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“God damn it, June.” Simon stands from the bed so suddenly I accidentally flinch. His demeanor immediately shifts and he lowers his voice. “I’m so sorry.” Simon drops to his knees next to the mattress and stares up at me, his hands reaching up toward me but not landing on their target. “I’d never hurt you; you need to know this.”
“I…” My heart pounds wildly and I’m not entirely sure which of the many things going on it’s from. “I believe you.” And I’m telling the truth, because Simon has never given me a reason to doubt him. Not once has he proven to be a liar. Maybe he was a little deceptive in the very beginning but it was more him being cryptic than him lying.
“They’ll come around eventually, love. And if they don’t…I’ll always be here for you. No matter what. Even if you never feel the same, I’m not going anywhere.” He flits his gaze behind him, at my door. “But I do need to get out of here before one of them appears and decapitates me.”
I softly smile and inch my hand toward him. I rest my fingers just along his, our skin barely touching. “Will you do something for me?” I shouldn’t ask him for anything, but I cannot resist the allure of the adrenaline rush the night out with him gave me.
“Anything.”
“Can we have another night like last night? You and me.”
Simon pulls his left hand back and runs it through his hair, leaving the other one next to mine. “We almost got caught. That could have been bad.”
"But we didn't." I continue to push the boundaries and wrap my index finger around his.
He draws in a breath and sighs. “You’re killing me.”
“Please.”
He studies our interlocked fingers, and I can’t help but wonder what’s going through his mind and if it’s the same thing that’s on mine.
“I’ll think about it, okay?”
I let out a squeal. “Thank you, thank you, thank you.”
Simon shakes his head and stands. “God damn you’re cute.”
Just moments ago, I got a text from both Magnus and Dom about arranging dates for this week, my excitement for that nowhere near the thrill of Simon possibly taking me somewhere dangerous again.
10
MAGNUS
Ikind of want to murder Dominic.
I mean, it would make thingsso muchfucking easier.
I wouldn’t have to lie to June. I wouldn’t have to suffer through the wrath of disappointing her, letting her down.
I could speak freely, the way I want to, and she wouldn’t be left in the dark, questioning things left and right.
And honestly, I don’t fucking blame her. I would, too. We went from a solid and inseparable unit to this detached shit show that keeps her at an arm’s length. I want nothing more than to pull her into our darkness, not because I want to put her in danger, but because she can handle it. Hell, she very well could even help us navigate our way through this shit storm that is consuming our life right now.
Maybe she’d even cut us a little slack and understandwhywe’re so occupied with business dealings. But how can she understand anything when Dom insists on keeping her in the dark?
But, killing Dom would create a nightmare itself. Our entire organization would crumble beneath us and we'd lose the minimal hold we currently have. He is the glue and without him, things would absolutely fall apart.
Plus, June is in love with him, and I can’t imagine she’d take too kindly to me murdering one of her boyfriends.
I don’t exactly hate the guy, either.
He just gets on my fucking nerves from time to time.
Coen isn’t any better. He’s the first to want to hide things from her like it’ll somehow shield her from the threats if she doesn’t know about them. Part of me thinks that he truly believes if he avoids telling her, maybe it’ll stop the bad thing from happening.
That’s not how these kinds of things work, and the longer we harbor this secret, the more damage it does. To her, to me—tous.
Hell, Dom doesn’t even want to inform Beckett, who spends the majority of each day protecting the girl we all love. He’s too insecure that it’ll cause Beckett to doubt his authority and give him an opportunity to steal the throne from him.
