Page 61 of Mafie Queen

“It ismyturn. You had your say.”

She drops her hands, her anger fading as quickly as it came.

“I don’t know if I will ever be able to stop myself from protecting you, but I know I need to go about it in ways that don’t have us all nearly falling apart by the end.”

I try to bridge the gap and space between us. “I’ll always want to protect you too. But we have to find an alternative to running into the fight alone,” I tell her.

As we meet in the middle of the room, I tuck her hair behind her ear, most of the anger and hurt leaving me now that I can see she means it.

She leans into my touch and a sense of peace washes over me.

“I know, Ghost. I know that from now on, it’s all of us or nothing.”

Breathing out all of the frustration over the situation, relief washes over me, and I lean down to kiss her. Her warm lips meet mine as her tiny fingers wrap around the back of my neck. My hands move to her hips, then slide around to the small of her back, pulling her in to deepen the kiss as much as she will let me.

Her knees go weak and I smile against her lips, loving how much I can affect this badass assassin. I feel Evie wince as her other hand threads through my hair. I pull back, a little alarmed.

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing, I think you just bruised some of my fingers, and maybe my thigh.” She laughs like it’s a joke. But when I take her hand in mine, I see how red it is.

“Fuck, Lucky Charm. I’m so sorry. I…”

Her finger goes to my lips. “Ghost, don’t do that. I like when the three of you leave bruises. I gave my consent to that. I also made it very clear to you that you cannot hurt me because I’m stronger than you.”

She smirks even as my gut twists that I did that to her. I was careful when I grabbed her by the arm. While it was forceful, I thought I was gentle enough to not leave a mark. So why is her hand so red?

“Hey, it happens to me too, okay? I get it.”

“What happened to you?” I try to back away, but she only closes the space between us.

“I get lost in the memories of the bad things. I saw your eyes, Lev. You didn’t do this on purpose. Your mind was playing tricks on you.”

I think back to what I heard in the conversation and how it all ended. It felt like I was somewhere else. As if I were floating above everyone and not actually in the room.

“I never want to hurt you, Lucky Charm.”

“As long as you're mine,” she stands on her tiptoes and presses a kiss to my lips, “you can’t hurt me, Ghost.”

That’s not true and we both know it, but I get what she’s saying. The way I hurt her wasn’t an act of anger, it wasn’t even an act of frustration. It was a moment where my body stopped communicating with my brain. She could have easily smacked me across the face and gotten me to stop, but she didn’t.

The guys on the other hand will probably have more to say about it. They don’t understand what happens to my mind the same way Evie does. In fact, the last time I even talked about it out loud it was just me and Evie with Dr. K.

Damien is definitely going to hurt me. Alexi might even kill me.

Pulling her body back into mine, I sigh when her warmth makes my heart stop racing quite so hard.

“Let’s get back in there then.” I’m reluctant as fuck to say it, but I’m throwing my hopes to the stars that we will all make it out of this one alive.

I carefully take her uninjured hand in mine, but before she can grab the handle to the door, I spin her back to me and claim her lips one last time. “You’re mine tonight.”

She looks at me with a grin. “Yes, sir.”

Normally, that wouldn’t do much for me, but all I can think of when she says it is how Damien once said it to me when our roles were switched. It was so hot to see him give up control, and I have a feeling that seeing my lucky charm on her knees for me, my cock deep in her throat while she bats those beautiful lashes at me, might just top that.

???

After making plans to come back tomorrow, we head back to our place. Damien eyes me the whole way home, but I just hold tight to Evie while sitting in the back with her this time. While I need them both, I just need a little bit of time with her right now. I need her warmth beside me and to know she’s okay.

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