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“Shh, get some rest. I will stay here with you.” I wrap my arms around her and pull her to me, and she screws her hand in my T-shirt and whimpers. I cry for her, and we fall asleep in each other's arms.
Ray
There's a slight knock at the door, and it cracks open, then it opens all the way, and I squint my eyes and screw my face into Elijah's chest. “Hey, are you two awake?” Queen takes another step inside. “I brought you some breakfast.”
I turn to look at him and go to sit up, but Elijah's hold tightens on me, and he grumbles something.
“He sleeps like the dead.” Queen chuckles.
“How long have you guys been together now?”
“Erm, we’re not… I suppose we kinda, I don't know that we are.” He shrugs.
I smile at him. “It's been a while that I know of.”
“He told you?”
I smile. “You sound surprised.”
“I mean, I knew you guys were friends, kind of. I guess I just didn't realise you were friend friends.”
“We play it cool at work. He doesn't want to seem like a suck-up or like he gets preferential treatment.”
“Does he?”
“Don't answer that I will deny it all.” Elijah's raspy voice cuts through the room, and I laugh.
“No, he doesn't get preferential treatment.” I wink and nod, mouthing, “Yes, he does,” and Queen laughs.
“Bitch!” Rook pushes me away from him, “Sweetie, come hug me. She’s being mean.”
Queen’s eyebrows shoot to his hairline, and I laugh and shake my head, pushing Rook in the face and further away from me. Right, I need to call a meeting. The guys both groan. “Go let me eat, then I will be with you. I'm literally wasting away over here.” I rub my large belly, which is getting so large I can't remember what my vag looks like without the help of a mirror.
After eating and showering, I head to the kitchen, and the guys are all sitting around the table. “So, what's this all about?” King grumbles.
“I know I was a bit of a twat commandeering you like I did and changing your orders, but I’m blaming the hormones for the whole incident. That being said, I appreciate you not being dicks and going along with it, even against my dad and Pa. What I want to know is… do you guys wanna go back or stay with me? I can’t promise there will be as much work as you had before, but you will still be able to pull missions from The Armoury, as, in theory, I fucking own part of it, anyway. I’m gonna go make a call, but I need you to decide what you want to do. If you stay with me, it will mean relocating this way, as my family won’t let me and these babies too far out of their sight, so the choice is yours.” I go to leave, but King stops me.
“You're giving us a choice?”
“Yes, no repercussions either way. You either stay under my command while still being part of The Armoury, or you go back to being The Armoury, no harm, no foul.” I nod and leave the room, and head to the roof.
I pull my phone out. “Hey, Dad.”
“Squirt, where the fuck are you? Dane said you took off with Rook!”
“Don't make out you don't know where I am right this second.”
“Okay, so I know you're at The Tower.”
“Floor?”
“Roof.”
“See, you knew I was here, and he picked me up in an armoured truck, so you would have been tracking that too. I’m not five anymore, Dad. I know all your tricks.”
“I know, Squirt. I miss you. How are you doing?”
“Like I was kidnapped by my deranged brother, beaten, tortured and abandoned, tracked down by my husband, knocked up, pretended to be dead, joined my psychotic brother, who then murdered my husband, only for me to torture, mutilate and chop him up, sending him on his merry way to Cletus’s… Yup, that about sums it up… oh, and I’m pregnant with twins, so there’s that.”
