Page 153 of Insidious Heart

He leans over and kisses me as he puts the truck in park. “Anytime, baby.”

We get out and head to John’s front door and when Tor is about to throw it open, I grab his arm with a gasp. “What about yourjob?”

“My job?”

“Yeah, you know, the nextjobLittle John lined up for you.”

Victor shakes his head with a grin. “You really need to work on not making that sound suspicious, little dove. When you sayjoblike that, it definitely sounds like I’m up to something nefarious.”

“Well, you kind of are, aren’t you?” He laughs as I huff. “It’s not like your side gig is on the up and up.”

“You are not wrong, baby, but it’ll be fine. The next bag of soggy dicks waiting to meet The Harvester of Bones will still be there when we get back from Denver.”

“You’re sure?”

Victor nods as he throws open the door. “Positive. Just like the junkyard and the strip club, mygigwill wait for me to spend some time with my family before I come back refreshed and ready to get back to the grind.”

I smile as he gives me a quick kiss and it grows as we walk in to see my brothers sitting on the couch with John, the three watchingBeetlejuiceand snacking happily. And even though they all gripe and groan as Victor jumps over the back and sandwiches himself between his mentor and King, I don’t miss the warmth in their tones or the smiles that are trying to break through their grumpy expressions. And when Tor steals a handful of popcorn from Prince before picking him up and setting him in his lap, those tears prick at my eyes again because this right here, these men reallyaremy family and I’ve never felt so much love or been so grateful for anything in my life.

For twenty-three years I was the princess locked in a tower but I got my happily ever after. It just took meeting an unorthodox knight who wields a knife, and having him rescue me from the monster holding me captive to get it.

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