Jacob just stands there, his body shaking, eyes wide. I think he’s in shock. “What …? What did you do?” he whispers in horror.
Titan closes the knife and hands it back to Nite, who puts it in his pocket. He immediately pulls out his cell and starts typing away on it.
Titan steps up to Jacob. “You left Emilee unattended. He pinned her arms down to her side and bit her.” He points at me. “Told her he’d pay double if she’d fuck him raw.” His voice rises.
“I’m … sorry,” he adds quickly, clearly terrified of Titan. Jacob takes a step back.
“You know the rules, and you broke them,” Titan growls.
As a Queen, I don’t know what the clients are allowed to do. I just know what the Queens can and can’t do.
“I didn’t know he …”
“Bullshit!” he snaps. “You know he came on to her at your last dinner.”
My eyes widen.He knew that?How did Titan know that?
“Yes. Yes. I told you.” He nods quickly. “I didn’t keep it from you.” Snapping, Jacob takes a step toward me, and I press my back into the wall. Not like I’m afraid of him. I feel safe that Titan is here. But still, I don’t want him touching me.
“You’re out,” Titan says.
Jacob squares his shoulders. “Out? Do you know how much money I’ve spent at Kingdom?” he demands through gritted teeth. Clearly pissed at these turn of events.
“That was your choice.” He waves a hand in the air, dismissing him.
“My choice?” he snaps at Titan. “If he wanted to fuck her, he can fuck her!” he shouts. Jacob reaches for my arm and yanks me from the wall. I try to pull away from him, but he’s got a grip on my arm while he drags me to the center of the alleyway.
“Stop!” I shout, trying to shove him away from me as Titan reaches into the back of his jeans.
“They’re just fucking whores!” Jacob yells, shaking me. His fingers digging into my forearm.
Bang!
I scream in surprise as the gun goes off. My heart stops, and my breath gets stuck in my throat as I watch Jacob fall to his knees and then to his chest in a puddle of his own blood in a back alleyway.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.I’m chanting in my head as I feel blood on my face, chest, and arms. I stumble backward into the wall once again as I quickly try to rub it off.
CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
TITAN
IPLACE MYgun in my waistband and turn toward Nite. “Tell the cleanup crew two bodies.”
Nite nods and goes back to texting on his cell.
I turn to face her. She stands against the wall in a state of shock, staring down at the blood smeared across her hands and arms.
“Em?” I ask her.
She doesn’t acknowledge me.
“Em?” I take her face in my hands. “Emilee, look at me.”
Wide blue eyes meet mine.
“Breathe,” I order. Her face is pale. “Take in a breath, Em. Come on.” Her skin is covered with his blood from the shot, and her body shakes. I don’t think she notices. “Emilee?” I bark this time, giving her a little shake. Her lips part, and she sucks in a deep breath. “That’s right,” I say gently.
“You … killed them.”
