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More tears roll down my cheeks.
I thought I could make him love me.
A strange sound comes out of my throat, but no one hears it.
No one is paying attention to me.
I thought someone finally cared.
But Dom never cared about me.
He did this for The Alliance.
He married me for The Alliance.
King darts his hand out and grips the front of Dom’s shirt. But Dom does the same back to King, not backing down from King’s fury.
I don’t want to be this close.
I don’t want to be this close to these dangerous men.
I try to shrink away, but Dom won’t let me go.
“Tricking Val into your bed doesn’t mean shit,” King snaps.
And his words slice between my ribs.
Tricking Val.
It’s exactly what Dominic did, so why does hearing King say it hurt so much?
And what does he meandoesn’t mean shit? What part doesn’t mean shit? The sex part?
Or themepart?
Dread hits me.
What if Dom did all this, only to find out I’m not family enough?
What if his plan doesn’t work?
What will happen to me then?
I reach up with my right hand and press it over my heart.
I’m already a nobody.
“You owe me. Remember?” Dom says slowly. “A wife for a wife, King. Val is mine now.”
Val.
I don’t think he’s ever called me that. It was always Valentine. Or Angel. Or Shorty. Or…
When he called me Mama at the airport.
My eyes squeeze shut.
When I followed him into that little room. When I had sex with him.
