Chapter 29
Neo
“This is exciting,”I whisper, feeling giddy and high on adrenaline as I bounce over to Queenie as she rounds the car.
“It is,” she agrees with a smile that screams murder and mayhem. “So you remember the rules?”
“Take no prisoners, but Diego. No one gets out alive, then burn the warehouse to the ground,” I reiterate, nodding my head and rubbing my hands together as I move back and forth on the balls of my feet.
“Perfect,” she says, turning towards the building where our last playmate waits for us with his remaining men. We have to grab him now because more people are being sent to replace the ones we’ve previously killed. I don’t think Diego’s boss is very happy with my Queen and the chaos she’s caused.
Well, fuck him. He shouldn’t have allowed his scumbag men here to deal their deadly drug. There’s things you just don’t do around Queenie, and the biggest one is harming kids. I know it still hurts Harlow that those teenagers died on her territory, that she couldn’t protect them.
“Ready to end this, then end them?” I ask, stepping next to her as she starts walking. The sun has almost set, the sky turning a dark blue.
“I am. I’m also excited for the upcoming D-Day. I have something extra special that I’ve never done before. I wanna go out with a bang,” she tells me, not looking at me.
My brows furrow as the questions tumble out of my mouth, “Out with a bang? What does that mean?”
She turns to me with an amused smile. “This is Harlow’s body. I was created to protect her. But she has you guys now. And, even though I’ll always be here, I don’t plan on being around as much. This life you guys are building, I have my spot. I love you all and would kill for you, but I can’t be what you need, not completely.Shecan. She can be loving, caring, and blood thirsty all wrapped into one pretty package. I’m taking a step back for a while, letting her have the life she always wanted with all of you. If she allows me to come out and play, I’ll be there, but I don’t want to risk attracting unwanted attention to the family she’s building,” she sighs.
“Look where it got us now. I went on a vacation, pissed off a lot of dangerous men. And although I know they have nothing on me, I can’t risk you or the others. Do I think Diego’s boss is going to try to come at me for all this? No, he’s too smart for that after losing so many men. But I wouldn’t plan a trip to México any time soon either,” she laughs.
My heart sinks. I don’t want her to go anywhere. I need her, crave her, love her. But I also feel the same way with Harlow. “Please, don’t stay away for too long. Just because we all love Harlow with everything we are, doesn’t mean we don’t feel the same way for you.”
“I know you do. But she can give you everything I can and more. I won’t be gone forever, I’ll still be here,” she says, tapping on her head. “I’ll always be waiting to come out and protect you all.”
“You know Beast won’t like this,” I tell her, trying to ignore the screaming in the back of my head at his outrage.
“How about this, we’ll set up a monthly date, I’ll spend half the day with you, and half with him.” She gives me a wicked grin. “We can have some fun in my dungeon and work out some sexual frustration on my end.”
My eyes darken, and my cock grows painfully stiff. “Deal,” I growl.
“Well, this is too much touchy feely bullshit for me. So how about we grab what we need, catch ourselves a bastard, and kill a bunch more along the way?”
“Sounds like the perfect way to spend the night.” I grin.
“I’m giving you free rein. So, how do you wanna play tonight?” she asks, turning to open the trunk. She starts rummaging around, and I take a peek inside to see if there’s anything in there that catches my fancy. I can’t just take them out with just a gun, not today.
A grin takes over my face when I see the katana laying there in the back. I reach for it, grasping the handle in my hand. Flashbacks to the D-Day when Queenie used this has a moan leaving my lips. Fuck, it was amazing, watching her wield this thing like a fucking ninja.
I look up at her, her brows pinched in concentration as she thinks about what weapons she’s gonna use and my gut turns. I don’t want her to leave. Both of them own me, and I’d feel lost without her. I’ll have to talk to Harlow and have her convince Queenie that she’s over-thinking all of this. I know Harlow loves Queenie, and doesn’t care if Queenie shares her body with her.
“Alright, you ready?” she says, grabbing a few grenades.
“Yup,” I say, giving her a beaming smile as I show her what I picked.
She laughs, and shakes her head. “This is gonna be fun.”
“Damn fucking right it is.”
Grabbing an extra gun to be safe, I shove it in my waistband. We head towards the warehouse, both on guard and aware of our surroundings. After her date with Axel, she’s expecting them to be on high alert.
Fuckers should have just packed up and left because now, they’re all gonna die. What pissed Queenie off the most is Diego sent a man to Queenie’s club, thinking he could pretend to be a guest and grab Queenie.God, could they be any more fucking stupid?
Yeah, Queenie knew who he was right away. She gave him a lap dance that had me fucking murderous until I found out that it was all a ploy, so she could get up close and slit his throat.
She had fun torturing Jose for his buddy’s mistake. She doesn't want them dead, but you can live without an ear... and an eye... and fingers. Not that I’d ever want to try that out for myself.