Page 43 of Swamp Princess

“Hello, brother.” He is looking past me to Mr. Brooks.

“Thiago.” Mr. Brooks steps down and I see who I now know is Thiago straighten. I also don’t miss the glint of the gun in his waist band. “Does she know who you are?”

“No,” He says nonchalantly.

“She doesn’t know who you are?” I blurt out. “Who does she think you are?”

“Oh, rich boy, she doesn’t need to know yet, and she better not find out or I will have your family killed and slit your throat in the middle of the night.”

“Stay the fuck away from Brinley.” Blaise shouts, moving closer with Damien, and both of them pull guns out and point.

“She is now my woman.” He smirks as two more cars pull up and four people from each, fall out, weapons drawn as Vince comes out pointing a gun at Hector.

“She’s my fiancé.” Vince tries to take another step before Thiago’s men swarm him.

“Wrong move, Vince, she’s mine.” He looks at us before smirking, “and don’t forget who actually runs this city and your daddies, boys.” He moves more to the center of us. “Here is what is going to happen. Brinley is mine and she finds out about me when I feel like she should. Damien, keep your dog off my woman, and Vince, back the fuck up and stay away from her.”

“No.”

“No.”

Both and Blaise and Vince shout.

“Fuck you.” Kingston steps forward and Loyal and I move with him. “She is ours.” More of Thiago’s men move to surround us with guns but Mr. Brooks steps forward.

“Brother, enough. Time for you to go. The students are moving about. I have her in class and will keep an eye on her.” Thiago smirks and moves to his brother.

“Oh, boy, you have a thing for her.” He smirks and looks at him more closely.

“No, I don’t, I’m just concerned.”

“About?”

“That she has no idea what she just got herself into. Tell me how she doesn’t know that you are who you are.”

Thiago looks around and sees that we are listening. “Quite simply. Grandmama. She helped her and grandma saw something in her and brought her back to the house. When she saw me, she introduced me as Hector. Not many people know what I look like, only the fear of my name which I don’t use unless I have to.”

“Well, you need to go, as do the rest of you.”

“Agreed, I am going back to make my room a little more comfortable for Brinley. I would rather see her beautiful naked body on some softer black sheets.” He smirks at Blaise as Blaise flies at him.

A fist to the face stops him but Kingston flies at him too, catching him on the side of the jaw.

“That one is free, pretty boy. Next time you touch me, I will put two between the eyes. Are we clear?” He doesn’t wait for a response as he gets his lackies to get back in their cars. “See you Friday, brother.” He gets in his car and leaves.

“What the fuck!” Damien moves Blaise farther away while Vince picks up his phone and gets in his car. I don’t know who he is calling but I do know that Brinley really has no idea what she is involved in now.

We have all heard of Thiago and what he does. He is the son of the largest mob family. His parents used to run it until they were murdered and then his grandmother took over. Thiago, only a few years ago, stepped up.

Thiago has never been seen with a woman on his arm and from what I hear, the last woman he was with tried to stab him in the chest. He had her killed the next day. Brinley doesn’t know any of this and I am at a loss for what to do.

“Come on, let’s find her,” Kingston says.

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Brinley

My amazing two weeks feel like it is so far away. Hector was amazing and everything he said to me resonates in my heart.

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