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We’re not here to make threats,Sebastian interjected, cold and calculating.We’re here to end this.

I nodded, and together we dragged an unconscious Arjun away. I rushed to Mya, my hands working quickly to free her from the bindings. She looked up at me, eyes wide with a mix of relief and confusion.

“It’s okay,” I said, my voice softer than I intended. “We’re getting you out of here.”

She nodded, leaning into me, and for the first time in a long time, I felt the weight of Sebastian’s approval. We were two sides of a broken whole, and tonight, we were united in our purpose.

As I led Mya out, my grip firm but gentle, I couldn’t help but glance back at Arjun, his body slumped against the wall. He was still breathing for now, but that would soon end, as my men descended on him to get him prepped for transport.

Touch her, and there would be no mercy.

I would hunt down every man, every shadow that threatened her, and I would do it with Sebastian at my side, whether he liked it or not. We were a team, bound by the madness we shared, and the woman we would burn the world down to protect.

And together, we were unstoppable.

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO

Us

The smell of burnt flesh stung my nose, but I didn’t look away. Mya stood for as long as she could, watching Arjun burn before us. It was the least that fucker deserved for the hell he put her through.

“Are you ready to go back?” I asked, when his air had been snatched from his lungs, silencing his screams.

“Yes,” Mya whispered.

I swept her up in my arms, and she dug her nose into my neck. “Do you see what we would do for you?”

She nodded. “I’m sorry I wanted to change you. W-without you and Sebastian, I don’t know if I ever would have made it home.”

I held her tighter to my body. “I would’ve brought you back no matter what.”

She sniffled. “Maybe sometimes it’s alright to be bad.”

“Like when you gave Eden’s uncle those drugs?” I smirked in her hair, loving how she’d broken the law.

She stiffened. “Do you think I’m bad for getting him released from prison?” she whispered.

“Not at all, but don’t worry about that. I handled it.”

Mya relaxed against me at my promise. I took her back to bed, and helped her lie down. She needed more rest. I never thought the day would come where I would feel this obsession for my wife.

What started as a forced arrangement has turned into something even sweeter. This little doctor of mine changed my world, from the moment I first laid eyes on her. I stripped off my clothes and headed into the shower.

While the water ran, I closed my eyes and searched through my consciousness, until I brushed against Sebastian.

Are you ready?

For what?He asked. He was wary of me, I could tell.

You’ve grown, and I think between the two of us, we have a handle on business. Don’t you?

When you’re not being a dick, and waking me up in the middle of meetings and whatnot,he grumbled.

I just like fucking with you, but we are going to have a family soon, and we need to be more on board with each other. Mya can’t deal with infighting.

So, what are you proposing? A truce?Sebastian seemed to chuckle in the back of our mind.

Sort of. Let me have this night with her. We can figure out the rest from there. I grow weary with the life, and need to take more of a back seat.

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