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CHAPTER THIRTEEN
KAI
Marcella and I went round for round last night until the both of us were completely spent.
Surprisingly, when we caught our breath, there was no awkwardness between us. This didn't feel like some woman I was going to spend one night with and then forget about her when the sun came up.
No, I wanted more from her. So far in my life, she was the only one who would stand toe to toe with me in both the courtroom and in the bed. Of course, it would be a long time before I'd take a fall for her in the courtroom, but in bed I didn't mind it that she wanted to take the lead sometimes.
It was after the sun came up, and we were forced to leave our little bubble, did I remember that we had a whole shitload of problems to deal with outside.
Micha and his brother Dayton.
After the bit of evidence that we dug up on our own the night before, both Marcella and I were able to get the judge to see the new evidence before we even bothered with starting the process of setting a trial date.
It was on the way out of that meeting with the judge and the district attorney that I figured out just how far I was willing to go for Marcella and her for me.
As the both of us come out of the courtroom and to the back parking lot, I see the same men who tried to jump me the last time outside my office. How fucking brazen of them to think that in the middle of the damn day they were going to be able to do something to me.
The problem is they weren't here for me this time, they were here for Marcella.
"You should have just gone along with the program." Micha says as he steps out of his car and stares at her.
"Gone along with the program? Are you out of your mind? There's no way I'm going to sit back and just let someone innocent be put in jail if I can prevent it. That's not what I took the bar for or spent all those long nights preparing for cases. You of all people should know what doing the right thing means to me." Marcella stands firm, but Micha takes a step in her direction, and instantly I'm ready to jump on him if the moment calls for it.
There's no way in fuck I'm going to let him put a hand on her, not now. Not ever.
"What I thought, was you were a woman who gave a fuck about your career. Thanks to the little stunt you just pulled, you better believe the most work you'll ever get is making sure the parking tickets are getting paid on time. You're done here." Micha snarls at her, and I've had enough.
"What the fuck? Do you think you run this town or something? You think you have some sort of clout in this world because I assure you there's nothing that you can threaten this woman with. I'm with her now, and what she needs I'll make sure she has. You better be more worried about your law career now. Especially since the entire world is about to know that you're dirty." I raise an eyebrow, daring him to come charge me.
"Dirty? You're calling me dirty, and you're the one rolling around like a fucking savage in some underground fighting cage? Illegally, by the way." He adds on,
"I'm not worried about what your word is going to do to my reputation. As a lawyer, I'm not concerned about you." Micha says, the condensation is clear in his voice.
"No? Fine, that's fine. Well, if you don't want to be concerned with me as a lawyer, maybe you need to be concerned with me as a fighter." I take a step in his direction. I'm not going to be disrespected, and I'm not going to let anyone else disrespect Marcella.
"Is that a threat?"
"No, it's prophecy. Stay away from her, stay away from me and anyone else that we know. Let's just hope, after both Marcella and I put your brother under the jail, the judge will be as lenient as I'm about to be." I stare him down, and I'm so focused on him that I don't even realize what's going on around me.
I don't realize that his buddies have circled us.
"No! Kai!" Marcella screams for me just as one of the men lunges for me. I'm quick to take him out with a knee straight to the face.
The other two quickly moves in, and before I can get myself set again. One wraps me up while the other attacks from the front. I brace to get hit, but before the blow comes I hear Marcella screaming from behind and the man holding me let's go just in time for me to block the attack from the man in front of me.
I turn back around to check on Marcella and inwardly celebrate when I see her hanging onto the man's back, her arms tight around his neck as she tries to choke him. He's already winded so when he falls to his knees she hops off, and I finish him off with a swift kick to the face.
I see the other goon hurry back to the car that Micha just got in. I guess they didn't want to chance me taking them all out. Especially now that I have some help.
"My fucking wildcat." I growl out and grab Marcella by the back of the neck. "You keep surprising me. Why didn't you run back inside? You could've gotten hurt."
"So could you. Like you told them, we got this together. I wasn't going to leave you out here on your own, especially if you were fighting my battles." She puts her hands on my forearms and leans up to kiss me.
I love that she takes charge when she needs to. Love that she pushes me. I know that we've just started whatever is going on between us, but I feel like this is going to be a lifelong battle between us, and I couldn't be more ready for it.
EPILOGUE
