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Seb quickly follows his lead. “So you say this was all your fault, Princess?” he mutters. “I guess that means you need punishing for your actions.”
“Jesus fucking Christ, are you all going to go and—”
“See you later, man,” I add continuing on my previous mission to get Brianna alone.
“You can keep Rhea company,” I call over my shoulder.
“Motherfuckers,” he spits right before I march into a room and swing the door closed behind us.
Brianna doesn’t so much as flinch as I walk her into the bathroom.
“Babe,” I whisper, lowering her to the counter between the double basins.
She shakes her head and clings on to me. The move makes my heart hurt in the best possible way, but I can’t focus on that right now. She needs me, and I fully intend on being everything and more than she thinks she requires.
“Trust me, I really don’t want you to let go either. But I need to get you in the shower. You’re—”
“He was going to hurt Calli and Rhea,” she blurts, her voice choked with emotion.
My entire body freezes at the thought of anyone laying a hand on my sister and cousin.
“I-I… I just reacted. Stella and Emmie… they w-w-were—” a pained sob cuts off her words, and I finally manage to pull her face from my neck.
Cupping her blood-stained cheeks in my palms, I stare down into her eyes.
“You did so good, babe. So fucking good,” I assure her.
Tears spill over, dropping down and running over my own dirty fingers.
“Stella… she opened the door,” she tries to explain quietly.
“It’s okay, Siren. It’s over.”
At my words, her eyes brighten a little, and for the first time since we walked in, I actually feel like she’s seeing me.
“You’re hurt,” she breathes, brushing her thumb gently over my aching cheek. If I haven’t already got glowing bruises on it, then I’ve no doubt I will have by morning. That fucker Enzo has got some serious power behind him. I guess I should just be grateful that he steered clear of my nose.
“I’m okay,” I promise her. “I’ve done worse to myself recently,” I confess, referencing last weekend. “Your shoulder?”
“I’m fine.”
I nod as relief rushes through me. If one of those men had hurt her, hurt what’s mine, then I’m not sure I’d be able to hold myself back from going out there to finish the job the girls started.
Leaning forward, I rest my brow against hers, letting my hands drop to her shoulders, hating that her entire body is trembling. Her tear-filled eyes hold mine for a beat before her lids lower, cutting off our connection.
“Don’t hide from me, Bri. Not tonight,” I beg. “I-I need you, and I think… I think you might just need me too.”
Silence falls between us, and I have no choice but to try and prepare myself for her rejection.
But thankfully, when her eyes open again, I don’t find that she’s shut down and ready to send me away. It’s the opposite, and I breathe a massive sigh of relief before she says, “Wash it off me, Nico. I need it gone.”
“You got it, babe. Arms up.”
Releasing her, I wrap my fingers around the hem of her t-shirt and drag it up her body. Her crop top goes next, before I lift her from the counter and shove her cotton pyjama bottoms and knickers to her ankles, leaving her deliciously naked for me.
Naked and covered in our enemy’s blood.
I keep my thoughts about how fucking hot that is to myself for now. Something tells me she wouldn’t appreciate the sentiment.
