Page 45 of Seeking Salvation

Her lips almost touching his, she mouthed. “I think I love you, Titan.”

“Damn straight because I love you, Maya, and fuck anyone who says it’s too soon. When you know, you know.”

“When you know, you know.”

Her lips fused with his and he licked into her mouth, holding her like he never wanted to let go. His arms came around her and her bloody fingers caressed his shoulders before she remembered he was still wounded.

Pulling back quickly, she gasped. “Oh shit, I’m mauling you and you’re still bleeding. What do I do?”

“You got a needle and thread?”

“Yeah, in my drawer in the kitchen. Why?”

Titan lifted his brows and she gaped at him.

“You’re not going to stitch yourself back together?”

“This isn’t the first time I’ve had to do a little self-maintenance.”

“Self-maintenance! Are you kidding me? This is insane.”

“My life is insane, Maya.”

He was watching her as he said it, a warning in his tone, but she wasn’t scared by what he did, or by the life he led now or before. She saw him for who he was to her and to Tyrique.

Her everything.

As he stitched his wound using the mirror to help, she tried not to look away but found she had to. The thought of him hurting was too much and she needed a distraction.

“What happens now?”

“Nico and the other two will be interrogated by Bás, and likely Bein. Then, if they survive it, which I doubt, they’ll be handed over to someone who will ensure they go away for Rose’s murder.”

“He said it was an accident.”

“He’ll still go to jail because accident or not, his attack on her caused her death.”

“I hope he rots.”

“Oh, he won’t have fun, believe me. I’ll make sure of it.”

Covering his shoulder with gauze and tape, Titan winced as he lifted a clean shirt over his head and followed her out of the bathroom where he began to gather her things.

“What are you doing?”

“We’re going home to our boy. Unless you want to stay here for the night?”

Maya looked around at the flat that held nothing but bad memories and fear-filled dreams and shook her head. “Does this mean we’re officially shacking up together?”

Titan kissed her cheek as he wrapped his good arm around her. “We’re officially doing this, babe, and I couldn’t be happier.”

“Me either. Let’s do this.”

Epilogue

As they made their way to Mitch’s home with Tyrique in tow, Titan felt a strange mix of apprehension and anticipation. Meeting Mitch and his family was a big step for him, a step towards leaving his past behind and embracing a new beginning. The weight of Devon’s absence still lingered but, for the first time in a long while, Titan felt a glimmer of hope stirring within him. He had a son he adored and a woman by his side who filled all the empty spaces he hadn’t known existed.

Nico and the other two men had died during Bás’ interrogation but they’d managed to get some valuable information out of them regarding the people they were working with, and now Watchdog was working on that.

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