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“Damn, if you were sexy before, you’re fucking lethal now.”
I laugh. In the corner of my eye I see Raze step towards us. Being in Hannibal’s hands suddenly felt… wrong. “Thanks, I think. Please don’t tell anyone you saw me. I’d rather Melissa, you know, just moved on.”
Hannibal narrows his eyes and Frost blows out a thick cloud of smoke, both of them wearing their Devil’s Own cuts. “Yeah, alright, but where are you?”
“She’s with me,” Raze all but growls from behind me.
Hannibal’s eyes drift over my shoulder and the moment they settle on Raze, his head slowly tilts back. “Shit. I know you.”
“No, you don’t.” Raze’s hand finds mine, and he pulls me back against him.
“I’m sure I know you.”
“You’re mistaken.” He looks down at me. “Ready to go?”
I nod my head. “Yup.” I glance back at Hannibal and Frost. “Please don’t say anything.”
“We won’t,” Frost assures me.
I give them one last smile before I let Raze walk me back towards the car, this time scooping me up into his arms.
“I really hope they won’t say anything.”
“They will,” Raze confirms. “They run in a pack. They both have loyalty to Beast, to tell him that they saw you tonight.”
This is true.
Once we get back to the car, he pulls open the passenger door and places me into my seat before going to his side and getting in. We pull out of the gravel road and back onto the highway when I turn to face him. “So does Beast know that he has a brother?” I’m trying to clarify, ease into my questions slowly.
He shifts gears. “No, he doesn’t.”
“Well, are you going to tell him?” I ask, watching him closely.
He stretches his neck. “When the time is right.” He continues to move us through the traffic.
“Why do you need me, Raze?” It was a hoarse whisper.
“It’s not that I need you for a particular reason. I mean, I do, but there are other people that are involved in this, Millie. Have you forgotten about the priest?” He looks at me, the passing lights casting shadows over his face. I haven’t forgotten; it’s still in my mind. “He wants you. He wants you bad. He’s been back at the base a few times since ‘Hachiro’ purchased you.”
“Wait,” I say, rubbing my hand up my arm. “They actually think Hachiro bought me?”
Raze’s jaw clenches. “Yes, Millie. That’s why you have to just sit fucking still. Your very breathing could blow up years’ worth of planning.”
Okay, the seriousness of this whole situation is beginning to resonate with me.
“But you just took me to an event?”
Raze nods his head. “Yes, an event where Hachiro was present.”
I tilt my head, my eyes glazing over. So that’s why he kept me at a distance for most of the night. It makes sense now.
“Wow.” I breathe out. “I’m just a puppet in your show.”
He smirks, pulling into McDonald’s. “You have no idea how accurate that is.”
After getting the value pack of nuggets, we make our way back home. “Cassia,” I say, biting into the deep fried happiness.
“Millie…” he warns.
