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“Glad you find that funny. I called Eoghan.”
“The lawyer, and not your psycho enforcer brother to come kill me?” Fear rakes down my spine.
“That psycho is your brother-in-law now.” He lowers a bushy eyebrow at me.
“What are you talking about?”
“Lachlan and Katya are married.”
“What?” I feel dizzy. “No. She’d never marry Lachlan.”
“Apparently, you’re not the only Russian princess to bring an O’Rourke man to his knees. Alas, your sister managed it first. They were married a couple of months ago, apparently. It was news to me as well.” He approaches me. “And she’s pregnant, too.”
Tears fill my eyes, thinking of her with that priest-killing monster.
And he got her pregnant?
“If your brother hurts her.” I shove a pointed finger in Darragh’s face.
He grabs my entire hand, using it to pull me close to him, so our lips are touching.
“I have it on good authority they’re happy.”
I had to accept the world would keep spinning when I left, but this?
“I want to speak to her.”
“Not yet. The same reason I told you before applies.”
“You’re no better than Cormac.” I break away and pace in front of the row of windows. “I went from being his prisoner to yours.”
“I just told you this to make you understand what’s at stake. If your father tries to slaughter my family for what Cormac did, your sister could be hurt or killed, too. She’s an O’Rourke now.”
“Papa wouldn’t hurt Katya!”
“He tried to marry her off to a man who beat her up.” Darragh’s cold voice strikes a nerve, weakening my knees. “My psycho brother saved her. He loves her. He’s keeping her safe. Let me do the same with you.”
“Someone beat up Katya?” I can’t hold back tears anymore as I crumple onto my bed.
Darragh crouches next to the mattress.
“Just once, from what I was told, the night before the wedding. Your father knew and still forced her to walk down the aisle to marry the bastard. Lachlan saw her bruises and stopped it.” Darragh reaches out to run a calming hand over me. “Then he married her. We’re furious with Cormac for what he did to you, and Eoghan is dealing with that. Kieran wouldn’t put up with Lachlan not treating your sister with anything other than respect.”
I sniff, taking in his words. “So, we’re…related. You and me?”
“I guess we are.” He cracks a smile.
“Wait… My father let your brother stop a wedding he arranged and—”
“Your father is more unhinged than ever. And wants you back so badly that he’s making these pathetic deals. The groom, the dead groom, was helping him find you.”
“God, I feel awful.” I glance down, cradling my stomach.
“I just wanted you to know your sister is okay.”
“Thank you.” I lean forward and hug him.
Still on the bed, my breasts press into his massive chest. His arms around me feel so freaking good. Wide, thick biceps stretch the fabric of his button-down shirt, the smell of fresh cotton and his spicy cologne mess with my sense of right and wrong.
