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He pulls a face, his eyes going to the windows that overlook the city. “I don’t like it.”
“You’re not invited to have an opinion,” she replies.
“I don’t like it,” he repeats, “but I can see it has some merit in it. Charlotte won’t want you if you’re already married.”
“No, but she might lose her fucking mind because you got married,” Elena says. When all eyes slide towards her, she holds her hands up. “I don’t want to put a dampener on things, but your mother isn’t exactly used to being defied. You do this, she’s going to hit back. Hard.”
“Elena’s right,” Zeke says.
“Would you prefer she cart our sister off in the middle of the night and force her to marry some old prick?” Luke responds.
“No, but this does seem a little fucking extreme.”
“At least she loves him going into this shit. We had no idea with our wives.”
Zeke gestures in a come-hither motion to me. “I want to talk. In private.”
Aurelia’s hold on me tightens. “No,” she says instantly.
“It’s okay,” I tell her, extraditing myself from her. She tries to keep hold of me, shaking her head.
“Don’t,” she urges.
“I won’t be long.” I kiss the top of her head as I follow Zeke into the control room. His brothers trail after us.
As soon as the door is shut, I brace for them to attack. Zeke wraps his fingers around my throat and pushes me back against the wall. “I trusted you with her.”
“I know,” I say.
“Why her? Of all the fucking women in the world you could have loved, why her?”
“Why Bailey?”
He grinds his teeth. “That’s different.”
“Is it? You took her from her family and fell in love. I’m not trying to keep Aurelia.”
“What is your fucking objective here?” Kane demands. “And don’t say you fucking love her after such a short time together.”
“When did you realise you had feelings for Elena?” I shift my shoulders when he doesn’t answer. “Sometimes you just know. It’s not what you want to hear, but it’s the truth.”
Kane slams his fist into the wall. I meet his gaze as he shakes his hand out, the knuckles bleeding.
“You’re lucky she clearly likes you,” Kane says. “You hurt a single hair on her head, and I’ll end your pathetic life.”
“Now that that’s settled,” Luke says, rubbing his hands together, “does anyone know a priest?”
“I know a registrar we can use.”
“This is fucking insanity,” Zeke snaps.
“It’s going to be weeks before we are ready to challenge our parents,” Kane says. “I don’t like this plan either but that’s a lot of time for Aurelia to be snatched. I won’t risk her. I’ll make some calls.”
He leaves the room. Luke pats Zeke’s shoulder. “She’s not a kid anymore.”
“Isn’t she? She’s nineteen.”
“I was barely older than her when I was married to Sariah.”
