Page 77 of Assassin's Mark
Hours later, Levi stirred beside me in thebed. “I don’t know how to do this.”
I looked down at our sweaty, naked bodies. “I disagree.”
“Not that,” Levi growled. “This.” He gestured between us.
I had to laugh. “You think I do?” Sex was straightforward, uncomplicated. A relationship? With Levi? I couldn’t picture it. I wanted it—God, how I wanted it—but I wasn’t even sure what it looked like. Would he live with me? Would I need to leaveeverything behind and live off the grid with him? Would we marry? Have kids?
A white picket fence appeared in my mind, a sweater-wearing Levi in front of it. I shuddered. That wasn’t the man I’d fallen in love with. But how exactly did I live with the man he was?
Levi rolled toward me, gripped my thigh, and dragged it over his, notching our bodies together. We fit. Just like that. Maybe figuringout a relationship was just a matter of finding out where else we fit.
I laid my hand on his heart, felt the strength in each thump, the steel in his muscles. My fingers dug in without conscious thought, holding tight to what I wanted.
“I think we just figure it out one day at a time,” I said. “Don’t you?”
I’d taken my chances. Now it was time for Levi to take his. I waited, hoping, holdingon to him, knowing it had to be his choice, not mine. He had to take the leap.
“One day at a time, huh?”
I held my breath, nodded.
His arms crept around my back, forcing me closer, cocooning me in his warmth. He tucked his face in my neck, and I could hear him breathe me in. “One day at a time it is, little bird.”
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Levi and Abby aren’t finished yet. Their story continues—only this time, Levi is the one telling it…
ASSASSIN’S PREY
Assassins 3
Coming July2019
I killed my first man at the age of twelve. I've been killing ever since. I thought it was all I lived for…until Abby. Until the woman I'd kidnapped became the woman I couldn't walk away from.
She owns a piece of me I wouldn't take back, but the rest? The only way to protect her is to hold back the parts inside me that are too ugly to ever reveal. I'll keep her safe, even from me.
And it works. We have the nights, and I hunt my way through the days. Alone.
Until an attack reveals a threat we didn't see coming. One that could take away the dream I didn't realize I had.
Everything. With her.
I'm on the hunt of my life. My prey might run, but in this fight—for her, for us—they don't stand a chance.
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ASSASSIN’S PREY
