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“I’ll explain everything. Can ye bring him inside? Be gentle with him. He’s important to me.”
From the first moment of seeing Cassie, I’d wanted her. Attraction had smacked me down, enough for me to realise I’d needed to push her away.
Cassie watched him go. “He isn’t my boyfriend, not exactly, but he is mine.” Hers? My heart thumped out of time. “You’re going to have to walk me through that,” the woman said. Cassie sighed. “He has green eyes.” “Do we think that’s a good enough reason to kidnap someone?”
“Repeat after me. We do not kidnap people we like.” I rolled my eyes but dutifully repeated the words. Lottie inclined her head. “The best way to share our feelings is to talk about them.” Again, I copied her. “Good. Now let’s combine those.” I tried it out. “Kidnapping is the best way to show a man you love him.”
I groaned and pulled a face. “Ye steal one man and everyone thinks you’re crazy.”
I need to know how long I have to stay.”
I shrugged. “With me? Forever. In this house, maybe a couple of days?”
The happiest feeling had filled me at the realisation of what I wanted him to be. The big mine statement my brain had made. Instant, complete, and forever. But I couldn’t find the words.
“Good thing Arran’s sending crew members and I’ve got friends flying over to help. Like I said, you’re an unknown quantity. I wouldn’t trust ye as far as I could throw ye.”
The mayor was the reason I’d pushed Cassie away. I planned to get my own back on him, which had consequences. Falling in love with someone was out of the question when I’d very likely end up dead.
She tucked her head into the crook of my shoulder. Goddamned hugged me. I was frozen. Furious.
“You drive me fucking crazy, Cassiopeia Archer.”
“Ye turned my first kiss into the most frustrating experience, so excuse me if I don’t want a repeat.” “Your first kiss?” “Aye, jackass, so leave me alone.”
“You want me to shoot into the dark?” “Think some fucker coming after my sister is going to wait until ye have good lighting?”
“It turned you on. Driving me to the brink of insanity made you wet. I should fuck you here so anyone who passes understands how I punish you when you behave like you aren’t owned.”
“You belong to me,” I told her. “Every part of you is mine. Whenever I want. If that’s in the middle of the night, I’m taking you.”
Moniqua grinned with a savagery to rival Red’s. “I bring you Arran Daniels’ little sister, Cassie.”
