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Shame swirled in my gut. “You guys should go home now,” I said, drawing their attention. “You’re in this mess because of me and my failed attempt at killing Yuri,” I said, staring at my hands.

Warm fingers lifted my chin. “This isn’t your fault,” Dex said, but Andrei cut him off.

“It kind of is, actually. She was supposed to stab the bastard that day,” he said as I turned to glare at him. “What? You were.”

Dex stood, shoving his finger into Andrei’s chest. “Shut your fucking mouth, first of all. And second, you were going to makeherkill the fucker?”

Andrei leaned back, spreading his arms across the booth, completely unfazed. “Surely you know your little bunny is actually a wolf.” His blue eyes cut to me, holding my stare as he spilled the final secret. “The day wasn’t a complete failure, she man?—”

“I killed my father. Stabbed him in the stomach andtwisted the blade,” I cut in, needing to be the one to tell this truth myself.

Andrei smirked. Asshole. He’d wanted that to happen, forced my hand so I would have to reveal the final piece of the puzzle until I sat there stripped bare for all to see—to determine if they wanted to stick by me. He was like a fucked- up Cupid.

I was so busy staring him down that I didn’t notice Dex until it was too late. I yelped when I was suddenly lifted into the air and thrown over his shoulder, his arm clamped over the back of my thighs, a hand holding down my dress so my ass wasn’t on display.

“You fuckers figure out a plan, and then let us know what we’ve got to do,” he called over his shoulder, heading toward the door that led back out into the main portion of the club.

“Have fun fucking,” Andrei yelled out. I couldn’t see his face, but I knew he had a smug look on it.

CHAPTER 39

DEX

IF YOU’RE HORNY, THIS IS THE CHAPTER FOR YOU. IF YOU’RE NOT, YOU WILL BE…

We barely madeit out of the room before I slammed her against the wall, her breath whooshing out of her as I let her body slide down until her feet were on the floor. Fuck, she was beautiful. My dick twitched—it’d been painfully hard since she walked into the room, settling briefly as her past was unraveled.

But when she revealed that she was the one to deliver the killing blow to her asshole of a father, fuck, I was rock hard once more. She sucked in a breath as I lowered my mouth to her ear, sucking on the tender flesh for a moment.

“If you hadn’t killed that fucker, I would have hunted him down and dismembered him limb by limb for you,” I said, running my nose along her neck, nipping at her flesh. I wanted to mark every part of her body.

Of her soul.

I didn’t know if she’d find my words romantic or not, but they were the truth.

She turned her face into mine, our lips brushing as she spoke. “Is it wrong that now I’m turned on?” she asked.

Her response made me growl, pressing myself further against her and running my hands up her bare thighs until they hooked onto her underwear.

“What are you doing, Dex?” she asked, her voice husky and excited. I leaned forward, unable to stop myself, and captured her mouth, the world melting away as her tongue intertwined with mine. Kissing Nikki was like breathing again.

The fresh air after a rainstorm.

She fisted my shirt, pulling me closer. My heart beat so fast, it felt like I’d leapt off a cliff. Loving her was an adrenaline hit. She filled the void inside my chest, illuminating the dark cave with her sunshine. The ache I’d grown used to ceased to exist when she was around.

Uncertainty crept in. I felt this way about her, but I still didn’t know where she stood on the matter. She’d run from me more than once. Maybe I just needed to get the fucking hint and let her go.

I growled at the idea.

“Panties off, Nikki.”

“What? No. Why the hell do you need those?” she asked, pulling her face away.

My hand snaked up, grasping her throat. “Because if you run off again, I want something to wrap around my cock as I beat off to the memories of fucking your tight cunt,” I said, punctuating my words by yanking down her underwear.

Her inhale was more of a moan, and I drove my fingers into her now uncovered pussy.

“You’re fucking soaked, spitfire.” I pulled my fingers out, bringing them to my lips and licking them clean. “This for me? Your cunt dripping for me, baby?” I asked.

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