Possessive by Alexis Abbott

Author:Alexis Abbott [Abbott, Alexis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pathforgers Publishing

Chapter 15

Zakhar

My hands slide down the leather steering wheel as I turn the car around the corner of Neptune and 12th, avoiding the various chunks of road work. My eyes are narrowed as I peer through the late afternoon glare. The sun is in the most obnoxious position in the sky, making it difficult to see the faces of pedestrians on the sidewalk. Normally, that wouldn’t matter much. But right now, it’s vitally important that I keep tabs on the crowd coming and going through this area. I am looking for one person in particular: Hartley.

It hasn’t been very long, maybe fifteen or twenty minutes since she stepped out of my car and I watched her disappear around the corner. She looked so small and delicate, alone on the sidewalk with that fear in her blue eyes. I hope she was able to hide that fear from the cops, and I suspect she was. I wasn’t bluffing when I reminded her that she knows how to lie. I may be able to see right through her, but the rest of the world only sees the pretty facade she puts up. It’s what allowed her to survive for so long as Maggie, undetected. If she wants to hide something, she will find a way to do it convincingly.

The only problem is that she might not choose that path. As obedient as she has become through my conditioning, I still don’t know for certain that she won’t betray me. After all, I’ve set her up for the most revealing test of her loyalty and character. I sent her straight into the lair of the enemy, looking like a little lost girl in need of rescuing. As the minutes tick by, I grow more nervous.

I should be concerned that she’d turn me in. I did give her my true name, after all, and she has seen more than she should of my life. She could tell the cops enough to find me, let them know she was sent to retrieve the evidence, fucking over Gerasim.

And yet what really worries me is the thought of losing her.

Trusting her with this is risky. Stupid, even. It’s not something I’d have ever considered before. But I need to know that she wants to be with me. That she chooses to be with me.

That’s why my palms are so sweaty as I grip the steering wheel so tight, my forearms bulging with muscle and veins.

This isn’t a game anymore.

It’s not even about the sex.

Hartley is everything I’ve ever wanted or needed in a woman, and now I have to wait to find out if she’s really, truly mine.

I circle the block again, taking a slightly more circuitous route this time. I vary my laps to avoid looking suspicious, especially this close to a police station. My years with the Bratva have taught me to blend in and make myself part of the scenery. I have grace under pressure. I’m not afraid of authority. I don’t know if I can say the same for Hartley.

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