so help me,
I will. And if I do, I’ll make sure you never find her ass. And you know I can
do it too.” She paused for breath, and he started to tell her what she could do
with her bad self when she continued. “And, Khan, you should know something
else. Tony, the man who is after her, is right here in Washington.”
That shut him up. He asked her what he
needed to do. She didn’t speak for several seconds, and he knew she was crying.
“I don’t know, Khan. I really like this
girl. I know that I teased you about finding someone and her being more than
you can handle, but…” She sniffled. “This girl is almost more than I can
handle. She’s had her parents murdered and so much done to her, yet she
continues on. How does she do it?”
“I’ll fix this. I swear to you, I’ll fix
this.” She said he’d better. “Caitlynne, please don’t keep her from me any
longer. I need to see her. I was…I treated her badly. I treated her like… Walker
said I treated her like an animal.”
“You ordered her around like she was. What
did you expect her to do, Khan? Jump when you said to? Roll over when you
needed to fuck her? She isn’t going to roll over for anyone, least of all you.”
He’d figured that out when he’d broken
down the bathroom door and found her gone. There was blood on the window she’d
climbed out of. And when he’d looked down, he was surprised at how far she’d
dropped to get away from him. Because that was what she’d done, she’d run away
from him.
When they were told they were about to
land, he looked over at Walker. He hadn’t spoken to him in hours and if he was
going to be staying at his house, he wanted it to be better than this. Plus, he
was pretty sure he was going to need his help explaining to Monica what he was.
“I’m sorry.” Walker looked at him then
away. “I truly am, Walker. Not just for upsetting your mate, but for the past
few years. I’ve been…”
“An ass? A prick? Maybe even a dumbass?”
Walker didn’t smile and Khan knew he wasn’t kidding. “You made her cry. Do you
know how hard it was for me not to find you and rip your fucking throat out? How
hard it is for me still not to do it?”
Khan shivered because he knew that
fucking with another’s mate would get you killed whatever your status was in
the family. He nodded, knowing that anything he said now would be nothing
compared to the pain he’d caused him, caused them both.
“Caitlynne said you’re going to fix this
with Monica. You have any plans other than ordering her to believe you? I’m not
sure, but I don’t think that’s going to work with her any longer. She’s been
through a lot.”
And most of it was because of him.
Especially lately, he’d been an overbearing prick, but he was going to show her
he could help her. He got off the plane with the others and told them he needed
to make a couple of stops. There was a limo there to pick them up and take them
to the house. Khan said he would take a cab.
“I’ll go with you. The others can go
ahead.” Walker told the driver to come back for them. “We’ll have some lunch
too.”
The first stop he made was at a florist.
He was standing there looking at all the different colors and kinds and
realized he knew very little about his mate. He looked at Walker when he
touched his arm.
“Overwhelmed?”
Khan nodded.
“Me too, sometimes. Caitlynne isn’t like
most women. She carries a gun, kills the bad guys, and is around more men in
one day that most women are in a lifetime. It’s difficult to be around her when
she smells like so many of them.”
“How do you do it? How do you let her
leave you every day, come back here without you. How do you stand it?” Khan
smiled at the grin Walker gave him. This was going to be good.
“I mark her every night.”
He ended up getting her lilies. They
were pretty and happy-looking to him. He didn’t tell Walker or the man helping
him that, but ordered her two dozen of them. Then he
I will. And if I do, I’ll make sure you never find her ass. And you know I can
do it too.” She paused for breath, and he started to tell her what she could do
with her bad self when she continued. “And, Khan, you should know something
else. Tony, the man who is after her, is right here in Washington.”
That shut him up. He asked her what he
needed to do. She didn’t speak for several seconds, and he knew she was crying.
“I don’t know, Khan. I really like this
girl. I know that I teased you about finding someone and her being more than
you can handle, but…” She sniffled. “This girl is almost more than I can
handle. She’s had her parents murdered and so much done to her, yet she
continues on. How does she do it?”
“I’ll fix this. I swear to you, I’ll fix
this.” She said he’d better. “Caitlynne, please don’t keep her from me any
longer. I need to see her. I was…I treated her badly. I treated her like… Walker
said I treated her like an animal.”
“You ordered her around like she was. What
did you expect her to do, Khan? Jump when you said to? Roll over when you
needed to fuck her? She isn’t going to roll over for anyone, least of all you.”
He’d figured that out when he’d broken
down the bathroom door and found her gone. There was blood on the window she’d
climbed out of. And when he’d looked down, he was surprised at how far she’d
dropped to get away from him. Because that was what she’d done, she’d run away
from him.
When they were told they were about to
land, he looked over at Walker. He hadn’t spoken to him in hours and if he was
going to be staying at his house, he wanted it to be better than this. Plus, he
was pretty sure he was going to need his help explaining to Monica what he was.
“I’m sorry.” Walker looked at him then
away. “I truly am, Walker. Not just for upsetting your mate, but for the past
few years. I’ve been…”
“An ass? A prick? Maybe even a dumbass?”
Walker didn’t smile and Khan knew he wasn’t kidding. “You made her cry. Do you
know how hard it was for me not to find you and rip your fucking throat out? How
hard it is for me still not to do it?”
Khan shivered because he knew that
fucking with another’s mate would get you killed whatever your status was in
the family. He nodded, knowing that anything he said now would be nothing
compared to the pain he’d caused him, caused them both.
“Caitlynne said you’re going to fix this
with Monica. You have any plans other than ordering her to believe you? I’m not
sure, but I don’t think that’s going to work with her any longer. She’s been
through a lot.”
And most of it was because of him.
Especially lately, he’d been an overbearing prick, but he was going to show her
he could help her. He got off the plane with the others and told them he needed
to make a couple of stops. There was a limo there to pick them up and take them
to the house. Khan said he would take a cab.
“I’ll go with you. The others can go
ahead.” Walker told the driver to come back for them. “We’ll have some lunch
too.”
The first stop he made was at a florist.
He was standing there looking at all the different colors and kinds and
realized he knew very little about his mate. He looked at Walker when he
touched his arm.
“Overwhelmed?”
Khan nodded.
“Me too, sometimes. Caitlynne isn’t like
most women. She carries a gun, kills the bad guys, and is around more men in
one day that most women are in a lifetime. It’s difficult to be around her when
she smells like so many of them.”
“How do you do it? How do you let her
leave you every day, come back here without you. How do you stand it?” Khan
smiled at the grin Walker gave him. This was going to be good.
“I mark her every night.”
He ended up getting her lilies. They
were pretty and happy-looking to him. He didn’t tell Walker or the man helping
him that, but ordered her two dozen of them. Then he
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