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“Sure, if we want to have the entire fucking world turn against us, then yes, we could just let you kill everyone,” Dominik cut in.
It was the first time he’d seemed angry today, and I grinned.
“All right then, how do you propose I keep Ekaterina away for long enough?”
Aleksei rolled his eyes. “Figure it out. You convinced her to stay at your house—I’m sure you can think of something.”
That would be harder than he thought. Ekaterina possessed many qualities, but patience wasn’t one of them. If she was already suspicious, she wasn’t going to sit still and be backed into a corner.
No, my little lion was going to fight until her last breath, and that alone made her extraordinary. She was fierce, brave with no filter. It irritated me from time to time, though it was mostly because I couldn’t tame her.
It had taken me a while to understand Ekaterina was untamable. Yet, for whatever reason, I’d allowed her to tame me. But it was a dangerous game we were playing. If she wanted out, the only way for either of us was death. And not even that could keep us apart.
“On another note”—Aleksei shifted the subject, eyes glued on mine—“I might need you to act as my bodyguard for the celebration.”
I quirked a brow, amused. “Are you sure you have enough money to pay me?”
“Fuck off.”
I laughed. “Fine, fine. I’ll do it, but if your sister escapes and comes, I’m ditching you to be by her side, and I’m keeping the money.”
“I wouldn’t expect anything else.”
Dominik’s eyes danced between his brother and me, then, with a low sigh, he turned to Aleksei, as passive as ever. “I have a proposition, but before you say no, listen carefully.”
“No,” he said almost immediately. “I know what you’re thinking. I thought about it too. No way in hell I’m allowing that to happen.”
I cleared my throat. “Any of you willing to share with the class what you’re talking about?”
“No,” the brothers said in unison.
I was starting to get pissed off—my gut feeling told me it had something to do either with me or their little sister.
They simply stared at each other. They were having a silent war, though their endgame seemed to be the same.
After a while, I grew bored of them killing each other with their eyes. Aleksei was the first to look away and focused all of his attention on me. His shoulders were rigid, and his lips were as thin as a piece of paper.
“We have a proposition for you.” He cleared his throat and added, “Well, Dominik has a proposition. I want to make it known I’m against it.”
“Go on,” I urged.
Dominik’s deep glare was focused on me as he spoke slowly. “How would you feel about marrying our sister?”
The only thing I could do was laugh. After all, that was the endgame I had for Kaya—I didn’t need their permission to do so. Yet I was intrigued as to what had brought this on, and as they began to elaborate, I felt another piece of the puzzle fall into place.
Because if Kaya married me, it would no longer matter that I’d been hired to kill her.
She was going to stay by my side until our last breaths. And being with me guaranteed protection better than any queen had. No one ever dared to mess with something that belonged to me—they knew they would never get away with it.
With a slight chuckle, I gave them my answer. “I’d be thrilled.”
Ekaterina was waiting for me in the living room. She had a random horror movie on, a bowl of popcorn in her hands. Her bare feet were on the coffee table and her hair was braided. I took a sharp intake of breath, my cock stirring in my pants at the sight of her wearing my clothes. My shirt, my sweatpants.
“What are you watching?” I asked as I slid into the room. She wasn’t paying attention to me, and I was growing more and more angry.
“Just a random movie,” she explained. “It’s not really that scary. It’s definitely gory, but I’m used to seeing blood. Where have you been today?”
“I should be the one asking you that,” I retorted quickly. “Where were you?”
