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"You were very lucky," Massimo rumbles. "She missed your heart.
"She wasn’t aiming for it," I retort.
Silence descends as the guys glance at me.
"You sure of that?" Sebastian drawls, "because from where I was standing, she sure seemed to be aiming to kill."
"To injure, at the very least," I agree, "but did she want to kill me?" I raise a shoulder, "I am not so sure."
"So why send her to the basement?" Christian frowns.
"Why not?"
"Because she’s your wife?" Xander offers.
"And she stabbed me."
"As you said, she wasn’t aiming for your heart," he retorts. "In fact, the wound isn’t that deep; you’ve lost blood but you’ll recover."
"She attacked me in front of the Don," I say steadily. "I don’t need him seeing me as weak, no matter that it was my own wife who took a dagger to me."
"Bullshit." Xander scowls, "Since when do you let father steer your actions?" He prowls over to me, "No Mika, you are up to something else here."
I look him and down, "Are you going to tell me how I am supposed to treat my wife?"
Xander hesitates, "I don’t presume to tell you anything,fratellone." He murmurs, "I am merely pointing out that she is entitled to basic human rights."
"Is she though, after what she did?" I hold his gaze steadily and he glances away.
"I know you are angry, and I am not condoning what she did," he murmurs. "Still she is a woman, and she is the one you love…"
"Love?" I chuckle aloud, "You really think I am in love with her?"
"Why else would you marry her?"
I open my mouth to protest and Xander holds up his hand. "The way you look at her, Mika," his gaze softens, "it’s the glance of a man obsessed."
"Obsessed with ensuring that I get the respect that is due to me from my own wife." I bare my teeth, "And that is the last I will entertain on this issue."
Xander hesitates, and Christian walks over to him. He claps a hand on Xander’s shoulder, "Let the Capo handle this the way he thinks best."
Xander scowls at him, "You are a harsh man, but you are not heartless, Mika."
I tilt my head. "Not looking for a character reference." I glance around the assembled faces. "And that’s the last I will entertain in this regard, do I make myself clear?"
The rest of them keep silent.
"Do I?"
They nod. "Yes,fratel—Capo,"Sebastian replies.
"Yes, Capo." Christian adds.
"You got it, Capo." Massimo rumbles.
Xander draws in a breath. I hold his gaze and he nods. "As you wish," he says stiffly.
"Good." I walk over to where she had dropped the knife, then scoop it up. I wipe it on my shirt then slide it back into the sheath at my waist. "When does the doctor get here?" I glance at Christian.
