Page 59 of Savage Rule

His head drops onto my chest. “You’re mine now, Scarlet. You know that, don’t you?”

I let out a sigh as I give myself over to this thing we feel too. “I have no choice.”

18

GUNN

“Should we move to the bed?” Scarlet makes a half-hearted attempt to sit up, but I bring her back to me.

“I’ve slept on worse.”

She lays her head on my chest and throws a leg over mine. “Me too. But there’s a bed just over there.”

“You’ve worn me out, Peaches. I haven’t got the energy to move.”

“Okay.” She stays quiet for so long I actually begin to doze off. But what she says next is like being dunked in a freezing cold ocean. “Gideon knows where you live.”

Every part of my body gone completely still, I say, “You told him.”

“He had me followed.” She pushes up onto her elbow so that she can look at me. “Our man, Itsuki.”

“Tall Japanese guy?”

She nods. “He’s as good as I am. Actually, better since I had no idea he’s been monitoring us for days.”

I glance at the window. “Is he there now?”

“No. He’ll give me the chance to prove myself to him.”

“Then we need to figure something out before hedoessend your friend to check on you.”

“We could always run,” she says hopefully.

I’ll admit, leaving everything behind and never looking back has a certain appeal to it. “But we’d be running forever,” I voice aloud. “Unless you think Gideon would just let you go.”

She thinks on that. “No. We both know he can hold a grudge for years.”

Before I can give another suggestion, my phone buzzes. I drag my pants toward me and tug the cell out of the pocket. “Shit.”

“Luca?”

I turn it so that she can read the screen for herself.

Luca: If you’re not here within the hour, I’m coming to you.

“Shit,” she says too. “What are you going to do?”

Getting up, I gather my things from the floor, then help her up. “I should go talk to him.”

Her pale cheeks go bright red. “Are you going to tell him about me?”

“I should.” I bring her to me and wrap my arms around her. “It will be in our best interest if we don’t have both Gideon and Luca against us. If he hears me out, I might convince him to give you asylum.”

“What if he tells you to kill me instead?” It’s a valid question.

“I don’t think he will. He’ll be pissed for sure, but he’s a reasonable man.”

“Even if I can’t tell him anything about Sofia?”

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