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I don’t bother telling her that the injuries he sustained might kill him, or that once my clean-up crew arrived and saw the mess that we had made, they might have called it in to Amelie and killed the guy anyway. What happens once I leave the building is none of my concern.
“I don’t really understand.”
“Which part?” I ask patiently.
“Any of it.”
“If you’d gone to my school and the headteacher could see what you’re capable of doing with a steak knife, you’d probably have found yourself recruited and inducted too.” I smile ruefully. “I’m not sure how else to explain it. I mean, I guess if you have questions I could try and answer some things, but I have to be careful. I’m already breaking all the rules just by telling you this much.”
“You don’t strike me as the kind to give a damn about rules.”
“I’m not.” I grin. “But I give a damn – more than a damn actually – about you and Phoenix, and I don’t want to put you in harm’s way by saying too much.”
She pauses for a moment as if letting my declaration sink in. I guess it’s a lot to process, but I’m taking it as a good sign that she hasn’t started screaming at me to get out. Yet.
“I need to process. I just don’t understand why you’re telling me this.”
“I want you to know me better. You and Nix know the real me, but I guess you need the shadows of my past filled in to fully trust me.”
“I do trust you!”
“To trust in us then.”
She goes to argue with me but stops. I’m right. We both know it. Eventually she nods.
“Okay. Can I ask some questions?”
“I’ll try to answer them, shoot.”
“Does this organisation mean you’re well connected?”
“Incredibly.”
She hesitates for a moment.
“Can we use those connections to stop Cordelia?”
“I promise you, we can and we will,” I say earnestly, meaning every word and vowing to call in every favour I’ve ever accrued if I have to. I’ll even go back to working for The Order full time if we get Phoenix home for good and Cordelia neutralised permanently.
“Okay. For now, that’s all I need to know…” She pauses, then takes a deep breath. I just know that something else is coming. Something bad. “But if you ever come home covered in blood and pounce on me like that again, I’ll gut you while you’re sleeping and let Ace take care of your body.”
I groan because of course she just threatened to stab me. It seems we can’t make it through a meal alone without her vowing to do that now. My dick is painfully hard. Begging me to plead with her to make good on that promise and bleed me. Just a little. Fuck. Is it too soon to introduce a little blood into our relationship?
Judging by her reaction last night and the nature of the threat she just made against me, I guess probably.
Rebel: I’m sorry.
Rebel: I’m really shit at this. I keep messing everything up when that’s the last thing I want to do.
Rebel: I wrote you a song. It’s better with the words than I am.
Rebel: Audio attachment Breathing.mp3
Raven: You made me cry.
Rebel: Shit. I’m so sorry, princess. That wasn’t my intent.
Raven: In a good way, you fool.
Rebel: Are we good?
Raven: We’re good. ILY x
Rebel: I had to google that shit. I love you too x Do something for me, okay?
Raven: What?
Rebel:Wear the ring we got you. Please. I don’t care who did the asking, I just want to know you’re ours x
