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That night when I couldn't sleep, still wound up from the fight–and probably the amazing sex too–I found myself slipping out of bed with her. I had to climb over Stellan and Remy, and as I climbed over Remy, he put his arm around my waist and tried to snuggle me. I was pretty sure he thought I was Aurora, but it was Remy so I wasn't one hundred percent certain. Even asleep, he might try to fuck with me.
I finally made it out, and walked into the living room in my boxers.
Cain was still up, leaning against the penthouse windows, still sipping his whiskey. I wasn't sure how he drank so much and yet never showed any impact; Cain never seemed to get drunk, never seemed to lose control.
"Can't sleep?" he asked.
"Yeah. You too?"
"There's something coming." He stared out moodily at the city lights spread at our feet, and the window reflected back his face. "Alexander will make another play soon."
"Do you think he'll come for Aurora?" Something inside me turned to ice at the words. I would dismantle Alexander one day for what he did to my mom. I wasn't against moving up my timeline.
I hoped Cain wasn't too attached to his father. I didn't want to fuck up the thing between the five of us, which was the most precious relationship I'd had since I was a kid.
But I couldn't let Alexander walk around with all his blood in his body for very long.
It was only Aurora's need that kept me under control.
Cain turned to me, his eyes icy blue and serious. "He might. But we'll be ready for him. We always have been. We knew this would come some day...my father was never going to pass control over to me."
I nodded, feeling the weight of his words. The four of us had always been there for each other, in every situation. We had each other's backs, no matter what.
But something about the way Cain said "we'll be ready" made me feel like he was plotting. Like he was planning something big.
He wasn't ready to talk about it, whatever it was. I'd keep an eye on him.
"I want to get something for Aurora," I said.
Cain snorted. "Good fucking luck. I bought her a car and the girl was distinctly unimpressed."
"You bought her something expensive and unemotional," I corrected. "Aurora doesn't give a fuck about expensive things."
"It's annoying." Cain turned back to the city below. "And it makes me want to buy her the world."
"We will," I said. "We'll make you the head of your father's crime syndicate. We'll get Remy's fortune back. I'll fight my way into being a multimillionaire. Stellan's being scouted for the pros."
Cain shook his head, and I knew what he was thinking: Stellan couldn't leave us. I couldn’t imagine the security would ever be tight enough given the target on his back. Not until we had taken care of Alexander.
Most of all, we couldn't have Stellan leave because of what it would do to Aurora. We hadn't talked about it yet, but sooner or later, we would have to.
"We won't just buy her the world," I added, knowing Cain worried about the same shit we did. "We'll make it safe for her."
"Damn right," Cain said.
"But for right now," I said. "I know what she wants."
"What's that?" Cain asked.
"Chocolate. She always wants chocolate." There was a fancy chocolatier in the city.
"You are not going out on a fucking errand to get her a gift right now," Cain warned. "We've got to stay together. You can try to outmaneuver us to win her over another day."
I scoffed. "I don't have to try to win her over. You're a closed-off asshole; I actually talk to her."
Cain quirked an eyebrow. "I think you and Remy and Stellan all overestimate how cute you are when you chatter."
"Anyway, I'm not going anywhere. I'm having it delivered. Is that alright with you, your majesty?"
