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“You…c-can’t,” the piece of shit stuttered. “You can’t kill me.”
I just smiled and nodded. “You’re right. The repercussions of that wouldn’t be good, even for a Rossi.” I gripped the bars of the bedrails and leaned over him. “But don’t mistake that for you surviving a second longer after you get off this fucking island.”
He just froze, those wide eyes fixed on mine.
“I’m coming for you,” I promised. “And you’ll fucking scream before I’m through. I’ll bury a knife into your chest…and I’ll do it slow, inch by inch. You’ll watch that blade go in, Zakharov. You’ll look into my eyes as you die and know what you’ve done.”
“Because ofKat?”he protested. “Sh-she’s nothing. A fucking whore. You want her? Then just go ahead and fuck her, for Christ’s sake. She’s not mine.”
“She’s nothing?” I growled as the words slammed inside me.
“I don’t own her,” he sputtered frantically. “She’s Hale’s, but he’ll let you have her, at least until they’re married.”
“Married?” That savagery rose inside me.Married?
“Until then, she’s fair game. He said so himself.” Zakharov licked his lips. “He said I could use her as entertainment, he wants herused.Serves her right for coming here.”
“Use her.” An icy touch snaked its way along my spine. “Like she’s nothing.”
“Sheisnothing, man.She’s a whore…a fucking cunt. My Dad’s had her, and his friends have all had her. I only had her the once, but she’s all yours if you want her.”
A twitch came at the corner of my mouth.
“You don’t have to threaten me to do it,” he urged, totally fucking oblivious at how close to death he was right then.
“Laz,” Logan warned as I clenched my fist.
My body shook uncontrollably as Damon glanced at Logan standing against the wall. He hadn’t seen him until now, hadn’t realized that we weren’t alone. But now he knew. His brows furrowed, and the sonofabitch licked his lips and turned back to me. “Lazarus, man. You don’t have to threaten me to take her. I admit I shouldn’t have done that in front of Salvatore’s woman. But you beat me good for it. I learned my fucking lesson there.”
I expelled a pent-up breath and tried to remember how to breathe. “You see, that’s a problem for me.” I closed my eyes and strangled the fucking railing. “It’s a problem because sheisn’t yours to give away. She isn’t mine…and she isn’t that fucking Hale’s. And I didn’tbeatyou for raping her in front ofanyone.I beat you forrapingher, full fucking stop.”
The stupid motherfucker just looked at me like I’d grown two heads, and started talking again. “She’s not like anyone else,” he started. “She’s not a woman you love.”
I opened my eyes and dropped in nice and close so he could see the truth in them. “You see, that’s where you’re wrong…and I’m going to make it my life’s fucking mission to change that. The moment you step off this fucking island, you’re mine Zakharov, you and your filthy fucking father. I’ll assassinate your entire goddamn family because I can’t fucking stand the thought of you drawing breath in the same world as hers.”
“Don’t be fucking ridiculous, Rossi.”
He didn’t get it…he really didn’t get it.“How the fuck do you sleep at night?” I searched his eyes for the answer.
His busted lip curled as the glint in his eyes sparkled. “Well fucking spent after riding the fuck out of her.”
I lashed out in an instant, still seeing the thick fucking marks from his fingers around her arm, marks I wanted to leave around his throat. But Logan was there, grasping my forearm.
“Not now,” he cautioned, his voice deep with the promise of violence. “Not here and not now.”
I tore my grip from around the bastard’s throat and listened to him cough and splutter as he inhaled hard. “You come after me like this for a piece ofpussy?You’re fuckingMAFIA!” He screeched.
“You take something perfect…” I tried to keep it together, tried to remember the fucking code we lived by. A code that right now I’d strangle as well. “Something…priceless.Something no one should take. Me? I’ll just take your fucking life. There’s nothing worthy about that, and when I do…I’ll be sending you straight to Hell.”
“Then I’ll be waiting for you,” the bastard sneered through broken front teeth. “I’ll be waiting for you to come after me. You and everyone else I fucking know.”
“You better.” Rage quaked in my voice. “Because I’ll tear you apart there, as well…you and every other man who took from her.”
Cruelty glittered like stars in his eyes as he smiled. “That’s going to be a long list, Lazarus.”
A long list…the words hit me like a shotgun blast to the chest.A long goddamn list…
That chill inside me grew colder.
