"What'd you do now?" I asked, smiling, shaking my head.
"That's some real nice concern you got for me there," he said, knowing damn well I was not the 'wring my hands and tend to your boo-boos' kind of woman. "Nah. I went to see Hunt."
"Hunt?" I asked, brows drawing together. "As in... Hunter? Mallick?"
"Know any other Hunts?"
"But you always have Paine do your work," I said, shrugging. As far as I knew, people tended to be loyal to their tattoo artists. I was loyal to mine. Even though I had one in the family, I still kept going to my girl one town over.
"Figured Hunt would appreciate this one," he said, reaching up to snag the tape at a corner, so he could pull the gauze down and discard it.
And there it was.
A freaking mermaid.
Right there on his arm.
With my eyes, my hair, my piercings, my tattoos, my damn boob size.
He had branded himself for life with my likeness.
I knew it was supposed to be all about rings and ceremonies and crap like that. But to me, to us, this meant more. This meant life in a way that a ring that could be slipped off as easily as you slid it on meant.
"It was time," he said as I found myself uncharacteristically at a loss of words.
"Yeah," I agreed, pulling my leg up, resting my foot on the couch cushion. "I agree," I said, reaching to pull off my sock.
I had been getting away with socks.
It was winter.
I took to wearing high heeled combat boots instead of my usual stilettos. I had claimed my feet were cold when he got me completely naked.
Because I wanted it to be a surprise.
I wanted it to heal.
And then show it off at the right moment.
The moment didn't get any righter than this.
So off went my sock.
Down went his gaze to the inside of my ankle.
And then his head threw back, a laugh rolling through him.
"Get it?" I asked, looking down at the little bag of sugar with wings attached. "It's Sugar and it can fly."
"Jesus Christ," he said, reaching to slam an arm down on my shoulders, pulling me closer, pressing his lips into my head. "I fuckin' love you, Peyt," he said, the words easy.
And, with him, they were easy for me too.
"I love you too, Suga Suga..."
He cut me off with a kiss before I could finish singing the song.
XX
STAY TUNED
Stay Tuned.
Before I write the next full-length book in this series, there will be a novella told from various points of view about the fall of V.
Prepare for things to get crazy.
And to hear points of view from people we have never heard from before.
Yes, you read that right.
The kids will be getting a say.
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