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If Kopolov is half the man I believe he is, there will be hell to pay.
But I’ve made my decision.
And if everything goes as planned…
The vows are said. She's wearing my ring. I will mark her as mine. Only mine.
I walk her to the car, open the door, then buckle her in like she’s fragile glass. She looks shell-shocked, her eyes wide.
“What did you do to Pavel?” she asks tensely.
Pavel.My god, this was too close. She called him by his goddamn first name.
I shake my head and exhale hard. I don’t answer right away. Instead, I shut her door, climb in, and give the driver a clipped command. “Take us straight to the airport.”
We’re going home. Back to Dublin.
“Seamus?” she whispers.
“Quiet,” I tell her. We’re not safe yet. I don’t want my men to hear her call me by name.
She’s the only one who ever does.
It’s sacred to me when she says it.
She stares, stunned. Her mouth drops open.
“Are you telling me I went from one commanding boss to another?”
“I don’t give a fuck who you came from,” I bite out. “What I’m telling you is—you’re mine now. Do you know whoIam, Zoya?”
She swallows, her eyes glossy with fear.
“You’re The Undertaker,” she whispers.
I laugh, leaning down to press a gentle kiss to her forehead.
“And now I’m the head of your house.”
Chapter 13
ZOYA
My heart aches.
I dreamed of this, fantasized about this, but now that he’sactuallytaken me…
Oh god.
Myfamily.
I love them so much. They don’t want to see me taken away by someone they believe will hurt me. They can’t stand the idea of me being victimized. But once again, it’s me, little Zoya.
Always me.
The youngest one in the family, the one expected to stop the bloodshed. The one expected to keep the peace.
I didn’t expect him to storm the castle the way hedid… like he had a death wish. Like he knew the rules and burned them anyway.
