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He was loyal. He kept his mouth shut and followed orders.
“And, yeah. I fucking know I am.” I leaned back and scrubbed a hand over my face, having not shaved in days, hearing and feeling the scruff on my cheeks and jaw.
But she’d told me how much she’d liked it one night after I’d nearly fucked her into unconsciousness.
So I’d kept it. And I’d eaten her, knowing that I was rubbing my cheeks against her inner thighs, the whiskers adding a bit of pain that made her come even harder.
My cock thickened at the very thought.
“What are your plans?”
Luca didn’t have to elaborate for me to understand what he was talking about. This all had to do with Liliana.
Her being here, keeping her, and not wanting to let her go. I knew the reality of the situation. She was a weakness. The only weakness I’d ever had in my godforsaken life.
Oh, I already knew the answer to Luca’s question. But I stayed silent, rolling it around in my head repeatedly.
“She’d be a target.” Luca was staring into his glass, zero emotion on his face.
I was pretty sure the fucker was a sociopath. He never showed empathy. He’d always been a cold-blooded killer. Just like me.
“They’d use her to get to you.”
Again, this was all shit that I replayed in my head.
“I see the way you look at her.” Luca stared at me, his eyes such a light blue they were almost translucent. “She’s too good for you.”
That was an undeniable fact.
“And I know you’re a selfish man when it comes to what you want, but…” He leaned forward, bracing his elbows on his thighs. “I want you to think long and hard about if your enemies got a hold of her. What they’d do to her…how they’d take out their hatred for you on her.”
I felt a fire in my veins at the very thought. I wanted to jump over the table and slit Luca’s throat for even bringing that up. I knew what he was doing, how he was trying to make me see reality. He knew there was a small amount of doubt, and he was worried I wouldn’t make what he deemed was the “right” decision.
“Stai attento, cazzo,” I gritted.Fucking watch it.I might not kill the bastard, but I’d beat the shit out of him just for uttering her name.
“Just pointing out the obvious.” He leaned back, finished his drink, and set it aside. “If it hurts this bad at just the hypothetical thought of it…” He paused, as if trying to really let the fucking words sink in.
I curled my lip at him.
“Then think of the kind of pain you’ll feel if it’s made a reality.”
I knew what Iwantedto do and what Ishoulddo. And those two things were at war. It was a fight to the bloody death, fists slamming into flesh, weapons tearing out chunks.
I’d always been a selfish motherfucker, had always just gone after what I wanted. I’d never thought anything of it, never saw my life where I didn’t gain every fucking thing I desired.
But with Liliana…it was different. Because I’d had nothing I cared about losing.
She was different. She made mefeeldifferent, feel more…alive and hopeful.
Free.
She was that sliver of light—the only thing that could penetrate the darkest part of my soul.
So, as I looked at Luca, I knew exactly what I had to do. And I had to convince myself it’s what I wanted.
This decision wasn’t for me.
It was for her. To protect my girl.
