Page 103 of The Broken Queen
Gio shifted behind me, and King squeezed my hip. They were trying to encourage me to remain calm. This was all attached to what Scotty had done, how he’d bought off El Peligro and left us stranded with no help. It was the reason Gio had gotten shot. We had been lucky, but if the bullet had been even a millimeter to the right, he wouldn’t be here right now.
“Well, I’m glad you’re here. We have to catch up,” I said, trying to sound happy as I shed the memories tied to such a heavy day.
Carter glared at the twins behind me and pulled me away. “I need to borrow her.”
“They aren’t my keepers, Carter,” I joked as I trailed after her.
She took us to a rather large circular couch. We had it to ourselves, but my cousin still ducked her head close while she asked, “So tell me your decision about having a ceremony.”
“I told you last time we talked.”
She rolled her eyes, and it made me laugh. Her gold eye shadow was on thick, but it complemented her black dress and red tresses. “You told me you guys were happy. What the hell does that mean? You have wedding bands essentially tattooed to your ring fingers, does that not justify a ceremony of some kind?”
She used air quotes around the word ceremony, which made me laugh.
“I just don’t know what good a ceremony would do? We know what we are to each other and that’s all that matters.”
Setting her glass on the small table next to us, she grew serious. “Listen, I have tried to really respect the sanctity of your relationship,but I’m going to need some details now. When you say you know what you are to each other… Does that mean in the biblical sense?”
“There is nothing holy about what we’ve been doing, but yes, Carter James, we’re fucking.”
She smiled devilishly. “But like…individually, right? Each twin takes his turn, or…”
A smile slid along my mouth as I shook my head. “We do that sometimes, but it’s typically me between them.”
“Hot damn…how does that work with the twins? Do they?—”
I moved forward to grab my drink. “Never. They are very careful and are always aware of their body parts when we’re…”
She squealed excitedly. “This is so crazy. I can’t believe you’re with them and like…it works.”
We settled in, chatting a bit when there were suddenly a few men who crowded us on the couch. One man in particular, dripping with wealth and radiating power, sank into the seat next to me and sensually held my thigh.
“I wouldn’t do that if I were you,” I said, pushing at his hand. I made sure I used the one with my tattoos.
He laughed. “You have no idea who I am, do you?”
“I don’t think that will matter.” I shoved his hand again, but his other hand moved to my neck, where he began pushing my hair out of the way. “You’re the most beautiful creature in this room tonight. I want you bouncing on my cock before the night is done.”
“Then I guess we’ll have to start with your cock.” Gio appeared in front of us.
Kingston strolled next to him. “We’ll start with the hands since he used those to touch her. If you want the cock when we’re through—that’s fine by me.”
The man next to me shot to his feet while the males around him went to pull out their guns, but stopped. Everyone had been forced to surrender theirs on the way in, and if they didn’t and wanted to keep their firearm, it was with the understanding that they’d go to war with the families present if they were to find a reason to fire said weapons.
Except the twins never played by those rules, so I knew they were currently carrying.
“I didn’t realize she was spoken for by one of you,” the man said.
Gio laughed. “Both of us, actually, which makes this twice as dangerous for you.”
“No harm was done,” one of the men said, placing their hands up like they didn’t want any trouble.
“I guess it depends on perspective, though, doesn’t it?” Gio asked while pacing the small area near the coffee table. Carter was between me and the guy, but I caught her nervous expression.
Kingston began picking at his shirt. “From our perspective, you touched her, and we don’t allow anyone to touch her.”
The powerful man laughed, as if all this were hilarious, and his hands slowly went up. I already knew what was about to happen, so I pulled one of the small couch cushions and covered my face. Carter watched me and did the same thing, moving slowly so no one really noticed.
