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I shook my head. “See, that’s where you’re wrong. This is when shit actually gets done.”
“You think killing all those men is actually getting shit done?” she snapped. “You’re wasting your energy on people who don’t matter instead of focusing on the one person who does.”
“At least I’m doing something!” Her eyes flashed at the tone of my voice.
I turned away, kicking the desk chair sideways. “I can’t get to the Snake. So I go after his men. That’s how I’m dealing with it. If you don’t like it, then you can find someone else to play spy games with.”
I was so angry that I barely felt her hand slipping into mine. She pulled me back to her, fingers grazing my chin to force me to look into her eyes. “I need you, Dante. We cannot do this without each other. But that means you actually have to be here.”
“I am here,” I said darkly. “You got me here.”
“I meant here.” She tapped my temple gently. “You can’t let this shit get into your head. It’ll fuck everything up.”
I snorted. “Everything’s about as fucked up as it can get.”
“Which means that it can only get better.”
Studying her, I wondered if she truly believed that. Nothing in her gaze told me otherwise, but I felt her own anger answering mine. She was just as pissed off as I was. She just hid it better. But my rage was a forest fire eating through all my defenses. The past few weeks, I hadn’t bothered to tame it. I didn’t need to while I was alone. But I wasn’t alone now…and I didn’t know how to deal with it.
“It’s getting worse,” I whispered. “I’m not sure I’ll be able to control it for much longer. And I don’t want you to be here when I finally lose control again.”
“I’m not going anywhere.” Her hands brushed back my hair, skimming along my jaw. “If you need to get it out, I have other ways that are more productive.”
My interest flared at her words. Unable to help myself, I let my eyes rake down her body. “Other ways such as?”
“Why don’t you just let go and find out?”
12
SIENNA
Icould see the beast behind his eyes. He was barely holding back, the urge to kill and destroy more clear than I’ve ever seen it before. But there was still some of the old Dante in there as well. I could see the man he really was beneath the darkness and the shadows. Beneath the blood lust.
My hand slipped around the back of his neck, drawing him to me. Our lips crashed together hungrily. I wanted him to lose control. I needed us to feel something—anything—more than this. There was no seduction between us. There didn’t need to be. Dante wasn’t the seducing type. He was a conquerer. A destroyer.
My teeth nipped at his bottom lip before biting down hard. He reared back, his hand going to his mouth.
“What the hell, Sienna.” Blood bloomed against the soft pink of his lips.
“I told you to let it all out,” I snapped. “So fucking do it.”
Darkness flashed across his eyes, his face hardening. There was a predatory look in his gaze, one that told me I might regret this. Fuck, had I pushed him too far? A small thrill sliced through my stomach, reminding me that I wasn’t the only one who could be harmed if he finally did lose it.
But I couldn’t let him drown.
“Well?” I demanded.
The moment the corners of his lips curled, my stomach dropped. There wasn’t a hint of the old Dante in him now. He stepped closer as I backed up towards the bed, looking at me like I was prey. I was suddenly completely aware that I’d pushed a dangerous man to the edge, forcing him to face a monster who didn’t like to be told what to do. Who didn’t like to be tamed.
I whimpered as he pushed his body against mine, his arm catching me around the waist so I wouldn’t be able to flee. He was as hard as a rock, his erection pressing against my stomach.
“Are you sure?” he asked, his smile going feral.
I could feel my body flush with heat, the flames licking at my core.
“If I can’t take it out on my enemies,” he whispered, his lips brushing against my cheek, “then you’d rather I take it out on you?”
Swallowing, I nodded faintly. I’d meant what I said. I wanted him to get all the pain, the anger, out. But I’d thought it would be like the last few times. Manageable. Controlled.
