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He gets up and stands closer to the bars, his chest practically touching them when he breathes. “Perks of the job include being able to live in the same compound as Rosalind. Seeing her every day. I might even let you fuck her as a Christmas bonus.”
I’m on him in a split second, grabbing the back of his neck through the bars and hitting his head against them. Once. Twice.
I stay silent as I slide my other hand around his throat. His bloody smile pisses me off, and he doesn’t even defend himself. He doesn’t need to since three armed men rush in with their guns pointed at my head. I let him go and take a step back.
He dusts off his suit and wipes some blood running down his nose.
“I guess I’ll let you think about it.”
“If you fucking touch her,” I shout at his retreating back, “you’ll experience first-hand how great of a killer I am!”
The three gunmen stay another minute before retreating.
I don’t even have anything here to throw against the wall in anger. All I can do is pull at my hair and try not to go insane.
I still haven’t sat down nor stopped pacing when the door opens again. I don’t know what time or day it is. It feels like I’ve been here for weeks, yet it can’t have been more than a day.
My heart stops when I see Rose walk in. I practically plaster myself against the bars.
“Lovebug,” I call out.
It must be nighttime because she’s only wearing a thin, black satin nightie. My left hand tightens around the bar I’m holding.
She runs her hands through her hair, cracks her neck, and approaches me carefully. She’s hesitant, almost reluctant.
“You got caught,” she says. “Again.”
I nod. “Trying to save you. Again.”
She shakes her head at me and her eyes dart around the room.
“Is it safe for you to be down here? Don’t get in trouble for me.”
“I’m here for me,” she bites back, and I know she’s mad at me for taking Bianco’s contract.
“It was for a good reason, Rose. I didn’t do it to betray you.”
“What, like when you went on record in his favor?”
“Yes, exactly like that,” I snap. “Foryou. Because everything I fucking do is for you.”
“It’s his dirty money. His…disgusting, sick reasons. You know why he wants the brothers dead. Because they tookme.Because he wants me for himself. None of this was out of your own volition. You were doing his dirty work like you always have.”
“Or maybe I’m using his money for my own revenge. Just look at it from my point of view. Not his.”
“Why don’t any of you look at it frommypoint of view,” she rages in an angry whisper.
“What do you want from me? Bloody hell, look at me.” But she doesn’t. So I shout, “Look at me!”
She startles and finally turns to me. “Do you think I’d be here? Do you think I would have put myself in this position again if it wasn’t for you? I risked my relationship with the man I love, my life, your opinion of me,everything.Just to find you. Just to bring you back. Just to have at least the tiniest chance at you loving me.”
She takes a step toward me, and I could reach for her if I wanted to. But I don’t.
“What do you want, Rose? I can’t kill Bianco, he’s in prison. He’s protected. But you know, if I could, he’d be six feet under. You know I would give you his head on a platter.”
I push myself closer against the bars. “I can’t, okay? I know you’ve put me in this heroic role.” I shake my head at her, feeling like I failed her yet again. “But I’m human, and there is only so much I can do to keep you safe and avenge you. I promise I will spend the rest of my life doing just that if only you see this whole situation how I see it. I’m locked in Viktor Volkov’s fucking basement. I got caught for the second time by the Wolves. Just so I could try and save you. Just…don’t let me go, please. This is all for you.”
She puts herself against the bars and I grab her waist until the metal is useless against our need to be close to one another. She goes on her toes and pushes her mouth against mine. I grab the back of her head and keep her tight against me as our tongues mix and practically tear a moan out of me.
