Total pages in book: 160
Estimated words: 160041 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 800(@200wpm)___ 640(@250wpm)___ 533(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 160041 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 800(@200wpm)___ 640(@250wpm)___ 533(@300wpm)
“Xavier. Bullets,” Sunny barks.
I pick them up from the table and chuck them at Sunny.
“Good boy.”
The blush that follows is intense, but not as intense as the throbbing in my pants.
“She trained you real good,” my dad says, winking at me. “Proud of you, son.”
“Yeah, I’m proud of you, little brother,” Aspen says, nudging me with her shoulder. “I knew you could do it.”
“Oh what, like you didn’t find out weeks ago?” I reply.
“No. We all knew. For a very fucking long time, too.”
I frown. “What do you mean?”
“You saved yourself for her, right?” Melody says, casually looking up from her small painting.
I stare at her for a moment, blindsided by the comment. “Wh-what? How did you—”
“We’re your sisters,” Melody responds. “It’s our job to know everything about you.”
Well shit. I didn’t know they were that invested in my love life.
Aspen giggles. “It’s nothing to be ashamed about. You had your eyes set on the prize, and you finally went for it. Look at her … look what you managed to make yours.”
I immediately look at Sunny and forget everything I wanted to say to them.
BANG!
The gun goes off again.
My lips part. “Wow …”
She chuckles. “See? Even you are impressed.”
“What do you mean?” Sunny muses, tilting her head as she approaches. “I’m the one who’s lucky to have him.” She puts her index finger underneath my chin and makes me look up at her. “My sweet, sweet Xavier …”
I’m so fucking obsessed with her touch that everyone else here fades into oblivion.
“Are you mine?”
“Yes,” I croak, my voice skipping a note.
My own family chuckles. “I know that look,” my dad says. “Xavier’s down bad.”
I smirk. “And proud of it.”
Atreus
I never imagined it’d be this fun to be part of her family.
Who would have thought a Foley could ever belong in their midst? Not me, and certainly not after all the warnings my dad gave me about this bunch.
But I’m glad I didn’t listen to him.
He was just angry for losing out on his spot in the Skull & Serpent Society because of the stupid shit he did when he was younger. And you know what? Our parents’ mistakes don’t have to define us.
I grab my glass and hold it up. “I want to propose a toast.”
Everyone stops talking, and Sunny briefly stops shooting at her targets.
“To Sunny. For being herself, through and through. For teaching me what true justice means. For showing me a new meaning in life. For letting me see that not all things are black and white, and that family history does not define who you are. For showing me that patterns don’t have to be repeated. And … for being a fine-ass killer lady.”
Apollo starts a cheer with his fist in the air. “That’s what I’m talking about.”
“Fine ass is true,” Orion muses to himself, penning down more words in his newly acquired notebook.
“And the rest too,” Xavier says, winking at me.
“To Sunny,” her dad, Nathan, says, and he raises his glass.
All of them toast with one another, and the sun in the sky isn’t the only thing spreading the warmth. There’s just something about this that makes me feel like I finally found a place to call home.
“Thank you,” I say, when the cheers have died down, and I home in on my beautiful girl. “Thank you for being mine.”
Who would’ve thought we’d be right back here in these same woods, shooting the same gun I shot when I found my little stalker?
Life has a way of circling back.
She approaches me and straddles my lap, and I gleefully squeeze her ass as her mouth hovers over mine. “You’re going to get punished so hard later for embarrassing me like that.”
I nip at her top lip. “Why not now? In front of all of them?”
Her tongue darts out to lick mine. “Don’t tempt me.”
“Do it, then.”
“Is that a challenge?” she whispers into my ear while crushing my balls with her fist. “Do you love me enough to test that theory?”
I grind my teeth to ignore the pain. “I love you more than you can handle.”
She finally releases my balls, and I groan into her ear.
“We’ll see about that.”
I whisper, “Tease,” right before she slides off my lap again.
“No, thank you for joining the family,” Alistair says, raising his glass once more. “Because now we’ve got a new insider in the police force.”
“Yeah, thanks, Sunny, for offering yourself up to lure one of them to our side,” Levi says, winking at her.
I raise a hand. “Hold your horses, I didn’t say—”
“No, you’re part of the crew now,” Orion says, throwing his arm around my neck. “These guys are a vicious bunch. We need you to tame them.”
I smirk. “You all know exactly how to play me.”
“Damn right,” Sunny says, grinning as she picks up the gun again to shoot at another target. “And you wouldn’t have it any other way.”