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His eyes widen in shock, caught off guard as I bring the knife to his throat, and we stumble into the wall behind him. His hand is instantly on mine, gripping it so tight I’m waiting for a bone to crack, but I don’t let up.
“What the fuck, Mia?” he bites out.
My body is vibrating with adrenaline. “This knife!” I manage to get out. “Why the fuck doyouhave it?”
Aiden is way too calm for a man with a blade to his pulse point. “It’s hard to see which knife you’re talking about when it’s at my fucking jugular!” he says, spitting his words out. “Mind telling me what it looks like?”
“It’s a tactical folding knife.” Tears spill over my cheeks. “Tungsten-gray blade, with a small bumblebee engraved on it, and I know it like the back of my hand!”
His eyes are vibrant blue, and they aren’t the eyes of a guilty man, but I’m so fucked up. I don’t know what to think.
“Please…” I beg. “I need answers,now.”
“I can’t give you answers when I have no fucking clue what you’re talking about, Mia!”
“This knife is my sister’s!” I scream, walking the line between cutting him and throwing myself into his arms, struggling because when it comes down to it, I can’t imagine not feeling his arms wrapped around me. The confusion and frustration only heighten the energy between us.
Aiden grips my hand even tighter, but his eyes soften. “That knife was a fucking gift! From Dagger, for the first shipment of Berettas I had delivered when I took over the club!”
My eyes search his, frantically. All the proof we need is hovering in the space between us. Dagger must have been theone to take it from Nic to begin with, and then he gave it to Aiden. But why? My breathing is fast as my heart thuds in my ears.
“You didn’t think to ask where it came from?” I practically whisper.
“When another boss gives you a gift, you don’t question it, you just take it. There were ten men with me when Dagger gave it to me.”
He lets go of my hand, and I suck in a breath, but I don’t let go of the knife.
Notyet.
My eyes drop to his lips for less than a second, but it’s enough time for him to lift my body and flip our positions, slamming me into the wall.
The knife is still between us, and Aiden leans into it. I can’t move my hand. He’s holding the knife to his own throat, and I’m struggling to pull it away as he starts to bleed.
I shake my head, because I don’t want to kill him—I need him—and I know in my heart he’s not behind this. I just reacted out of rage. “Aiden…you’re bleeding,” I whisper, fear in my voice as my eyes flit from his to the cut on his throat. I can’t tell how deep it is.
“You want to have the power, Rhiannon? Then fucking own it!” His eyes are crazed, and they’re scaring the shit out of me. “If you don’t trust me, then do it! Slit me fucking ear to ear.”
He leans in a little more, and the knife slides.
I shake my head frantically, struggling to pull the knife away from him. I know he isn’t capable of hurting my sister. “I don’t want that…” I whimper. “I’msorry! I trust you. I’m sorry!” I squeeze my eyes shut. “I need you, Aiden…” I choke back a sob.
He lets go of my hand, and his eyes are full of resolve as he whispers, “Remember, Rhiannon, the line between love and hate only exists when your next breath depends on it.”
“I will…” I whimper.
Blood drips freely onto his shirt. “Then, if you’ve cut me up enough, my dirty little sadist, get that fucking blade off my throat so I can kiss you.”
Chapter 48
Aiden
Even now, as she holds a blade to my throat, I can’t fucking deny this woman. Not when she’s my only weakness, threatening to cut me like some sort of savage, avenging angel.
By the time the knife clatters to the floor, my lips are already on hers. I don’t know how the fuck it’s possible that she could try to kill me and make me so hard at the same time, but as I press into her, my mouth searching every corner of hers, it’s apparent there’s nothing Mia could do that doesn’t consume me completely.
When I pull my lips from hers, I slide my hands up to her face and look deep into her eyes.
“What happened to your sister wasn’t your fault, Mia. And I promise you, I’m going to kill the fucker who hurt her, and you’ll never have to think about him again.”
