Page 78 of Born in Depravity

DAMIEN

I watched her.In this one unguarded moment, I didn’t have to watch my back. I didn’t have to put on a front, and I didn’t have to make anyone fear me.

I knew she was scared of me.

That was probably the only reason why she was entertaining me now, but at this moment, as she looked down at the notebook I brought her, something shifted.

She scribbled something on the notebook before handing it over to me.

Hi.

Only through years of practice was I able to keep a straight face.

Fuck, but she was cute.

I gave her a notebook to talk with us, and the first thing she wrote wasHi?

“Hi, pet,” I said, my voice coming out playful.

I was not a fucking playful man.

She looked up at me, and it wasn’t wariness in her eyes that I saw—like I’d expected—but shyness, and this shyness was really fucking me up.

She had been so focused on the notebook, she forgot about the sheets covering her, but I hadn’t forgotten. Fuck, how could I when she looked so delectable, sitting there with her big eyes and rumpled brown hair? The sheet had come down to the top of her small breasts, offering a hint of her dusky nipples.

My mouth watered at the sight.

I left her alone for two whole days while Mikhail had his turn with her. I didn’t know what they did, but I knew he bought her the eReader and tablet. Like me, he was already affected by Catalina, and she hadn’t spoken a single word to us.

Mikhail, Nikolay, and I had always planned on sharing a woman.

I didn’t have trouble finding a woman to fuck, to play with, but a woman to love?

That seemed out of the question.

I didn’t love anyone besides my brothers, and even then, that word seemed tame in comparison to the way I felt about Mikhail and Nikolay.

I would die for them.

Sharing a woman seemed like the best idea.

Mikhail could be affectionate toward her. He could give her everything she needed from a loving relationship, while Nikolay could tease out a smile from her.

Me, I would be the fierce protector, standing in the way of anything and anyone who tried to hurt my family.

My brothers could protect themselves, but a weak woman?

Any woman I allowed into my life long term would be there because I had become obsessed with her. And in my world, she could so easily be taken away from me.

But with three ruthless men protecting her?

She would be the safest fucking woman in the entire world, and I realized, that was what I wanted.

I’d just thought it would be years down the line, when we finally won the war.

I never thought I would be so obsessed with Catalina Agnello, and I was that. So fucking obsessed, I couldn’t think straight when she was out of my sight.

I pulled the sheets down to her waist, exposing her breasts.

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