But these weremyexplosions now.
And if he wanted to leave his mark, Silas was going to have to give me a little more than a high fucking five, or a band-aid for that matter.
“Did you bring Thay here foryouor forme?” I asked, feeling my stomach turn when Wolfe leaned forward to kiss my kneecap. “Don’t lie to me.”
“I brought him here for both of us,” Wolfe took a breath. “And for the record, I’ve never fucking lied to you.”
“Yes, you did. You didn’t tell me about Lyla.”
“You didn’t fucking ask!”
I shoved him in the chest, but he caught my hand.
“That technicality bullshit will never save you with me!”
“Yeah, well, thattechnicality bullshitis the fucking air people breathe in our world, Daphne. Need to know is truly just that. Plus, I was going to tell you, show you the contract, make youunderstand, but then all hell broke loose. Which is what hell seems to do whenever you’re around.”
I glared, shifting my attention to the wall.
“I found Thay drowning in a pool of your old clothes, screaming with a pistol against his belly.”
Fire hit my insides, and suddenly I couldn’t breathe.
“And the funny thing was, that is how I felt, too…” Wolfe blinked. “And for a split second, I wished I could die with him. Or be that fucking dramatic. Feel all this shit out loud. But I don’t work that way. And you know it.”
My hand swept over his in a slow glide.
“Look, Daph,” Wolfe leaned close. “I put the club first. That’s my job, and men’s lives depend on it, so if Threx requires you to tame his beast, orThayorneeds you to regulate his heart? I bring him to Maine. Because he keeps us safe.”
My eyes shifted to the bathroom door.
“But if the world is a fuckless, colorless piece of shit without you! Then I come to fucking Maine, too… Becausemymonster is the cageyourmonster plays in. And without you, I am hollow.”
There he was. Brighter than the coastal blue sky and twice as deadly as the storm behind it. I was worried for a moment that he had disappeared behind all of this.
“Thank you,” I leaned forward, pulling his mouth to mine. So familiar. So safe. He wasn’t my stars, but Wolfe was my choice.
“You’re welcome. I’ll give Threx a little breathing room before I put my mark on your skin,” he half-smiled. “And next time, Daphne,” his finger brushed over my lips. “I won’t be watching.”
Then, with a kiss to the cheek, he bounced off the bed and shuffled to Thay’s pants lying dead on the floor. I watched curiously as he pulled them on, then reached for his shirt.
What in the hell?
“You’ll need to stay here until the coast is clear,” he snickered to himself. “Literally.”
“For how long?” I rose to my feet, marveling at how weak they felt when I tried to step forward.
“As long as it takes. Another week at least.”
“No fucking way,” I grumbled when he fell into me, taking me by the hips. “It doesn’t work when we are apart.”
“I should fuck you before I leave!” He nipped at my neck before peeling back with a wicked smirk. “But if I miss my plane, we’re all dead.”
“You know those are Thay’s, right?” I pointed to the oversized pair of jeans barely holding him in and the stretched-out shirt that hung loose at the collar.
“Aw,” he kissed the scrunch in my nose before leading me to the bathroom. “Speaking of Threx, tell him I said goodbye. And that Jessie will pick him up in Seattle.”
“Wolfe?” I made a face when he shoved me into the steam, screeching when Thay’s hands wrapped around my waist. Wolfe was up to something. I could smell it.