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“Nice.” Adonis said, but his tone was full of disgust. “Can I drag her along to this job tonight? Fuck with her head a little bit more?” he said, and my fists clenched at my sides.
Fuck with my head?What the hell.But the itch was still there, I wanted to go with him.
“Fuck no, now go before you’re late.” Lorenzo said in response and my heart sank.
I didn’t want to be around the arsehole, but Ididwant to get out there again. Just once more, before I resigned myself to shooting targets and punching sandbags. Until the big take down that is.
A moment later Adonis came through the doorway and strode past me.
“Sorry, I tried.” he said under his breath and gave me a strange look that seemed to almost be sympathetic, before heading in the direction of the garage.
I walked away from the office door and began to pace the foyer, unsure about what to do next. I couldn’t run, but I couldn’t let Lorenzo force me into what he had hinted at. Before I could work out what to do, footsteps sounded behind me. I turned to see who it was, but I knew before I faced him that it was Lorenzo. My body knew, bile rose in my throat before my eyes met his and I swallowed hard.
“Amore mio, what are you up to out here?” he purred.
“Nothing,” I said, then an idea struck me. “Can I go on a job tonight?” I asked. Maybe it was just going out with Adonis that he didn’t like, maybe I could go out, get hurt,oh the shame,and spend the night in a hospital bed rather than here, with him.
“You’re not going to complain about your day? That’s good, you’re remembering your place. I’m proud. But no amore, you are not going to go out on a job tonight, or any other night. As of now, you are no longer a Brother.”
His words hit me hard, and I felt a stabbing in my chest, I was no longer a Brother. He was taking that away from me, taking away the position that I’d worked so hard to gain, just like that.
My mouth fell open and I exhaled slowly, “I’m what?” I breathed.
“You are not a Brother. No more competitive nights out for you and Adonis, no more planning with Cooper, you arenothingto The Brotherhood, from now on, you will only be seen as my woman.”
I was not his woman, I would never be his woman, but the pain in my chest dulled slowly as the bright side of his declaration shone through. I was no longer a Brother. I was no longer a threat to The Wolves. I’d got out without even trying. It might hurt a little more than I’d imagined it would, but I was one step closer to the life I now wanted.
“You can’t.” I protested.
Always the brilliant actress when I needed to be. Luckily, I could make this more believable because it did actually upset me.Focus on that bigger picture though M.
“Of course I can.” he began to laugh, then stopped suddenly, his voice dropping to a low, threatening whisper, “Don’t ever tell me I can’t do something again.”
I held eye-contact as I refused to let him scare me, and plastered a pathetically sad look onto my face.
“Please.” I said, but that would be the closest I’d get to begging or whining, I’d take this gracefully,ish.
“No.” he said firmly. His dark gaze burning into mine. I could see the lust in his eyes, this was turning him on, but there wasn’t a chance in hell that he would find the same emotion in mine no matter how well I could act.
“Ok, will you be telling the Brothers?” I asked.
Disappointment flashed across his face at how quickly I accepted it. He seemed to think about it for a moment, then finally spoke, “Yes, I’ll call a meeting at The Crown in a few hours. Go and eat and put on something nice, I want you looking your best when I make tonight’s announcement.”
I nodded once and turned to head to the kitchen. I’d be eating toast again, just like most evenings. I was out, this was good, with an announcement it would reach all of the gangs in Westeroak by morning. I just needed to work out what the hell I was going to do about his other plans for me tonight.
9
Don
My phone vibrated in my pocket, briefly drawing my attention away from the sweaty, bloody bastardo underneath me. I’d been distracted this evening, the conversation I’d had with Lorenzo before I’d left hadn’t sat right with me. I was all up for some nasty, forceful sex, with awillingpartner. There wasn’t any way that Nutmeg was willing. She needed protecting tonight.
I’d made a promise to keep her safe, but how could I do that from here? I needed to get this over and done with as fast as possible.
I ignored my phone and slammed my fist down into the bastardo’s face again. He grunted, and his body fell limp beneath me.Good, he’s passed out.I was under strict instruction not to kill this one. He was a Viper who had been caught selling drugs out the back of one of our smaller bars. He wasn’t dumb enough to go inside, but he was clearlysomekind of moron. When will these snakes learn?
My mind wandered back to the last time we had caught a snake dealing where they shouldn’t be. It was the night that I’d gained that first fragment of respect for Nutmeg.
Up until then we had always been competing, even if she wasn’t aware of it, but that night we worked as a team, and I had ended up drinking myself to sleep that night to avoid thinking about how well we worked together.Or how hot she had looked soaked in the blood of our enemies while we struck them down.
