“I’m terrified.”
“You keep saying that.”
“You keep doing things to make me terrified.”
His eyes were heavy as he nuzzled against my hand again. “You’re the first person I haven’t wanted to be terrified of me, but I still have to be me. Do the things I do.”
“But who do I trust you are? The guy who is out there doing those violent things or the guy cuddling up to me in bed?”
“I’m both. It’s all me, but I don’t think anyone knows this part of me. I’ll still get blood on my hands in my life. I can guarantee it, but not yours.”
“We’re back to gross, but sweet.”
“I think that’s what you are agreeing to with me.”
“What if I’m agreeing to nothing with you?”
He grinned, closing his eyes again. “Then you are going to have one pissed off stalker.”
“Not fair.”
“Not at all.”
“I want a lot with you, Rook. I think I can handle the good with the bad.”
“You think so?”
“It’s definitely a think so,” I said, laughing as he pulled me in closer.
“I’ll take it,” he whispered before drifting back to sleep.
Thirty-One
Rook
Ipaced the garage. The pack sat in front of me, sprawled out around the office.
“What the fuck does it all mean?” I asked.
“If something happened at the warehouse that night, we saw no sign of it,” Hero said.
“Then who the fuck is Candy?” I asked, shoving a hand through my hair. “We really didn’t find anything else about her in the office?”
“Nope. Nothing on his computer, either,” Evie said. “Although, with how clean it is, I’m thinking the more important things are on his office computer.”
“Which would make sense if he worries about Regan snooping,” Aiden added.
“I don’t think he worries about that at all now,” I said. “Why would he be meeting with Asher and Cross? Cross obviously still wants our help, so it’s not like he’s taking our business.”
“Maybe he’s trying to?” Mason asked, getting up to walk around with me. “If he wants an in with them, it’s a good route to take. We help them, but they don’t rule over us. A win-win. IfCameron heard about us, maybe he saw how good of a position it is to be in.”
I could feel the rage and anxiety climbing. “If Cameron really thinks he’s going to take over our business, he’s dead before he even has a chance.”
Aiden leaned forward, resting his arms on his legs. “What about revenge and those grand plans?”
“Fuck revenge in that case. We kill him before he gets too close.”
“Won’t your new girl be a little mad about you killing her dad for business purposes?” Hero asked.
