Run Posy Run (Underboss Insurrection, #1)

by Cate C. Wells

I’m going to bury him out back under the hostas so I can take a piss on him while standing on the edge of the deck.

He knows what hostas look like? 😀

I know her perfectly. Better than she knows herself. She’s a tangled ball of self-doubt, foolish pride, dumb hope, brilliance, masochism, and blind affection. And I’m obsessed.

Posy Santoro isn’t in my system. She burst into life in my empty shell and made it into something. She is my system.

“What do you need?” he asks. I glance up. He’s serious. “A ring,” I joke. “And a house with a white picket fence. And a dog. And lots and lots of therapy. For you.” I think a second. “And me, too.”

“Everyone else is a piece. A pawn, a knight, a king. Not you.” I snort softly. “Let me guess. I’m the queen?” “Nope. You’re the one on the other side of the board.”

I’ve never known anyone who can reset to default quicker than Dario. It’s creepy, but it does mean we never fight any longer than I want to.