Page 77 of By Blade, I Love
But when I looked into that heartless stare, I knew he was fucked in the head.
His grin widened as he kept the gun against Elio’s head. Then he released a low whistle as he visibly checked me out. “Lady Wolfe is sure pretty.”
I moved down the stairs, never taking my eyes off him.
“Aaannndddshe’s feisty.”
I reached the bottom step and stepped into the dirt road, his men having put all of mine on their knees with guns pointed at their heads.
Leo stayed at my side with every step.
“What do you want?” I barked.
He lowered the gun from Elio’s head and turned his entire focus on me. His eyes dragged down my body again, and his gaze lingered on the enormous rock Wolfe had given me. “Pretty.”
I raised my voice into a shout. “What do you want?”
His grin widened even further, and he raised both hands in the form of surrender. A little chuckle escaped his lips. “Cristo, you’ve got a temper.”
“If you want the business, take it. If you want money, I’ll wire everything I have to you. Whatever the fuck you want, I’ll give it to you. Just let us all walk out of here and start new lives far the fuck away from you.”
He lowered his hands and let the pistol hang at his side. “You remind me of him.”
I knew byhim, he meant Wolfe. “I take that as a compliment.”
“Well, I don’t want your business or your money.”
Dammit. “Then what?”
He cocked his head to the side. “Come on, you already know.”
Now my heart started to race, and it was a lot harder to keep a straight face. To pretend that I wasn’t utterly terrified of what might happen to me. “Let me save you some time. You take me, Wolfe comes for me, and then you’re all dead. It’s not a good use of your time or mine.”
He smiled. “Yes, but that’s exactly what I want to happen.”
“He’ll. Kill. You.”
“Maybe. Maybe not. I’m curious to see how it goes down.”
This guy really was a psycho.
“I don’t personally have a vendetta against Wolfe, so I’d like to handle this as respectfully as possible. So you can either allow me to handcuff you and put you in the back seat, or I can shoot every one of your men in the head until you allow me to do that. And if you still don’t comply…” He sucked in a deep breath as he shrugged. “I’m gonna have to force you, and I don’t want to do that.”
“If you want to be respectful, then leave me be.”
“I wish I could, but boss’s orders.”
“You’re too smart to mindlessly follow some asshole’s orders.”
He gave another shrug. “He’s the king. Just how it goes.”
The king?
“We don’t always do what we want to do, but when your lord calls, you do his bidding.” Then he made the sign of the cross over his shoulders, which made no fucking sense. “If it makes you feel better, Wolfe will definitely have the opportunity to save you.”
“I know he will save me.”
He gestured to the car. “Then let’s go, Lady Wolfe.”
