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“Keep looking at me like that, and I’ll have one installed before the week’s out.”

“You cannot order sex furniture every time I ask a question.”

“I can.”

“Lachlan.”

I kissed her before she could build an argument.

When I let her go, she shook her head and settled back over my heart.

“Impossible Irishman.”

“You’re marrying me.”

“I know. I happen to like impossible.”

Her voice was soft with exhaustion.

I ran my hand slowly along her back until her body relaxed completely against mine.

Once, in that dungeon, I’d wondered whether fate had finally put someone worth protecting in my path.

I hadn’t understood she’d put my whole future there.

I tightened my arm around her.

“I love you, Mouse.”

She was quiet long enough that I thought she might already be asleep.

Then her fingers curled gently against my chest.

“I love you too.”

I kissed her hair and closed my eyes.

She’d chosen me with her eyes open.

I’d spend every breath I had making sure she never regretted it.

The Next Story Begins

Aria was waiting behind the reception desk when the private elevator opened.

That part wasn’t unusual, but the expression on her face was.

“What’s up?” I asked, already heading past her toward the office.

She glanced toward the hallway. “Nik’s in there with Luca.”

I stopped.

Luca Genovese did not just drop by Xyst.

He’d helped build the underworld network behind it, could walk through every locked door in the building without anyone stupid enough to question him, and still rarely bothered. Luca summoned people. Other people went to him unless he had a damn good reason to come himself.

“How long has he been in there?”