Page 27 of Rogue

I throw the mug of coffee off my front porch into the grass, grabbing hers and doing the same before taking her face in my hands and kissing her senseless.

“Stop that shit,” I say against her lips. “I have been married. I know love, passion, all that shit. I know how much it can destroy me and yet, I want to see what that is with you. Been fuckin’ dead inside since the moment the dirt covered Dominiks casket, until you screamed. Something inside me awoke, angel or demon, I don’t fuckin’ know, but I fuckin’ want this with you and only you. I’ll move mountains to be alive again, you bet your ass I will.”

“You were dead inside,” she whispers before wrapping her hands around my neck and jumping up in time for me to catch her as she then gets her legs around me. I move us where her back is against the front of my house as she attacks my mouth.

I have to pull away. “Buttercup, I want to devour you.”

“Then do it,” she challenges leaning forward to nip at my ear.

“Got shit to do. We get free of this shit haunting you, be rested because every inch of you is going to feel me for days,” I promise as the disappointment is visible in her face. “Our time will come, baby. I have a prospect and Kitty coming. She’s bringing clothes and he will keep guard until I can get back.”

“Promises, promises,” she teases but seems almost sad about me leaving.

“I’ll be back soon as I can. Need to know, though, you gonna be here when I get back? No taking off to your cousin. No seeking out Benny. I can keep you safe, but you gotta do your part. Can you do that so I can fix this and then I can have you?”

She bites her bottom lip. “I don’t want anything to happen to you, Jennings.” She drops her legs and steadies herself. “People that get caught up in this, get dead.”

“Seen worse than Benincio Cartagena. This will be over for you like it should have been when you ended it years ago.”

She gasps, “you know?”

“I know you met Benincio Cartagena when he got hired to take out Giulia Bianchi. He used you to get intel on her. Infatuated with you, Benny flipped on the Irishmen who hired him. Bianchi took care of her enemies and had an agreement with Benny.”

She shakes her head, “no I met him at a charity event for the local hospital. Giulia had nothing to do with it.”

I cup her chin. “You should talk to your cousin. There is a reason she stopped supporting your relationship and it’s because she learned the truth. Knowing what she was up against, she took the path of least resistance with Cartagena. You got out of the picture, she put things in play to end him. Only Benny went underground while he looked for you.”

“Stop,” she whispers.

“Call Giulia, ask for yourself.” I explain as I hear the sounds of a motorcycle approaching.

“I will.” She seems determined to prove me wrong. “Where did you get your information.”

“Call your cousin,” I encourage. I got the information directly from the source, well, Havoc did that is.

Giulia knew it would break Michele’s heart to know she was played. She thought by now, the threat would have been eliminated and she would be able to let Michele live her life completely free from this baggage. Except things didn’t go according to plan. Tyrant text me everything last night after Havoc and him had a briefing from the Bianchi Madame.

“Kitty will get you sorted with some clothes. Prospect stays outside. You get her inside the house, use the code and arm the house. I’ll be back soon as I can.”

Still in shock from what I shared, she can only manage a nod as I back away from her. It kills me to leave her when I want to stay here and tell her everything. In order to give her real peace, I need to handle her ex.

I makemy way to the hole. It’s a buried bunker some old moonshiners used to store their hooch in forever ago. When Havoc bought the property, a random day Henley decided to go out with a metal detector ended up finding this hidden gem, well the entrance to it.

There are three Legion’s Demons gagged and bound to chairs. The Demon cuts hang on the wall in front of them.

“Release the gags,” I tell Creed. Then I walk directly to the cuts.

Officers.

Each of them.

Interesting.

Chaplain.

Treasurer.

Secretary.

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