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“Hmm…”
His smile widens as he reaches the top. He grabs the door leading out to the roof before leaning back and giving me a kiss on the lips. “Be ready to call me by my pleasure name after this.”
“Oh, I’m ready,” I assure him.
“And please, keep your head down. You’re too pretty to get shot.”
“Again, you mean?”
He winks at me and I realize I’d let him shoot me again just to see that smile on his face. I have something wrong with me, it’s quite clear now.
“You sure you’re going to be able to shoot him from this distance and not accidentally hit someone?” I ask.
“You saying stuff like that makes me want to move even farther away.”
I shake my head because really, why would I doubt him? When we reach the roof, he puts me in a “safe” space as he sets up and waits. It’s about forty minutes before the vehicles pull up, likely transporting Norn.
A moment later, Norn is ushered right inside. Using the binoculars that’d been sitting next to Len, I watch him walk in and realize that he’s not even handcuffed. The police know they won’t be able to pin anything on him and everyone in that building knows it’s a waste of time to even try.
I look over as Len takes his phone out and calls someone before putting it on speaker. For a second, I’m confused why he’s not taking the shot as I see Norn stop and dig into his pocket before giving the phone a look. He opens it, and suddenly I hear Norn’s voice over Len’s phone.
“Of fucking course this is you and Kade. What do you gain from doing this besides irritating me? You know I’ll walk right back out of here.”
“I just… I wanted to see your lovely face, Norn. It really has been too long,” Len says.
Norn freezes and his attention shifts to the window as realization dawns on him. “Fuck…”
“Have fun in hell, brother,” he says.
“Kylen, no—”
But it’s too late. The window cracks as I see Norn’s head snap back, feet stumbling after him. He staggers and then falls into a wall that he slides down. The shot hit perfectly between his eyes.
Len watches for a moment longer as everyone in the station jumps into action until they see the dead man leaning against the wall. Absolutely no one does anything to see if he’s okay; no one cares. Seeing as there haven’t been more shots, they don’t really do anything besides stare down at the dead man who will never threaten either of us ever again.
When I look over at Len, he presses his finger down on the red “End Call” button and looks up at me. “It might not have been the torture I was envisioning… but I think I got the point across.”
“You think?”
“He might need to contemplate that one a bit. He’ll have plenty of time,” Len says as he picks up his rifle and stashes it in his case. “I hope there is a hell and he’s locked in a fucking box there.”
“I hope so too,” I say. “You good?”
Len catches my eyes and gives me a reassuring smile that seems quite genuine. “I am… Like I said before, killing your nightmare doesn’t fix anything. It doesn’t make the past any different… but it gives you a sense of power to know that even your worst nightmares can fall.”
“Especially with a bullet,” I say.
“Definitely then.”
“Is it weird that was hot? That’s definitely weird, isn’t it? It was weird. I shouldn’t have said that. Like not him dying, I’m not that morbid. Dear god, just… your… way of using a gun and the way you held it and how cocky you were when youcalledhim, and how… fucking hell, I need to stop this train. This train is fucking derailing. Forget everything I’ve ever said. Hi, I’m Kade.”
He grins at my fumbling, clearly enjoying my misery. “It’d be weirder if you thought it wasn’t.”
“Would it? Would it really? Are we both fucking weird?”
“Probably. I mean… have you met us?”
“True,” I say, but as I reach the door, I hold my hand out to him. He looks down at it in surprise before slipping his fingers between mine. “Let’s go to your place. Not mine. I am not walking up ten flights of stairs.”
