CHAPTER TWELVE #2
“Wait...you...you work for Bloodbayne, too?” she asked nervously. “How come I never saw you two together? I would’ve remembered you.”
“Roman managed Thailand, I oversee Eastern Europe,” he said with a small shrug. “We were...reluctant counterparts to say the least.”
Gasping loudly, her eyes widened as things began to fall into place. Not only was Kade a cold-blooded serial killer, but he was also an Underboss for one of the greatest organized crime families in America. Karma had finally come to kick her ass.
“Oh my God...you’re Volkov?” she squeaked.
“I am,” he replied with a wave of his hand.
“But we will get to all of that later. So where was I? Oh yeah...I saw Roman worm his way behind you, and I was so fucking pissed when I saw him touch you, Lexi. You have no idea how badly I wanted to rip his head from his body. But I was bound by my Oath, so I just watched. I watched him kiss you. I watched him reach his hand up under your skirt to touch your bare little cunt. I could tell he was awful at that, by the way, you looked so bored. That made me feel a little better, I’ll admit.
..but... fuck ...it took all my strength not to steal you away from him. ”
Listening to him as he rambled on, Lexi reeled from all the information being thrown at her. Trying to stay in the moment, she closed her eyes and brushed her fears aside. Within seconds, her mind recalled that fateful night.
The popular club was at capacity, filled with drunk college kids celebrating their first night of Spring Break.
Even standing in the corner of the dance floor, she found the air within the large room to be too stifling hot for her liking.
The European techno music that the cocaine fueled DJ played was tolerable, however the constant groping by random frat boys was not.
After waiting for Roman in the overwhelming club for over an hour, she had almost given up.
When the asshole finally appeared, he came up behind her without any warning, grabbing her ass so hard that he had left a bruise.
It had taken all her willpower to not elbow his hooked nose into his brain.
She instead greeted him with a wink and a laugh, putting on an act of being the ditzy little coed he had paid for.
It didn’t take long before he wanted his money’s worth.
Before she knew what was going on, she felt him fumble his clammy hand towards the apex between her thighs.
She tried to seem excited as he roughly fingered her, grinding down on his hand and moving her hips in time with the steady beat, moaning and squealing like a porn star.
If Roman had any idea how to pleasure a woman, he would’ve known that her orgasm was faked two ways to Sunday.
Wiping his dirty hand on her dress, he then screamed into her ear over the pounding base.
He told her that he wanted to ‘take her back into the alley and fuck her so hard she wouldn’t be able to walk afterwards.
’ With a flirty smile, she asked him to take her back to his car instead.
He was such a slimy son of a bitch that he yanked her from the nightclub right then and there.
She hadn’t planned on killing him that night, but Roman made things too easy.
She couldn’t stop herself from seizing the opportunity.
Within minutes, she found herself straddling the blonde in the back of his Jaguar XJ, listening to him demand that she suck his cock, or he would throw her on the next ship to Thailand.
According to Roman, she needed to ‘learn how to be a proper little whore.’ She might have been able to keep her rabid personality in check if he hadn't slapped her across the face after she refused.
Unfortunately for the smug prick, that was all it took for her to unleash her fury.
Not allowing him time to react, she yanked her Stiletto switchblade from her bra and slashed him across the throat.
A clean, crimson line ripped him open ear to ear, almost like a second smile.
Regrettably, that first cut had nicked his artery, causing him to bleed out far too quickly.
As far as she was concerned, it was a botched kill. One that would forever haunt her in more ways than she would have imagined.
“God you were beautiful,” Kade continued, not realizing she had zoned out for most of his monologue.
“Watching your face as you stabbed him over and over again after you cut his throat. Fuck, it made me so hard, Lexi. The way his blood splattered all over you? I’ll never forget it for as long as I live.
You were so feral and uninhibited, my love.
That was the moment that I knew why I was drawn to you.
Don’t you see? Fate brought us together that night for a reason, Sweetheart.
We’re destined . We’re destined to take over the Organization. Together .”
Shaking her head, she moved her fingertips to massage her throbbing temples.
Between the memory of that defining night and the realization that he had insane, grandiose plans, she immediately felt overwhelmed.
It was too much information for her to process all at once, there were too many suppressed emotions bubbling to the surface.
She wasn’t equipped to face her inner demons, especially not with a demon hovering over her.
“Please...I can’t...I can’t do this right now,” she said with a whimper.
Furrowing his brow, Kade wrapped his arms around his love and gently pulled her onto his lap.
He hadn’t meant to cause her distress. He was just so excited to finally tell her about that night and their connection.
It was obvious that she wasn’t ready to accept what she was, he would have to ease her into things.
It was alright, though. They still had time before Bloodbayne requested a meeting with her.
“Shhh, it’s ok. You’re alright,” he purred, nuzzling his lips against the crown of her head.
“You don’t have to worry, I took care of the cleanup for you.
I made it look like it was a hit by the Fratelli’s.
Bloodbayne still has no fucking clue. See how much I love you?
I’ll never let anything happen to you. Please don’t cry, I hate seeing you cry.
Hey, let’s go back to sleep, hmm? In the morning we’ll go into town and just enjoy the day together.
We’ll get some breakfast and do some grocery shopping. How does that sound?”
Burrowing her colorless face into the crook of his neck, she nodded her head and choked back a sob.
Whatever he had planned for her wasn’t going to work.
She wasn’t a murderer, anymore. She was a good girl with a stable life filled with loving people.
He wasn’t going to twist her mind. She would find a way to escape once they were in town. He couldn’t have her.
Not now, not ever.