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“Detour?” I asked, because I needed to make sure Ally was ok as we drove back home.
King stayed silent.
“I’ll drop you off,” I said, wondering why he didn’t want to go see her. He had been acting weird since I had found him losing control the other day.
Had he gotten tired of her already? When we claimed her, I assumed that meant this was it for us, that she would be ours like he was mine and I was his. He had killed for her, what had changed?
I wished we had been able to bring our bikes, but we had too many things to bring. Besides, bikes were too flashy for work unless we needed a fast getaway and even then, it was risky.
“If this isn't for you anymore, you need to tell me,” I said, as emotionless as I could muster.
“What do you mean?” he asked softly.
“Ally,” I clipped, reigning in my anger.
King chuckled. “Ally isn’t what I’m concerned about, it's being there when the Mayor is there. You heard her command to keep business separate.”
“We are, I just want to see how her meeting went with the Mayor,” I scoffed.
“That's not keeping business separate, Boogie, that is meddling in her business,” he sighed. “I just don’t want you to do anything that could end this before it has even begun.”
“So, this isn’t about her, but about the Mayor?” I asked.
“Yeah, I’d prefer not to get on the Mayor's bad side,” he said, shaking his head. “Aren’t you a little afraid of her?”
“Not really, I mean, could she kill me? Yeah, but I doubt she would when we run shit so well for her, and I don’t think we are getting in Ally’s business” I smirked looking over at him.
King stared at me before shaking his head at me, but I saw the small smile he was trying to hide.
“One day your lack of fear is going to get us killed,” he said, leaning his chair back.
“I have fear, I just don’t listen to it too often.” I shrugged. “I got nothing to be afraid of anymore when I’m the Boogie man.”
King grew serious quickly.
“Not even you are immune to the ugly nature of this world, Boogie,” he said, laying his hand on my thigh as he closed his eyes.
Take my cock you, Angel. You take it so well.
I shivered at the memory. If anyone knew anything about fear, it was me. I had lived a nightmare for ten years, and there was no way I would ever let myself be that afraid again. Thoseten years had been the worst, nothing would ever be that bad again, so what did I have to lose?
Threading our hands together, I flipped on the cruise control, settling in for the three hour drive. The Mayor didn’t scare me, she made me nervous. I never knew how she was going to react, and I hated loose cannons. If I had a choice, I would choose Ally and kill the Mayor. I just hoped that didn’t have to happen because there was a chance I might not survive.
The drive was quiet as King slept. Last night, he tossed and turned for a few hours until he fell asleep hard. Now I knew why he was so worried, it wasn’t Ally, but the Mayor. King sometimes confused me. He always thought about the “What-if’s”, while I worried about what was right in front of me.
It was late afternoon as we pulled up to Christmas Town. It was lit up with colorful decorations that I had never understood, but was starting to see the appeal. It made you feel happy, and while I didn’t feel happy, I saw peoples’ reactions to it which made me understand it.
I parked the car as Ally’s red hair came around a corner with the Mayor next to her. Their body language was relaxed, but I tensed as I saw the twins behind them. I didn’t like that Ally was outnumbered. I jerked forward ready to get out of the car when King’s hand on my thigh tightened.
“Don’t be rash,” he whispered. “She’s not in danger.”
“She’s outnumbered,” I growled.
“If they wanted to kill her, they would have done it behind closed doors,” King said softly.
Ally and the Mayor hugged for a moment before the mayor cupped her cheek. The twins' eyes were looking around them until they locked eyes on our car.
“Fuck,” King whispered.
