Let Him Reign: An Underworld Romance by Hart Lane

Author:Hart, Lane [Hart, Lane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Editor's Choice Publishing
Published: 2015-11-05T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Hope

I jump when the door slams shut and try to blink back the tears threatening to escape the corners of my eyes.

"I'm sorry," Heath says and that's all it takes to push the moisture right over the edge of my lashes. His arms go around me, holding me against his bare chest. "What the hell was that about?"

"I'm a whore," I tell him.

"What?"

"Until the other night I worked for Simon at Heaven."

"Oh," he says simply. "But you were just trying to take care of Ginger One and Ginger Two, right?"

I nod against his shoulder.

"All because that asshole knocked you up and then wasn't around to help you support them."

"He didn't know..."

"Well, he should now."

"No!" I say, pulling away from him and finally getting to my feet to cover myself back up. "Don't you dare." Behind me, I hear Heath stand and the sound of his zipper being raised. Once my sleepshirt is on, I head for the door.

"Where are you going? I'm not done with you yet. I was serious about licking your pussy."

I laugh but shake my hanging head. "Not tonight, but I'll take a rain check."

"What about the money? There's a shitload of it."

"I don't want it."

"Well, too bad. Your boys need it," he says, and when I turn around he's gathering it up into a nice, neat stack. "Think of it as Eric's first child support payment."

I shake my head and reach for the door handle, but Heath grabs my upper arm to stop me. "Could I maybe stay with you tonight? I have scary nightmares," he says with warm and sincere chocolate eyes. "No funny business I swear. Scout's honor." He holds up the peace sign instead of the three finger salute.

I smile. "Fine," I agree. "But around my boys you better disappear."

"I'll jump out the window if I have to," he assures me.

"Good. I'm going to hold you to that," I reply.

…

I sit straight up in the bed, startled awake with my heart racing out of my chest. "Heath" is the only word I get out of my mouth before I'm thrown to the floor so hard the wind is knocked out of me. I get to my hands and knees, gasping for oxygen before I can finally take a deep breath.

I hear curses and thuds, glass breaking around the room before I finally realize there's someone in here and Heath's fighting them.

"Guards!" I scream.

The sudden bright light causes my eyes to squint until they can adjust. When they do, it's just in time for me to see Heath snap a bald man's neck. Men dressed in fatigues form a semi-circle around Heath with their guns aimed at him.

I jump up from the floor and run to the next room, bursting through the door, my body still shaking from nerves and adrenaline. I don't hear anything or see any movement in the darkness, but I still turn on the lamp to be sure. Noah and Riley are sound asleep, back to back. Noah's thumb

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