Page 99 of The Ecstasy of Sin

“I’m fading here,” she murmurs, sighing deeply.

I open the shower door and reach for one of the big, fluffy towels, guiding her out onto the mat and wrapping it around her body. “Give me a few minutes.”

I step back into the shower while she towels off, scrubbing the blood and filth from my body, and then rinsing it all away.

When I’m done, I join her on the mat, grabbing a clean towel for myself. Once we’re both dry, I lift her in my arms again and carry her through the door and out into the bedroom.

I set her down on the edge of the bed and pull back the sheets. They’re clean, thanks to Mrs. Caldwell, who I paid to stop by earlier. She is one of the older women on Ryker’s payroll. I’ve paid for her services several times before, and Ryker seems to trust her.

Wren slides into my bed, curling up beneath the sheets. I follow her in, watching as she sinks into the bed with a content sigh.

My heart begins to race at the sight of her drowsy and comfortable in my big bed, and a surprisingly welcome thought enters my mind.

I’m falling in love with her.

I stare at her for a moment, watching as her face softens, her body relaxing as sleep takes her fast. She looks so fucking delicate. Naked, fragile, drowning in the sea of dark sheets and oversized pillows.

It’s time to find the perfect property and build her the safest home imaginable.

Laying on my back, I grab my phone from the nightstand and unlock it.

I hesitate, thumb hovering, deciding to pull up the group chat before I draft an email to the real estate agent who sold me this house.

RYKER

Maksim died before we could drag his worthless corpse out of the cage.

GHOST

No way he was surviving what Dominic did to him.

RYKER

Dimitri is obviously pissed the fuck off. A fight broke out behind the club between my crew and his. He told me the four of us are as good as dead.

TORIN

We knew it would trigger the apocalypse.

GHOST

We need to meet up at Dom’s place and make sure we’re all clear on the our next steps, then arrange a meeting with Killian.

The last message came inan hour ago.

We were supposed to meet here tomorrow night, but since Dimitri decided to put his hands on Wren, things need to happen sooner rather than later.

ME

I really need to fucking sleep.

RYKER

Good morning, sunshine.

ME

It’s three in the fucking morning. Do you three ever sleep?