Crooks & Kings: A Wild Bunch Novel by London Miller

Author:London Miller [Miller, London]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-03-19T18:30:00+00:00

Much later, after they’d both showered and dressed and rode his bike down to a diner a few miles down the road, Mariya was still nervous.

After everything he had shared, every gruesome little detail, she shouldn’t have been nervous about sharing with him. He’d trusted her with his story, and the least she could do was trust him in return.

But she couldn’t help but think that his demons were dead and could no longer hurt him except in his own thoughts, but her demons were alive and well. Waiting for the perfect moment to strike.

Yet keeping the truth from him wouldn’t help him either. He deserved to know the risks being involved with her.

He could very well say he wanted nothing to do with her once she told him about her family—it wouldn’t be the first time she’d heard it—but beyond her family, the threat of Feliks still existed.

Even as they ate together, though, he didn’t rush her to tell him. In fact, she was sure if she made no further mention of what she’d told him last night, he wouldn’t force the issue.

He wanted her to come to him of her own accord.

Once lunch was over, she resolved herself to telling him once they got back to her apartment, but instead of driving them in that direction, he made a left onto Jackson and 17th.

“Where are we going?” she called over the roar of the engine, and if she hadn’t seen the corner of his mouth twitch, she might have thought he hadn’t heard her.

He didn’t answer. Instead, he let the building provide it once they arrived and parked.

When Christophe told her he wanted to take her out, she hadn’t been foolish enough to think he meant a nice restaurant—he just didn’t seem like the type.

But when they pulled up in front of an obscure building, she was starting to wonder if she’d read him all wrong.

“Your father ever teach you how to use one of these things?” he asked, pulling his own weapon out and ejecting the clip. Dragging over the box of ammunition, he effortlessly began loading them.

“He never felt a reason to,” she said quietly, remembering the conversation Klara and Temuri had about it.

While Mariya had been indifferent, Klara had wanted to learn how to shoot in case she ever needed to fight her way out.

“He always said he had enough security that there would never be a need for us to lift a finger.”

“Nice sentiment, but that’s not going to help you if you’re caught alone.”

That had always been her thought, but she’d also believed in her father’s belief that it would never be needed.

Once she had her earmuffs in place, Christophe gave her a rare smile, though there was something a little crooked about it that made her smile in return.

She should have known really, after watching the way he had expertly assembled the gun, that he knew what he was doing, but it still surprised her when he aimed straight and his arms hardly moved as he pulled the trigger.

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