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The feel of her, her scent, her voice, her essence are in every pore of my body working its way through me more lethal and faster than any poison.
I didn’t even need time to get to know her. Serenity got me locked down with one glance from those bright green eyes. I became hers from that cursed first night and I acted like I wanted her to be mine because I do.
But with all the obvious problems aside, I’m lying to her.
How I loathe lies, yet I’ve become the biggest lying piece of shit I know.
I might not have outrightly lied about anything with regards to who I am, but I’m lying like a motherfucker by omitting to tell her the truth.
Just because I answered her questions about the mafia doesn’t absolve me from anything and I won’t cling to that as any form of exoneration.
Keeping that vital information from her about how I plan to dole out punishment to her father for how he’s wronged me makes that a lie most dangerous to me and to her.
And why am I doing this to myself?
What for?
To feel alive in the world of the dead?
To feel my heart beating instead of the void?
To give my darkness the light she shines on me?
All of it.
It’s all of it. I still want it all and maybe I want it because being alive makes me feel like a man who can have the life and dream I once thought I’d have.
Maybe a small part of me is also clinging onto the fact that her father is a liar too.
Serenity was stunned to silence to hear that I was part of the Bratva. But what would she do if she knew that her father is too?
The man is literally under me in the chain of command and technically speaking my second in command.
That motherfucker is a mafia boss masking as a government official. As far as I know, none of his family members or friends are aware. It’s a well-hidden secret even I give him credit for.
I get to the second floor and the club music pours into the stairwell. I stop and look out onto the dance floor where the ghost of her is still there dancing and waiting for me.
But now that I know what it feels like to dance with her and join with her body, I see myself there too amongst the crowd. The image makes me want her again.
I kept her with me all day. We were together right up until the last moment when I knew I had to head to the club and meet Virgo, and she needed to go home before her guard started poking around to see where she was.
At least luck is on our side when it comes to that because her guard, Miko, is easy on her. Sneaking around at night is easier than the daytime because the clever fucker has a side business he wants to keep under wraps.
Still, I have to be careful.
Alerting him to my presence at the princesses apartment is the last thing I need. So is this secret pact we’ve made to keep seeing each other.
I look away from the dancefloor and continue up the stairs, composing myself before I reach Virgo.
He’ll be the first to know something is up with me and as he’s already on to me about Serenity I don’t want to give him any more ammunition.
When I get to the top of the stairs, I walk down the hallway ahead. I can see the door to our office is already opened. Virgo probably got here a few hours ago.
He was meeting with a few of our clients. Tonight he’s covering Risqué while I’m here. I have meetings later with some of our more high profile clients who like the privacy and safety we offer.
I walk in the office and find him standing by the window. His back is turned to me as he stares out at the Boston skyline vivid and alive before us with a beautiful view of the city.
I used to miss that view when I was locked away. That view was one of the first things I liked about this club. I wanted our office to be in this room because of it. So did he.
