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Quickly, Rose stirs awake at my feet, her eyes slowly opening. It’s not like she’s dead.
“Fucking asshole,” she rasps. A hand comes to massage her throat as she tries to sit up. Instantly, I put a foot against her chest, stopping her movement. I don’t put too much weight on it, but enough that she struggles for a little bit until she ultimately gives up.
A long huff leaves her body, and she lies flat on the floor. “Don’t go silent on me, Sam.”
I smirk down at her, staying silent.
“Lik and I just had an amazing heart-to-heart,” she continues. “I can’t believe you never told him how you mourned your mom.”
I press a little harder against her chest and ignore her attempt at riling me up. “You’re going to get up and go to your new room. It’s late, go to bed. And before you fall asleep, make sure to run through your head all the ways I’ll torture you if you ever put a finger on my boyfriend again.”
I let go, and she takes her time to get up. I hadn’t realized she hit her head when she fell to the floor, but a small bump is showing just below her hairline. I bite the inside of my cheeks, not liking it at all. That and her previous words force a memory of my late mother through my mind.
I crack my neck and indicate the hallway with a death stare.
She leaves for her room, not without a final taunting look at Lik. I can’t help wondering if she’s going to pick the guest bedroom…or my old one. A vision of her sleeping under my sheets, leaving her scent everywhere, flashes behind my eyes. I see her long, naked legs showing from under the covers, her cheek against the pillow as she sleeps on her front. Her long hair splaying around her and her bare shoulders waiting for my marks.
Too.
Far.
You want her dead. You want her dead, I repeat to myself.
I run my knuckles along my jaw as my gaze settles on Lik. I love this man, and I shouldn’t be thinking of a naked Rose in my bed.
I take the few steps that separate us and put a hand on his ear. It’s stopped bleeding, but he’s covered in it. He hisses when I touch it.
“You angered her,” I scold him.
His gaze lowers, and I leave it for now. I go to the bathroom for my first aid kit. In the hallway, I can’t ignore the light coming from under my old bedroom. She picked my room. Not the guest bedroom. The door is slightly ajar, and my heart pinches. She still can’t close the door when she’s on her own. It takes all of me not to go in.
I patch Lik up. Stitching his earlobe and realizing it’s not as bad as I thought. He sits silently on a bar stool, facing to the side.
“Why?” I ask.
He shrugs, making a head movement and forcing me to pause my healing gestures.
“Why did you make her angry when I told you that’s not what we wanted.”
“She’s unbearable,” he finally admits. “She doesn’t listen, she doesn’t bend, she only does as she pleases. It was driving me insane.”
“Well.” I give him a terse nod that he can’t see since he’s facing the rest of the room. “Don’t do it again. Because if she comes close to a gun and I’m not around. You’re dead.”
He scoffs. “I can defend myself. I’m not helpless, she just took me by surprise.”
That’s the problem with her, she always takes you by surprise.
I remain silent for a couple of minutes, thinking of what Rose said, of the time they had together. I know Lik doesn’t like when I take too long to contemplate in serious situations, but I need to think of my next words. I run my knuckles against my jaw before talking.
“You’re angry at me,” I finally say calmly, knowing there’s a storm coming.
“No shit!” he explodes. He jumps off the chair and paces away from me. “You said you didn’t spend time together. You said you were childhood friends and that you weren’t close when you found her again. Youlied.”
I take in his words, staying silent for too long.
“You lied,” he repeats. “She’s been here before. She knows you inside out, Sam. Every part of your life, every place you’ve lived, every detail you think you can hide, she knows them all.”
“If you don’t lower your voice, she’ll hear you. Stop showing her your weaknesses.”
