Rhys (Secrets Book 1) by D.B. James

Author:D.B. James [James, D.B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-02-22T16:00:00+00:00

The next couple hours are spent with Vincent (he insisted I started calling him by his proper name), going over a few different strategies for when Smith attacks. It’s not a matter of if he’ll attack, but when.

By the time I leave for the airport to make my flight, we have a somewhat solid plan in place. It all depends on how quickly Smith heals. Vincent asked me to gauge how intense his wounds were, but I wasn’t able to give him a definitive answer. All I know is if it were me, I would’ve been begging for death to come for me. If the details are as Vincent warned and Smith doesn’t normally work alone, I’m praying to whoever will listen he wasn’t found quickly. Really I’m hoping he still hasn’t been found.

My main anxiety isn’t for my own safety; it’s for Averill’s. She came roaring back into my life at a time when I needed her, but now it seems to be the worst time imaginable. Smith will find out about her and use her against me. He’d kill her without a moment’s hesitation to get to me.

The only way I can protect her is to either push her away or bring her in closer. I know which option I’m choosing—the most selfish one. It may not be the safest, but it will without a doubt give me the most peace of mind.

I’ll have to convince Averill to move in with me.

As insane as it sounds, I have to make it happen. The drive home from the airport is the perfect opportunity to bring up the subject of her safety, and I’m going to be completely honest with her. Starting tonight, there’ll be no secrets between us, at least not on my end. The only way I can get her to move in and protect her is by telling her the whole truth, and I’m going to need all the courage I can gather to bring up the subject.

Instead of thinking of her driving my precious baby the three hours to pick me up from the airport, I think about how to bring up my mafia connection, how to explain to her that I left her all hot, willing, and hungry for me to aid a monster and ended up mauling him instead.

At this point, I’ll forgive her anything if she agrees to move in at least temporarily. She could scratch my precious Mystique and I’d forgive her for it. I have the room at my house, and it’s not as if I’d be asking her to share the same bed. I’m not saying I’d be against her doing so, but she’d be offered her own space.

The entire flight is spent thinking of ways to broach the subject. The guy seated next to me tries to start a conversation, so I stick my earbuds in, quickly silencing him. Since I know without a doubt she bribed Brant into giving her entrance to my house, thus giving her access to Mystique, I’m going to tell her she owes me.

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