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?My grip in her hair tightened, but this time in praise, pulling another whine from her lips, my cock throbbing painfully as her cheeks reddened, her body melting into mine.

?Malachi’s eyes flicked towards me.

?I watched his carefully. We couldn’t kill her yet. Don’t make me kill her yet. I needed a little more time.

?After a moment, he nodded. “If you go near Lowell Bay, we’ll kill you. With that being said, if it’s a purpose you’re looking for, I think you’ve found it. Luckily for you, you did me a favor. This is me repaying it.”

?I twisted her arm a little more, forcing her to arch her back as Malachi turned away, pulling a whimper from her throat. “You taste like fucking honey.” I growled before releasing her.

?I stepped back so suddenly, she stumbled a bit before catching herself.

?To her credit, she didn’t even make a move to rub her wrist or her head. Rather, she straightened and turned to face me, her expression hard, unwavering. “It wasn’t the best I’ve ever had,” she lied.

?I laughed, knowing that the night was far from over. Challenging bitch.

?She swallowed, clearly nervous of the smile I now wore.

?Rae turned back towards Malachi. “I apologize.”

?“Don’t apologize for something you meant,” Malachi stated clearly. “Perhaps it’s not fearlessness or bravery, perhaps it runs deeper than that. You’ve bought yourself some time, Rae, don’t waste it.”

?Her brows pulled together but other than that, she showed no emotion, no fear. She simply nodded and headed back for the stairs.

?I watched after her, the way her ass swung, the way Nikitawatched after her, lust in his eyes.

?Fucking son of a bitch. She wasmine.

11

Rae

October 29th, 2019

Iprayed I looked better than I felt walking down those stairs because I felt like a trembling, wet mess.

?My thighs slid together with ease from the feeling of his hand ripping into my hair, my hands were shaking, but fuck, it was worth it. It was deeply worth it.

?I had been soangryat the captain with his threat of putting me in cuffs and hauling me off to his car to ‘teach me a lesson’ that I lied to him. Told him I was recording him, that I’d show it to his wife.

?He was too scared to realize there was nowhere for me to have a recording device.Somecop.

?But fuck him.Fuck him. God, if I could, I’d fucking kill him. I would. He shouldn’t be allowed to do that. Use my mother’s death as an excuse to get into my pants, it was fucking bullshit.

?So, yes, I jumped in where I shouldn’t have been, but fuck it. I was angry, and that little adrenaline high was worth it, but what in thefuckwas the masked man doing with that guy? They were making drug deals? He was adrug dealerfor what looked to be a big-time Drug Lord, I was assuming.

?And I had managed to get their attention in my stupidity, so now what? I was free until they figured I was a liability?

?When would that shift happen? Tonight? Tomorrow?

?I had royally screwed up and I couldn’t fix it now. Unless I wanted to take my ass back to the captain and tell him ‘sorry for the threat but there are people here who kind of threatened to kill me, and by the way, the one guy fucked me last night’?

?Oh myGod, what have I done?

?This time around my need for a thrill had gotten me on a list of the dead.

?I walked up to the bartender and ordered a fourth drink, uncaring what it looked like to the others. If I was going to get a bullet to the skull, I might as well be drunk while doing it.

?God,what have I done?

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