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But Leo wasn’t so sure. “Is there another guy we don’t know about?”
Hunter’s gaze met Leo’s, resolutely responding, “There is nobody.”
He was emotional, so perhaps he was just overreacting, but, “I got punished for not fucking a chick at a brothel. He wanted me to move on from Skye…Seemed to think if I got inside a girl, I’d stop obsessing.”
“You said no.”
“Yeah.”
“That’s why he took you to that place…”
Leo felt lightheaded. “They’re trafficking women, Hunt…”
Hunter’s face cooled. “And you call whatI’min acult.”
Leo paused. He felt defeated. Confused. “Warlords are just as sick,” he lamely replied.
“Yeah, but at least weremovethe binds, Leo. We don’t hurt women.”
“My dad doesn’t have his fingers in that side of business—and I’d never do that even if he did—”
“Are you sure?”
Leo frowned. “I wouldnever.”
“What if you had no choice?”
“I said no to him, Hunt. I looked him in the eye and told him he had no control over what I do with my body—”
“So what?”
Leo let out a hard laugh. “I fucking told himno! And he couldn’t control me. You don’t know what that feels like. It feels…like I can break free, like I can…do what the fuck I want now, and I don’t answer to that asshole.”
“Watch your mouth, brother,” Hunter replied. “You’re not sounding like a gentleman when you’re swearing like a pirate.”
Leo let out a laugh, and Hunter smirked. “All I’m saying is…next time he tries to force me to go back there, I’m going to tell him no. I’m going to fight him, Hunt. Then who knows? Maybe one day I can…”
“Can what?”
“I don’t know…Take over? Force him out? I just…I feel different, like everything isn’t as bleak as it was.”
“Are you sure about that?” Hunter wondered. “You were falling apart hours ago, man—”
“I know, I know…” Leo’s eyes softened as he stared at Hunter. “But you helped me up. You saved me.”
Hunter looked away, peering across the room. In a quiet voice, he said, “You know I’m always here for you.”
Leo knew. “No matter what, Hunt?”
Hunt stiffened a nod. “No matter what.”
He let out a calm breath, feeling hopeful now. “What about Skye?”
“She comes to us when she’s ready.”
“You sound so patient…”
Hunter’s face fell, and he ran a hand through his shaggy black hair. “I’m not patient, Leo. I want to touch her. I want to kiss her.Fuckher. I wonder what she looks like coming. I wonder what she’d sound like—what she tastes like. I’m coming apart, too, but…I’d rather wait for her than fuck around with someone that doesn’t mean anything to me, and…God, they wanted me to fuck around, too.”
