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He came to me, found his way to me when I needed him the most and he stayed. He knew what I needed and he made sure I got it. Whatever he wants from me, I will always give it freely because I owe him my life.
Somehow, he seems to believe the same in return.
“For my woman, the world will be brought to its knees,” he whispers in my ear and I shiver.
Strangely, in the back of my mind I actually believe he could make that happen. Then it dawns on me...something I didn’t register before. Revenge called me Addie when he met me. But...I never told him my name.
Epilogue
Revenge –ONE YEAR LATER
Looking out at the gloomy weather outside my office window, I frown. The meeting with two other karl’s is wrapping up and the formalities have been dealt with and they’re asking me whether they’ll ever get the chance to meet my wife.
Meet the girl who carries my last name and is a mobster’s woman but only in the dark. Officially she still thinks she’s a mere milkmaid, still thinks I’m nothing but sweetness and gentleness because that’s the only side of me she knows. I’ve told her I work for an organization but she doesn’t know what organization.
It frustrates the hell out of me that she doesn’t know the real me or what I’ve done for her. I want her eyes to light up when she realizes the brutality in her man. The brutality he unleashes only for her. I grind my jaw, my eyes firing at the karl’s.
“And why exactly do you want to meet my wife. There’s nothing I’ll let you say to her.”
Other than hello and goodbye.
“Its common practice being introduced to the brothers wives.”
Yeah, it is common but my case is different and I feel a flash of anger. They glance at each other before getting up and they leave my office. I rub my forehead in annoyance. Truth is, I want my brothers to meet her and I don’t want to hide. Throughout the year I’ve drawn satisfaction from keeping Addie hidden away on the farm, never coming into contact with a mobster and no mobster other than me has come in contact with her.
But it’s unpractical. Unpractical because my work is in the city and I have to leave her at the countryside. It would have been mind blowing if she had been here with me at the compound and I could have her within my reach whenever I wanted to. There’s an entire floor saved for us. All the brothers in higher positions live at the compound. Except me and my family.
My eyes go to the photo I have of Addie on my desk and even a simple photo makes a shock electrocute through me. Great. Now my body needs her more than ever and I rise with a hard on the size of Everest and I rub my neck in annoyance.
About to leave, I’m distracted by my phone ringing and I click on speaker.
“Mr. Fenrir, there’s been complications,” a soldier of mine grinds. Those are the exact words I never want to hear in my life and I fill with dread. In my fury I swipe my hand over my desk, causing my computer and supplies to fly.
I’m struck by images of Addie lying in a ditch or Addie grocery shopping and being approached by a man and I bellow,
“What complications!”
“It’s not what you think. Mrs. Fenrir’s unharmed. She’s just closer than you think.”
Closer than I think?
“She’s by the compound gates.”
“What?” My brows curve and I clench the phone. “How the fuck did that happen? Why didn’t you stop her?”
The soldier watches Addie while I’m not around. He protects her at a distance and reports to me about her day afterward. It’s a safety precaution and I’d never allowed another male watching if it wasn’t necessary.
“You said you’d rip out my intestines if I ever touched her unless she was in danger.”
Fuck, I did say that.
I hang up.
Energy ripples through my body as I walk out to the courtyard and my eyes zone in on Addie. She’s standing by the gates, her hands clutched around the bars and she’s dressed in a simple dress and a pair of clogs because she refuses to wear heels. A scarf holds her long hair together and my heart tears into pieces at the sight of her.
Her eyes are transfixed on the mansion, taking in the towers, the intricate and overly dramatic architecture and she gasps when she notices me coming. She doesn’t look at me the way she used to. Now there’s a sheen to her eyes that wasn’t there before.
“Lamb, what are you doing here?” I say gently, scowling at one of the guards who was about to walk over and give Addie a check. “Where’s the baby?”
