Savage Queen by Eva Ashwood

Author:Eva Ashwood [Ashwood, Eva]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 54239180
Published: 2020-08-28T00:00:00+00:00

Another car pulls into the grocery store parking lot just a second after ours does, and as Lucas, Zaid, and I emerge from our car, Lucas gives the driver of the other one a quick nod. It must be the security detail he mentioned. On the one hand, it seems excessive for a trip to the grocery store. But on the other, I can’t help feeling grateful they’re here.

Grateful that these men care enough about my safety to go above and beyond to protect me.

The three of us walk inside the large grocery store together, leaving the security detail outside to keep an eye on things.

Since my abduction, it’s taken me a while to get used to leaving the house again. To go out in public without feeling like everyone is staring at me. Even now, I find myself looking over my shoulder every once in a while, although Zaid gently reminds me that those furtive glances make me look more suspicious than just acting normal.

But when the last time you were in public as a normal person was one of the last times you were with your fiancé who later tried to murder you, it’s hard to remember what normal looks like.

I suppose this is regular for the twins, however, so it’ll have to become regular for me too.

Eventually.

I have a small glimmer of hope that I’ll get there one day, but I have a feeling it won’t be until this shit with my mother is all sorted out. And I’m honestly not sure how long that’s going to take—or if any of us will still be alive at the end.

A few people glance our way as we make our way down the aisles, although no one seems overtly suspicious or afraid of us. In fact, one woman who passes by openly gawks at the twins, smiling a little when she catches Lucas’s gaze. When it becomes clear that they’re with me and very interested in just me, she turns out of the aisle with a slightly wistful look on her face.

Lucas and Zaid take their roles as head chefs of our little household very seriously, and if their cooking wasn’t proof enough that they know what they’re doing in the kitchen, this list would be. It’s organized by flow and section of the grocery store, which items come first on the aisles, top to bottom. It’s insane.

“I never knew you were so type A,” I joke, elbowing Zaid in the side.

He chuckles. “Only when it comes to food.”

“That’s a lie,” Lucas puts in. “You should see his closet. It’s the most organized fucking thing I’ve ever seen.”

“You should talk, Mister Organizes-His-Ties-by-Length-and-Color.”

Lucas punches his brother lightly on the arm as they trade verbal jabs back and forth. It kind of cracks me up, honestly. They’re both so laid-back in some ways, but obviously not in all ways.

I chuckle, glancing down at the list of things we still need to get. “I’ll go get the pasta. I think I can handle that.

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