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“Do you want to marry him?” I ask, only because I want to hear her say no. I know the answer already and no fucking way she’s marrying him but I want her to be the one to tell everyone. “Baby, it’s all going to be all right, but you need to tell the truth. You’re a badass, baby. I got your back, now tell them.”
“Anna?” Her mother sounds mildly amused, as I shoot her dad a glare. If he tries to step in right now, the fucking sheriff’s going to have a homicide report on his hands. “Who is this strapping young man?”
“Mom,” Anna offers, giving her mother a sympathetic look, then turning her eyes at me. “He’s—he’s…”
“I’m the one that claimed what’s mine already. Show them, baby.” I reach over and tug down the neckline of the white dress she’s wearing, watching her father’s eyes go wide as her mother starts to giggle uncontrollably. I point to the red and purple bite marks. “Those are my fucking teeth marking my fucking woman. And, for the record, I filled her with enough seed in one night to knock her the hell up good. She belongs to me.”
A hand presses onto my shoulder, my fists ready as I spin around.
“I want you out of my house right now. This is a private—”
I don’t give the bronzed asshole a chance to finish.
My punch connects with his chin so solidly it sends a shockwave up my arm. But he’s got some balls, because he re-groups, gritting his teeth, wiping the blood from his chin, his eyes locked on me.
Whatever happened to this guy in prison, it toughened him up. From what Tor told me, he was a pimple faced twenty-two-year-old kid fresh out of college when his parents were going through their divorce. Oddly enough, turns out Tor represented his mom as one of his earliest career making cases. That was after Alex had already been convicted of embezzlement. His mom believed in his innocence, his dad thought he was guilty.
It tore them apart.
He’s back up, coming at me with his fists flying. I’m sure he thinks he’s coming at me with both barrels.
Fortunately, his version of barrels and mine are in two different categories.
His screech of ego-fury cuts through the air as he launches himself at me, arms flailing with light but fast punches. I knock the first couple away with my hands then realize he’s not going to stop until he’s put down.
No problem.
I make sure Anna is out of the line of fire, then come back with an uppercut. He goes back down, but he turns his head to the side, spits a tooth and a gobbet of blood, then scrambles to his feet.
Just as the sheriff and my brother get to either side of him.
“Fuck you! You think taking her away from me will stop any of this?” He isn’t even looking at me, he’s shouting at Niko. “You’ll be sorry. Whoever these goons of yours are, they’ll be sorry too. And you,” he turns to glare at Anna’s mom, “you’re going to scream before the end! I’m going to use you until you are used up.”
I ignore it all, turning back to Anna, and take hold of her shoulders.
“Say it, baby.”
She stiffens in my hands, takes one glance at Alex, then shakes her head. “I don’t want to marry him. I never did. But—”
“No buts, baby. That’s all I needed to know.” I kiss the top of her head, wrapping her into my arms, then turn to Tor. “You good?”
He nods. “Sure. Sheriff, do your thing.”
The sheriff sniffs, then lets go of Alex, and turns to Niko. “Niko Farkas, you are under arrest for the crimes of embezzlement and perverting the course of justice. Other charges may follow.”
As the sheriff reads him his rights, I pull Anna into my side.
“Sorry, baby. Your dad needs to man up on a few things. It’s the only way this ends without bloodshed.”
She nods. “I hate all of this. I hate what he did, how he put us all here.”
“I know, baby. The PI’s told me.”
I hug her tight as she watches her father being cuffed, then I turn to Alex.
“This squares everything. I’m not asking, I’m telling you. This ends now. Because if it doesn’t, you’re not going to like what happens. Niko is going down for a long time. I know that doesn’t make up for what happened to you, but you’re going to have to find a way to get good with that. We clear?”
He glares, turning to watch as Anna’s dad is led out of the room, with her mom walking behind in a daze of confusion, then meets my eyes again, his jaw working like he wants to say something but isn’t sure what.
