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‘You made your bed. And I get it. Truly. I’ll leave the two of you alone as soon as I have the list in my hands.’
Turning her head, she moved away from my hand. The same coldness I’d seen so many times before settled over her face, pulling her into the mask that she wore as the Viper. The one that said I’ll burn the whole fucking world.
The mask had never been for me before.
TWENTY-EIGHT
HARRIET
Nancy waited outside my door, leaning against the wall. I’d gone out to get a bit of space from the lovebirds.
‘Sorry,’ I said, ‘I didn’t hear you knock.’
‘I didn’t.’ She gave me a soft smile. ‘I was walking past, and all sorts of bad auras were leaking from inside. I stopped to make sure you were okay.’
I was too exhausted with Alfie and Petros’ nonsense to argue about her auras.
‘Your prisoner has changed sides?’ she asked as I leaned back against the stone wall beside her, glad of her presence even with her mumbo jumbo.
‘Petros has.’I almost spat the words out.
‘Mm,’ she responded before reaching between us and softly squeezing my hand. Her touch made emotion well up my throat, and I worked hard to force it back. I squeezed her back, too. ‘Harriet, sometimes plans change, and you have to stop fighting the changes. Good can come from a bad thing. It’s not always an easy path to navigate, but don’t close yourself off from it. If Petros means as much to you as I think he does, fight for him.’
‘It’s too late. Alfie’s got him under his spell.’
‘There’s a good chance it’s just lust. Or his need to mend broken things. He might well turn sour on Alfie when there isn’t the forbidden aspect. How many men marry their mistress only to find that it was the risk of being with her that they loved?’
‘So, I’m just supposed to sit and wait for him to get bored and come back to me? That’s pathetic.’
‘He hasn’t left you, love. Not yet. If you push him away he will.’ Nancy’s fingers were cold against mine.
‘And what about Alfie?’
‘If you can’t kill him, maybe try and see what Petros sees in him. After all, he’s fallen for you both.’
I swallowed down the lump in my throat as the door opened behind me. Standing up straight, I gave Nancy’s hand a final squeeze before she slunk off.
Petros and Alfie came out of the open door, Alfie looking almost panicked to be going into the real world again.
‘You ready?’ Petros said. I wasn’t sure to whom.
‘I am,’ Alfie and I said in unison. I couldn’t help but glare at him.
‘If you double cross me, or your butler alerts the authorities, I won’t hesitate to kill you both before using your bodies to start a bonfire that will burn your precious castle down.’ Alfie didn’t flinch at the threat.
With a smirk, he replied, ‘I’d be disappointed in you if you didn’t.’
Smug little wanker.
The thought brought an image of his glorious fucking cock, and I was left leading the way out, mad at myself.
It’s just a cock.
A stupid, ugly cock.
I didn’t want it.
The waterfall in my underpants called me a fucking liar.
