He was scared shitless.
I was patient, waiting until his family left to visit her parents. The internal guard was given his instructions, the medicine, and the needle. I’d toyed with a car accident, but it was messy. Other lives could be lost—and Lielit would disapprove. Besides, David might survive, given the bullet and bomb-proof car he favoured.
As my children grew stronger, David’s heart would stop beating tonight.
And the world would receive their message.
Do not fuck with Prothero—or his family.
“You look pleased with yourself,” Lielit said, eyeing me as if she could read my thoughts.
“Are you accusing me of mischief?” I asked, peeling back the covers as her robe slid from her shoulders.
I didn’t tell her she looked like she’d swallowed the sun. I still remembered her vicious attacks at Caer Virel. We had five short weeks left until they arrived. I never missed an ultrasound, and I found the hypnobirthing classes surprisingly relaxing. We got stared at a lot, but Lielit insisted I scared people. I never said a word. She was obviously imagining things.
She sat carefully on the bed with a sigh.
“Keep your dick to yourself tonight,” she grumbled, lifting her legs and settling back.
I studied her enormous stomach for a moment before nodding. Once she tucked her feet beneath the covers, I pulled them up around her.
“Do you need a back rub?” I asked as she manoeuvred the V-shaped pillow beneath her belly.
Another sigh. A nod.
I smothered a smile.
The book said the last couple of weeks would be the worst. She was carrying two babies, and I knew she got irritated with me at times. I reached for the lavender-scented massage oil and sat up.
It wasn’t my fault I excelled at everything.
Fenrir snorted.
I ignored him.
“Oh—yes. Right there,” she moaned.“The base.”
My dick responded.
It was Friday night.
“You know,” I began to whisper.
“Fuck off. You’re not getting a Friday night fuck.”
I scowled at the back of her head as my thumbs slid up the base of her spine.
“What about a handjob?”
She laughed.
Fenrir joined in.
I sighed and continued massaging her back.
Perhaps if I did a good enough job…
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