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“But—”
“You’re going,” Tony said, cutting him off. “Doctor’s orders.”
Steel muttered under his breath, and Kai had no doubt he was cursing out both of them. He had a line between his brows as he walked up to Kai and when he bent down for a kiss, Kai did his very best to smooth that line out.
“I’ll see you in a few hours,” he said against Steel’s lips.
Steel grunted and pulled back, a look of displeasure on his face.
“I love you,” Kai said, grinning when Steel’s expression changed in an instant. Steel’s smile made his heart jump, and he knew that even though he’d only be gone for a few hours, he’d miss him the whole time.
“I love you, too,” Steel said and pressed a quick kiss to Kai’s lips before Tony nearly dragged him out of there.
He watched them disappear out the door with a smile on his lips, then headed into the living room where he found Trina in the armchair reading a book.
She looked up when she saw him and asked, “Did he have to drag him to the car?”
Kai chuckled and said, “Nearly.”
He sat down on the couch with a pained grunt.
“Alright. Let me have a look,” Trina said, putting down her book and motioning for Kai to pull up his shirt.
She sat down next to him on the couch, and he held up his shirt so she could inspect his wound. She’d removed his stitches a few days ago.
He was doing a lot better than expected. Granted, he’d thought he might die so anything was better than that. The wounds from Isaac’s lovely little torture session were all healing well, too. He still felt a twinge in his thigh every time he moved but it was nothing he couldn’t deal with.
“Still looking good,” Trina said.
Kai patted his stomach.
“I’m never gonna have a six-pack again, am I?”
Trina raised her brow and said, “I didn’t know you had one to begin with.”
His mock-gasping made her laugh.
“Why do you hurt me so?”
The woman he’d met years ago had been timid. Strong, but scared and quiet. Without the constant threat of her husband looming over her, she’d been able to really grow and become who she was always meant to be. It warmed his heart to see. What Tony and Trina had was exactly what he wanted for him and Steel. Love. Warmth. A home. He hadn’t had a home since he’d left his parents. He hadn’t seen them in years. He hadn’t even been in Tampa for over a decade. He’d never wanted them to see what he’d become.
He’d checked up on them as well as he could from afar. He knew they missed him and didn’t understand why he’d cut contact, but he’d had to.
Maybe once he didn’t have a hit out on him, he could finally go home? He knew his days as an assassin were well and truly over now. He’d never go back. All he could do was try to atone for his sins. Whatever he could do to balance the scales.
He wrapped an arm around Trina’s shoulders, smiling when she leaned into him. He was glad he’d started that balancing with saving her life.
Steel
He was back in a hospital bed, and he hated it. Mostly because Kai wasn’t there. He hated being away from him even though he knew he was safe. Not only did their safehouse have a state-of-the-art security system, but the man knew how to protect himself. If anything happened, he could keep him and Trina safe. He just liked it better when he was the one doing the protecting.
He looked up when he heard someone enter the room and when he saw his brother, he straightened, waiting to hear the verdict on his knee.
“Nothing’s broken,” Tony said.
Steel threw up his hands. “What did I say? There was no need to come here.”
He swung his legs over the side of the bed and slid down, hiding a wince when his feet hit the floor and he felt a sharp pain in his knee.
