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“It’s not time for this right now.” Nato shook his head once, calling me out for bringing this up at the wrong and very public time. Shit, he was right. Why hadn’t I shared my thoughts when we were in the bathroom?I knew the answer to that but I refused to acknowledge it.
I’d seen the weight of responsibility grinding down on his shoulders and thought with my little head instead of my big one. I was no better than a man.
I accepted my flaws, it was part of self-awareness.
Shaking my head to dislodge the random thoughts, I caught Egan sending me a questioning look. “Sorry. Rogue commentary in my brain.”
He huffed a laugh but didn’t say anything. Thank God. The fear of the unknown combined with the constant pressure of being the Mazza was making me crazy. I’d rather they suspected than knew what kind of lunatic they had in their bed.
“Thank God,” Cabbie ran over to us on black stiletto heels as we neared the dining hall. “Doll, what the hell? You can’t play political games under cloak and dagger looking like a washed-up alley cat dressed you.” He shook his head and pursed his generous lips to the side. “Seriously, Yunez? You have me and the Cherries here.Use us,”he pleaded.
Turning away, he stalked toward the entrance, throwing his arms open to signal the guards to open the doors.
“If you would like, my love, I will call Cabbie in next time to dress you,” Yunez whispered out of the corner of his mouth.
All I could manage was a grimace. I did not want the worlds impression of me to be a sex toy wielding, floss wearing diva. I’d already succumbed to sex toy wielder. That was where I drew the line. No matter how much I loved them, that look just wasn’t for me.
“Wade, lover. Yunez, his Mazza, and their lusty legion have arrived!” Cabbie stepped to the side and bowed with a flourish.
The Mannos were so used to our ridiculous name by now that they didn’t even twitch in surprise, they merely tucked their chins in respect as we entered the hall.
Who I assumed was Wade, stood in the center of the room, surrounded by a small entourage of men and women, with his head canted and his brow furrowed.
I got it. It was unusual. I doubted the other Mazzas had named their harems, but I loved that we had one. It made us seem solid.
If I was right, Wade was of medium height. Brilliant blonde hair, light blue eyes. The picture of what you’d imagine for the boy next door - if that boy was in his mid-twenties.
There was a softness about him. Something kind, and I saw now why Yunez would have reached out to him over Toste.
Wade first zeroed in on Yunez, then moved immediately to me, and his eyes widened even as the rest of his slender body froze.
We stopped a few feet short of him, and from this distance he didn’t appear to be breathing.
I’d grudgingly gotten somewhat used to the stares of adoration, of hope that came from the Mannos and other workers here. But Wade’s stare unsettled me.
He wasn’t looking at me as if I was going to save the world. He looked at me as if he’d seen a ghost.
Suddenly,he stumbled forward, throwing his arms around me.
Egan growled, accompanied by a host of other male sounds that showed their displeasure.
Shocked, I held my arms out to the side as this new and strange man sobbed into my shoulder. His tears wet my skin like a warm summer rain, and his bright joy soaked into my skin.
I frantically searched out Yunez, but he stood off to the side with a slight frown on his lips, his gaze was distant, searching threads. Whatever he was seeing brought a deep groove between his brows before it disappeared on a sigh. He blinked and smiled at me with a soft happiness.
Weird.
But we always knew Yunez was the odd squirrel.
“I don’t know you, but I do,” Wade whispered against my neck.
“I don’t know you at all.” Was that regret in my voice? Hell, he was just so nice that I couldn’t bring myself to think of him as the creeper he was being right now. What I would have liked, was an explanation.
“You will. I promise, you will.”
Sage stalked around to stand next to Yunez and crossed his arms. “That better not be another past fuck buddy,” he gritted out.I flipped him off behind Wade’s back.
“He is not. He is, however, a missing piece of Isolde’s past,” Yunez shrugged good naturedly, like all was fucking well in the world.
