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“Yeah, we live in the apartment upstairs,” she told me and, again, my frown deepened, hating that she lived in a shit hole like this. My girl only deserved the best but most of all, I wanted her safely guarded in my fortress in the sky.

“I will walk you inside,” I said, making her tense next to me.

“Oh, that’s okay, the owners of the restaurant get a bit funny when too many people walk through. I will just say goodbye here if that’s okay,” she said, and something about this vexed me further.

It was as if she was hiding something or didn’t want me to be seen. My first impulse was to argue and do what I damn well pleased, not used to being denied anything. But then, I had only just met her this night and suspected that if I pushed too hard, too soon, then it would only backfire. She had already tried to get out of our date tomorrow night a few times, so I would not give her more ammunition to want to do so again.

Of course, I knew where she lived now, so she would soon find out the hard way what would happen if she thought that after this night she could be rid of me.

It wasn’t fucking happening.

I was arrogant enough to know the signs of attraction, so I didn’t believe her reluctance had anything to do with my not being her type. No, I believed it born solely out of fear and mistrust. Clearly, she had given me the hint of a bad relationship in her history. And if what I suspected was correct, I doubted she had a good relationship with her family either. The combination of the two would naturally make her wary and not so easily trusting. An obstacle I knew we would have to overcome eventually, especially when she discovered who I really was.

A Mafia Vampire King.

It was enough to have any sane person trying to flee the country once they were on the Erebus brothers’ radar. Meaning at some point the future was inevitable, as she would once again find herself…

Our perfect little prisoner.

Chapter 13

Sweet Plans

As soon as I saw her form disappear inside, I gritted my teeth. I had wanted to walk her to her door, perhaps take the opportunity to kiss her… However, she was out of the car before my driver had the chance to open the door for her, just like last time. Obviously, she had never been treated like a lady before and that was another thing I would soon change. She was a fucking goddess, and therefore she would soon find herself being treated like one,prisoner or not.

But then I kept telling myself that I just needed to be patient. What I would not be patient about, was everything else I could do without her knowledge.

I pulled out my phone at the ready to make my demands, all smiles and tender sentiments gone in an instant now she was no longer present. My tense muscles were back, along with my foul mood and stern countenance.

Fuck, but how was it possible that I already missed her? We had only just pulled away from her street, meaning it hadn’t even been minutes.

“Andras, I am sending you the address of our Moirai. I want a security detail on her at all times. I want to be made aware of all her movements. I also want a detailed report and every piece of information about her that can be found. Medical records, family, jobs, education, and most of all, finances. I suspect there is considerable debt. I need details so these can be paid off. I want fucking everything there is to find, do you understand?” I ordered, and he replied with the same respect he always did.

“It will be done, My Lord.”

“Good. That will be all,” I said, pulling the phone away from my ear and ready to end the call.

“No, that won’t fucking be all!” I heard my brother snap in the background before he obviously snatched the phone from our second, making me roll my eyes as I raised the phone back to my ear.

“I have been waiting for you to call me!” My brother sounded as though he was barely holding onto his rage and I confess, I hadn’t heard him this rattled in a long time.

“Calm yourself, Tal, she only this minute left the fucking car,” I said, trying to pacify him with the truth. Although it was a pointless endeavor as I knew nothing would. Not until we had her in our possession. Something he confirmed when he gritted out,

“Why can’t we just fucking kidnap her again?!”

“You know the reasons why… we don’t want to terrify her if there is another way,” I said, yet again trying for reason.

“Oh yes, I forgot… so you get to date her, meanwhile, I am going out of my fucking mind with jealously because you get to spend time with her and I get to what, Vic…? Sit at home like some lonely, lost, horny fucker, jacking one out and tugging on my cock mercilessly to the memory of how she feels and tastes.” I couldn’t help but chuckle at that.

“There he goes, fucking laughing again… can you believe this shit?” he said, obviously aiming this question at Andras.

“I understand your frustrations…”

“The fuck you do!” he interrupted, but I continued on as if he hadn’t, admittedly, killed others for far less.

“…But we stick to the plan until…”

“Until what, a volcano shits snow?!” he interjected yet again, making me grit my teeth and snap,

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