one more time.

“I need you in New York, today.”

Internally, I curse. Dominic better sort his shit out and quick. Not only am I sick of being Maxim’s bitch boy, I’m sick of doing all these jobs for free.

“What’s the mark?”

“Deveny Delecourse.”

I furrow my brows at that. “The diamond company heiress?”

“One and the same.”

“What did she do? You know how I feel about killing women.”

The line is silent for several seconds, and with his first word spoken, I know I’ve fucked up.

“How dare you question me? You are a spoiled child, acting like you have a say. You are my puppet, and you will do as I say without a word. If I tell you to gut a pregnant woman in the street, you do so without a hint of remorse. I raised you better than this, you are better than this! Take orders, ask no questions, or I will be on the first flight to Seattle and behead you myself!” he snarls before the phone goes dead.

My breathing becomes ragged as I clench my phone so tightly the screen cracks. The door behind me opens, and I whirl around to face Dominic. His eyes scan over me once before he speaks.

“What’s wrong?”

“Maxim called. I’m going to New York right now. Have you even been trying, or are you more than fine with my life being in the hands of that prick, forced to bend and break under his every whim?” I bark.

Dominic raises an unimpressed eyebrow at me as he folds his arms over his chest.

“I’m not the one who contacted him. We were fine, we weresquare. He didn’t have a thing over us. Then you blew that all to shit?—”

“Because you wouldn’t answer my calls! You were too busy fucking my girl that you left me to rot in prison!” I shout.

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