Page 171 of Desperate Crimes
“This your idea of a wedding gift?”I ask Adrik, glancing back at the two most dangerous men I know.
Adrik smirks.“Just testing your mettle, son.”
My father chuckles low in his throat.
Volkov and Fury.
A Viper and a Wolf.
And they both just handed me my coronation.
I close the door behind me, letting the silence fall like a blade.
I stare at Caas—sweating, pale, shaking.
He’s lucky they left him untouched.
I’m not so generous.
He didn’t just try to destroy my deal.
He tried to destroy me.
More than that, he put her in danger.
My Leanna.
My Princess.
My wife, who bled and fought and defied every odd to drag me out of that jungle.
And this fucker is the reason why.
Anger coils in my veins.Rage turns my vision red.
I pick up a dirty lead pipe from the floor.
The weight feels good in my hand.
Familiar.
Heavy enough to leave a mark.
A final mark.
I crouch, leaning in close enough for him to hear the low, guttural promise in my voice.
“You should have never fucked with what’s mine, Caas.”
He whimpers, Shaking his head like that might stop me or delay this.
But he can’t.Nothing will stop me.
This is just one of those things.
Inevitable.
I pause for a moment.
