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“Val?” King’s voice fills the space.
Dom closes his fingers around my wrist as I step around him so his bulk isn’t blocking King’s view of me.
“Uh, hi.” I put on my brightest smile.
King smiles back at me. “What’s—”
Then Dominic turns so we’re standing side by side, still holding my wrist, and King’s smile disappears.
Oh god, he’s not gonna take this well.
“King.” I hold up my free hand. “This is—”
“What the fuck are you doing in my house?” King’s voice booms through the space.
I start to stumble back a step. I’ve never heard King so loud before. But Dom slides his grip up my arm to steady me.
“I’m sorry,” I whisper, not understanding why he’s so angry. And not sure who I’m apologizing to.
But neither man hears me.
“Don’t raise your voice around my wife.” Dominic’s tone is cold. Ice to King’s fire.
King stops walking just a few steps away. “What did you just say?”
“King.” I try again.This is spiraling out of control.“Please don’t be mad.”
“Mad?” He takes another step closer. “You bring Dom Fucking Gonzalez, the head of the Chicago mafia, intomyhome, and you don’t want me to be mad?”
“I…” My breaths are coming fast now. “What?”
I look up at Dominic.
He’s still standing next to me. Still holding my arm. But there’s an expression on his face I don’t recognize.
“Dominic?” I blink up at him.
That can’t be true.
Dom can’t be that.
They can’t know each other.
King’s furious gaze holds me in place as he points a finger at my husband. “Tell me he’s lying. Tell me you didn’t marry this piece of shit.”
Head of the Chicago mafia.
With Dominic still gripping my upper arm, I bend my elbow and bring my left hand before me, the beautiful ring glinting in the light.
Dom makes a clicking sound with his tongue. “Is that any way to welcome me into The Alliance?”
Everything slows.
In one awful, horrible second, everything slows.
The Alliance.
Dom knows about The Alliance.
