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CHAPTER 11
AURORA
The menacing look in Dane’s eyes that night gave me a chill that ran up my spine. I knew deep down that it was impossible even to think I could leave him and take Michael with me. The love in Dane’s eyes when he looked at Michael was undeniable. I finally admitted that being together as a family was what I’d wanted for so long.
From that night on, we lived at Gina and Nolan’s immense mansion overlooking the Potomac River for the next two weeks. I feared that Michael would suffer trauma over the shooting, but he had a steady resolve, just like Dane even at his young age. Not having a father, let alone a male figure in his five years, Michael became Dane’s little shadow. He followed Dane everywhere he could and ran to the front door every time his father arrived.
Anna, however, was in shock over the shooting. It affected her much worse, bringing up bad memories of her past. She had escaped the horrors of being sold into sex trafficking. Anna slept in the bedroom next to the one me and Dane shared, leaving her light on and the door open, making her feel safe. She woke one night screaming from the nightmare she had been having. I came into her room, climbing under the blankets, and slept with her.
I spent more time with Gina, as she introduced me to Nadia Barinov, Push’s wife. Nadia was a gorgeous blond woman with a quiet demeanor. But I saw in her blue eyes the look of formidable steel. I could only imagine the things she had experienced being married to Push and living in the corrupt underground of the Nation’s Capital.
The Reynolds home was a secured fortress. Brody Huntsman, Nolan’s most trusted bodyguard, was in charge of security and keeping us all safe. I also learned of Mr. Osamu Takata, the formidable Yakuza boss on the East Coast. Mr. Takata was like a father to Push, and his men were also part of the house’s added security. It was strange to see young Japanese men dressed in black suits who were fearsome in their own right but were all very formal and polite as they bowed when addressed.
Three days after the shooting and killing of Donnie DeLuca, I invited Candace, Loren, Lyla, and Tamika to the house, except Desiree. The cunning bitch stuck a knife in my back the night she tried to seduce Dane right there in his office They were all afraid over what had happened. They feared about their safety, and since they didn’t have the protection of my bodyguards, they worried that other nasty pimps were going to capitalize on making money off the four of them. The begged me to come back as their madam. When I spoke to Dane about it the possibility of going back, his answer was no, and I knew not to push.
“I’m working it all out in the next few days.” He said, loosening his tie. We were alone in the bedroom we slept in as I laid naked under the blankets watching him undress.
All I had to do was ask Dane to make Desiree disappear forever, and he would have granted it with just a nod to his man, Carlo. Having that kind of power heightened my strong desire for Dane even more.
My nipples ached, and my pussy was wet, looking at Dane’s naked shoulders and broad chest as he walked toward the bed. My eyes steered to his lean stomach, then down the dark trail of hair to his hardened erect cock.
I pushed the blankets down, and Dane smirked as his eyes roamed right to my breasts. “Looks like those beautiful nipples need my mouth on them, don’t they, my sexy hellcat.”
He reached for the blanket, pulling it off the rest of me. I arched my back, raising my arms above my head. He just stood there, his eyes drinking in my nakedness.
I moved quickly, reaching for him. I wrapped my arms around his shoulders and my lips collided with his. I moved to push him back onto the bed. I straddled his hips as my tongue tasted his. I loved hearing him groan as I sat down on his stiff shaft. Dane’s warm hands took hold of my hips as I gyrated, and my nails dug into his chest.
Dane suddenly flipped me over onto my back, proving to me that he was in control. I clawed at his back when he wrapped his forearm under my thigh, spreading me wider for him. Dane moved his hips, plowing into me. He clamped his other hand over my mouth to muffle my cries of pleasure. I was on the edge of a cliff, ready to fall into a dark abyss. Dane was right there with me. He pulled out, spreading my thighs, then moved down swiftly to lick and suck my swollen clit. My fingers raked through his thick dark hair and gripped as I reached an explosive orgasm.
I was dizzy with a feeling of pure euphoria, but Dane was relentless, sliding himself back into me. I held him tight as our sweaty bodies moved and writhed against each other until Dane grunted, climaxing. My walls convulsed around him, feeling his orgasm explode deep inside me. He leaned down, kissing me deeply, then rolled onto his back, pulling me to snuggle up beside his body.
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I woke up before dawn a few days later to see Dane’s side of the bed empty. He had told me the day before that he’d be away for a few days with Nolan and Carlo. I didn’t pry and asked him too many questions, figuring that he kept specific details out to keep us all safe. I climbed out of bed and dressed in comfortable clothes, then checked on Anna first. Her bedroom door was open, and she was sleeping soundlessly. I checked on Michael in the room next to ours. He looked so tiny sleeping under the blankets in the king-sized bed. Descending the stairs, I curled up on the couch, waiting for Dane and Nolan to arrive.
An hour later, they entered the front foyer of the house. When Dane switched on the light in the living room, he jumped, seeing me sitting on the couch alone.
His eyes were glassy and red. Both he and Nolan were dressed casually in jeans and black t-shirts and looked like they’d both been on a twenty-four-hour bender at the MGM. Nolan stood behind him, looking just as exhausted as Dane.
“What are you doing sitting there in the dark?” Dane asked.
I grabbed a pillow and hugged it. “I couldn’t sleep.”
“I gotta get some of that.” Nolan interrupted and left us alone, climbing up the stairs to the room he and Gina shared.
Dane walked over, sat down on the couch beside me, laying his head back, and closed his eyes. He opened his arm, “Come over here.”
I dropped the pillow and moved to snuggle up next to him. He smelled like cigars and liquor. He wrapped his arm around me, and I felt his chin, with a day’s growth of stubble, nuzzle the top of my head. “You smell so good.” He mumbled.
I smiled, wrapping my arm around his broad chest. “I missed not having you beside me in bed.” I admittingly whispered.
“Mmm, I missed feeling you next to me too, Rory,” he said, as I felt his hand squeeze my ass. “How’s our little man?” he asked.
“He was a bit upset you were leaving for a few days, but we kept him busy with activities. Michael is your shadow, so when you’re away, he seems all kinds of lost.”
Dane chuckled low. “Michael reminds me of myself when I was his age. I followed my father everywhere I could. He was my hero.”
I felt a pang of sadness in my heart hearing Dane mentioned his dead father. Then all the anxiety and dread I’d felt after the shooting and keeping it all bottled up inside burst like a dam had broken. I was very good at covering things up, like wearing a mask - a façade of what I truly felt inside. I suppressed the anxiety and dread that tied knots in my stomach, driving me to smoke and drink more wine than usual.
As the floodgates opened, I suddenly began to sob. Dane wrapped both his arms around me tightly. “It’s going to be okay, Rory. I promise. Plans are now in motion. I will finish it before the sun rises today.”
He tilted my chin with his thumb and looked into my eyes. “Then we’re getting married. Michael is a Neri and will legitimately become heir to my empire.”
