Black Queen for the Mafia King: A BWWM Mafia Romance by Kelani Knox

Author:Kelani Knox [Knox, Kelani]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-08-10T04:00:00+00:00

16

ZURI

It’s odd to think that I feel safer now than before.

I still feel like a captive, but the way that Ivan protected me from the oncoming threat was nothing I had ever experienced before.

My happiness to see him alive and unscathed was real. I don’t know if he dared to believe it, but it was.

Hearing all of that gun fire and not knowing what was happening or who would win on the other side had nearly torn me to pieces with stress, panic room or not.

Having Ivan pull me from the room only to lock me back inside my own room doesn’t even make me feel like the captive I felt like before.

This time, I know it’s for my own protection. And somehow, I feel better knowing that Ivan and his men are the ones protecting me. I don’t know why, but I do.

I go to the bathroom and splash some cold water on my face. I want to shower, but there’s a part of me that watched Psycho too young and still thinks the bad guy is going to come any time I’m alone and naked in the bathroom.

I settle for the cold face wash.

My eyes look puffy from crying out in confusion, so I grab a washcloth and place it over my face and force myself to relax on the bed, if only for a moment.

My mind wanders back to Ivan and what just happened.

Ivan putting an end to the threat against me makes me admire his motives more. The world he’s a part of makes more sense to me now. I keep trying to put a distance between him and the feelings that keep emerging when he’s around, but this kind of put a damper on that.

If anything, it humanizes him more than ever before.

It makes me realize why Ivan covets control and power so fiercely. The need to make sure no one ever underestimates or questions his ability and his authority.

He wants to do what most men try and fail at. To protect what belongs to him. Unlike others, he will do it at any cost. That’s not his choice. He’s in a line of work where weakness is unacceptable and his power can never be undermined.

I hate that I smile when I think about how I’m a part of his property now. I fall under that rule.

Whether I like it or not, I am safest at his side, especially with danger lurking around and multiple enemies.

To my dismay, I find that I like it.

I fling the now warm rag across the room, towards the direction of the bathroom. I’ll get it in a minute, but I’m irritated with myself for enjoying being my captor’s property.

I sit on the edge of my bed, staring at the locked door.

Being locked alone in the panic room was terrifying, yes, but the relief that flooded over me when Ivan opened it up is conflicting. I don’t want to feel that way about him.

He’s not a good person. I know that.

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