Page 6 of Midnight Legacy

Her head rested on my back. “Talk to me.”

“What do you want me to say, Cas?”

“I was so worried when you disappeared into the darkness, Zee. Terrified of what might happen to you, frightened in case a stray bullet hit our baby.”

I spun so quickly that she nearly fell. My hands grabbed her arms and held her as I stared down at her. “I need to send you into hiding until this is over.”

“No.” Her simple answer confused me.

“It’s not a negotiation, Cas. You’re right, people were killed tonight, others could have suffered the same fate. I need to make sure you and Bubble are safe.”

She stood on her tiptoes, her lips so close that I felt her breath mingling with mine. “We need to show the world that we’re a team. Nothing will divide us, Zee.”

My hands found her face, tipping her head back. “I can’t do what I need to do if I’m constantly worried about you.”

“And I refuse to stay at home and not know what’s happening.” Her hands linked around my waist. “We promised each other for better or worse. This is the latter of that statement and we’ll only survive it if we stick together.”

I wanted to tie her to my bed so I knew where she was, lock her far from the prying eyes of the world because terror was too small a word for what I experienced tonight. I was fucking petrified when those men burst in. She had carved the cold, dead heart out of my chest and replaced it with vibrancy and light. In a few months, Cassandra had become the centre of my universe, my one true North that guided me home.

“Please, baby,” I pleaded. “I can’t lose you.”

She let out a long sigh and dragged me over to the sofa beside the window. Her tiny hand pushed my chest until I sat down, and she crawled onto my lap to straddle my hips with her legs.

“You’re not going to lose me, because you’re going to keep me beside you.” I went to open my mouth to protest, but she placed a finger on my lips. “The only place I’m safe is with you, and the only person I trust to protect me is you.”

I glared at her in the hope that she would cower back. Instead, she wrapped her arms around my neck and snuggled tighter to me.

“Your scary face doesn’t frighten me anymore,” she whispered against my lips, pressing a barely-there kiss on them.

I groaned, my fingers digging into her hips. “Can you not just pretend that I’m a terrible husband who terrifies you and do what I ask?”

“Nope.” She made the p pop.

“Cas…”

“Zee…”

Once upon a time, I held power in this relationship. I was a feral beast who could do what he wanted, until this feisty little woman tamed me. She knew I rarely refused her anything and if I did there was a good reason behind it.

“You are driving me in-fucking-sane,” I muttered darkly.

“I’m sure that was somewhere in our vows,” she sassed back.

“I doubt it, but I definitely remember you promising to obey me.”

“Did I?” She gave me her best pretend innocent look. “I don’t remember that.”

She squealed when I grabbed her and rolled her under me suddenly. “Maybe I should remind you?”

Her hand slipped into the front of my training bottoms to slowly stroke my dick. My eyes nearly crossed, and my knees definitely felt a bit shaky. Pregnancy hormones meant that she was horny most of the time and she rarely needed me to put any work in to get her ready. I’d gone from wanting no kids to now wanting a big family, and keeping her pregnant was starting to have its advantages.

“There a reason you’re playing with my dick?” I asked, nuzzling her throat and kissing up to that sensitive spot that resided behind her ear.

“I was trying to get my own way.” Her neck arched and legs slowly came up around my waist.

“You need to try a bit harder, baby.” If Cassandra was going to get her own way, then I was determined to make her work for it. Pushing myself up on my arms, I stared down at her to see how far she’d submit.

Her eyebrow slowly raised and she bit the corner of her full lip. “What are your terms?” she asked, her legs constricting at my hips.

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