Levin, Fallon, and Vin followed us around the building and down an alley. We didn’t say a word until we reached Dominic’s car. The moment we did, he unlocked the doors and shoved me into the backseat with him. He pressed the key fob, locking everyone else out.
“Come on, man, what the fuck?” Vin shouted.
“Whatthe actual fuckwas that? Huh?” Dominic gave me a shake. “What the fuck, Bianca? Do you have any fucking idea the stress and worry we were under when Vin and Levin said you didn’t go to them? I fucking trusted you to go straight to them. You need to stop having these damn temper tantrums. It’s unacceptable behavior—”
“All of this is fucking unacceptable, Dominic!” I snapped back, shoving against his shoulders. “You doing that shit with Fallon? Trying to get him to fuck someone else?Why?” I let out a soft sob as I came down from the adrenaline high. My body shook as I stared back at him.
Dominic cradled my face, wiping my tears away with his thumbs. “He wants to protect you like the rest of us. If he can keep getting information to hand to us, it’s worth it, especially when it comes to the lords’ plan for you. If we fuck up one time, we could die. Do you understand that? All of us could fucking die. You could die. I couldn’t handle it if I lost any of them. But you, Bianca… I would fucking drive a knife through my own broken heart just to be with you in the afterlife if something happened to you. You are my everything. Please don’t make me resort to such measures. I just want you safe. I want my wife safe. There is nothing I won’t sacrifice to make sure you are. What you did tonight wasnotsafe.” His Adam’s apple bobbed. “I don’t like to feel fear. Since falling in love with you, it’s all I feel. I can’t lose you, Bianca. I fucking can’t.”
“The only way you’ll lose me is if you keep doing the shit you’re doing. Don’t make Fallon do that. Don’t make Levin or Vin. Not you either. Don’t hurt me like that. Please, Dominic.”
“I’ll hurt you until you bleed for me, if it means you’re not bleeding for someone else. It’s just my way of loving you,” he whispered.
A tear snaked down my cheek. “Why are you so twisted, Dominic?”
“Because I love you, and apparently, it’s the fucked-up demon on my shoulder who drives my madness over you.”
I sighed, knowing this was a losing battle. All I could hope for was an alliance with the horsemen, so Fallon wouldn’t have to be with someone else.
“Can we go? Cole needs a doctor. Lorenzo said if he dies, then there’s not a chance for an alliance.”
Dominic studied me for a moment longer before he finally released me and opened the door. He got out, his phone in his hand.
“One,” Dominic grunted into his phone as Fallon slid in beside me.
Levin got in on the other side.
Dominic was calling in Doc Alan for Cole. He rattled off the address and hung up.
“You’re in so much trouble,” Fallon said, hauling me against him and pressing his lips to mine. “Fuck. You had us reliving a nightmare. I’m so mad at you right now.”
“Sorry,” I mumbled before Levin stole me away and crushed his lips against mine.
“Are you mad at me too?” I asked softly, my lips brushing against his.
“Yes. I’ll show you how much later,” Levin answered.
I sighed and pulled away. Dominic slid behind the wheel and started the car as Vinny looked at me from the front seat.
He winked, making me crinkle my brows, before he held his fist out to me.
I bumped my fist against his, confused about what he was doing.
“I’m going to fuck you so hard later, baby,” he said. “You put those fucks on their knees. You’re my queen, and you deserve to be worshipped for shooting that prick.”
My lips quirked at the corners as I took in Vinny’s dark, sparkling eyes.
“Don’t encourage her,” Fallon muttered.
“She’ll be punished later,” Dominic added.
I peeked at Levin, who let out a huff of laughter before hauling me back into his arms.
“Vin is right. You deserved to be worshipped. . .afterwe punish you.”
I wrapped my arms around his neck as Dominic cursed and tried to reprimand us from the front seat.
“The three of us?” I asked softly in Levin’s ear.