of sugar in my coffee and cream.”
She gritted her teeth but made his coffee how she
imagined he’d like it. Ryker was cooking some bacon and eggs. Her mouth was
watering and her stomach growling over the smells.
“ Take a seat.”
Sitting at the table, she traced the pattern in the
wood. If it wasn’t for the way they’d met, Fiona wouldn’t have thought he
killed a man the night before.
“ Doesn’t it bother you?” Fiona asked.
“ What?”
“ You killed a man last night. I watched you kill him. Don’t you care
about what you did?”
He turned toward her, showing her his full attention.
“ No, I don’t care. Jake’s not the first piece of scum I’ve killed, and he
won’t be the last.”
“ I don’t understand how you don’t care. Jake was a living, breathing
person.”
Ryker walked toward her, putting the plate on the
table with a loud clatter. “Jake was fucking scum. How you managed to get away
with him or even have any fucking hint of feelings toward him astounds me. He
used everyone, sold everyone out. It wouldn’t have been long until he used you
to help him out. Count yourself lucky, Fiona . He was fucking dangerous, and it would only be a matter of time before
you would be on his list of people to use.” He leaned in close so his breath
fanned across her face. He looked threatening.
Her stomach tightened in renewed fear at the menace on
his face.
“ I see you didn’t finish the job I set you, Ryker.” Another male’s voice
interrupted their moment. She saw Ryker tense. It was only a split second, but
she saw it.
“ How did you get in, Tricks?” Ryker asked.
“ Who’s the girl?”
From the look in Ryker’s eye, this was the last man
she wanted to be in the company of. Ryker was a monster, but Tricks was the
devil.
Chapter Ten
Ryker instinctively moved in front of Fiona. In all
honesty he had never cared about protecting anyone but himself. He killed, and
that had been the way he lived his life. Growing up in a shitty trailer with
his druggie mom and seeing the men she whored herself out to on a nightly basis
might have created the monster he was today, but he was never going to change.
Yet here was this woman he had just met yesterday, taken her from the shitty
little life she had led, and something in him had changed. He didn’t believe in love
at first sight, didn’t believe in fate and hope and all that bullshit. He
believed in what was right here in front of him, and what was in front of him
was a woman that awoke something in his cold, dead fucking heart.
“ I knew all about you, Ryker, but hoped you’d be honest with me. And then
you were clipped on the phone, hung up on me, and I knew you were lying.”
Tricks inhaled from the cigarette he had between his lips. He exhaled slowly.
“Bringing the whore back to your place for a little slap and tickle was a
stupid fucking move, Ryker,” Tricks said.
“ She’s no one that you need to be concerned about.” Ryker glanced out the
front door that was still partially open from Tricks coming through it, and saw
one of the bodyguards his crazy ass employer always traveled with standing on
the porch.
“ So what I don’t understand is why you have brought this sweet little
piece of pussy to your cabin. I know she lived in the apartment building with
that piece of shit junkie, was even affiliated with him, and I know she saw all
the shit that went down. She is supposed to be dead right now because she is
fucking collateral damage. If you had done your job correctly I wouldn’t have
to be here right now explaining this all to you. You’re getting sloppy, Ryker,
and all for a piece of cunt.”
“ You don’t know anything, Tricks.” Ryker was stepping on thin ice talking
to Tricks that way, and although Ryker could take down his employer without
blinking, the behemoth outside would slow him down. But then again Tricks was
tweaking right now, and that was clear by the bloodshot and glossy eyes he
She gritted her teeth but made his coffee how she
imagined he’d like it. Ryker was cooking some bacon and eggs. Her mouth was
watering and her stomach growling over the smells.
“ Take a seat.”
Sitting at the table, she traced the pattern in the
wood. If it wasn’t for the way they’d met, Fiona wouldn’t have thought he
killed a man the night before.
“ Doesn’t it bother you?” Fiona asked.
“ What?”
“ You killed a man last night. I watched you kill him. Don’t you care
about what you did?”
He turned toward her, showing her his full attention.
“ No, I don’t care. Jake’s not the first piece of scum I’ve killed, and he
won’t be the last.”
“ I don’t understand how you don’t care. Jake was a living, breathing
person.”
Ryker walked toward her, putting the plate on the
table with a loud clatter. “Jake was fucking scum. How you managed to get away
with him or even have any fucking hint of feelings toward him astounds me. He
used everyone, sold everyone out. It wouldn’t have been long until he used you
to help him out. Count yourself lucky, Fiona . He was fucking dangerous, and it would only be a matter of time before
you would be on his list of people to use.” He leaned in close so his breath
fanned across her face. He looked threatening.
Her stomach tightened in renewed fear at the menace on
his face.
“ I see you didn’t finish the job I set you, Ryker.” Another male’s voice
interrupted their moment. She saw Ryker tense. It was only a split second, but
she saw it.
“ How did you get in, Tricks?” Ryker asked.
“ Who’s the girl?”
From the look in Ryker’s eye, this was the last man
she wanted to be in the company of. Ryker was a monster, but Tricks was the
devil.
Chapter Ten
Ryker instinctively moved in front of Fiona. In all
honesty he had never cared about protecting anyone but himself. He killed, and
that had been the way he lived his life. Growing up in a shitty trailer with
his druggie mom and seeing the men she whored herself out to on a nightly basis
might have created the monster he was today, but he was never going to change.
Yet here was this woman he had just met yesterday, taken her from the shitty
little life she had led, and something in him had changed. He didn’t believe in love
at first sight, didn’t believe in fate and hope and all that bullshit. He
believed in what was right here in front of him, and what was in front of him
was a woman that awoke something in his cold, dead fucking heart.
“ I knew all about you, Ryker, but hoped you’d be honest with me. And then
you were clipped on the phone, hung up on me, and I knew you were lying.”
Tricks inhaled from the cigarette he had between his lips. He exhaled slowly.
“Bringing the whore back to your place for a little slap and tickle was a
stupid fucking move, Ryker,” Tricks said.
“ She’s no one that you need to be concerned about.” Ryker glanced out the
front door that was still partially open from Tricks coming through it, and saw
one of the bodyguards his crazy ass employer always traveled with standing on
the porch.
“ So what I don’t understand is why you have brought this sweet little
piece of pussy to your cabin. I know she lived in the apartment building with
that piece of shit junkie, was even affiliated with him, and I know she saw all
the shit that went down. She is supposed to be dead right now because she is
fucking collateral damage. If you had done your job correctly I wouldn’t have
to be here right now explaining this all to you. You’re getting sloppy, Ryker,
and all for a piece of cunt.”
“ You don’t know anything, Tricks.” Ryker was stepping on thin ice talking
to Tricks that way, and although Ryker could take down his employer without
blinking, the behemoth outside would slow him down. But then again Tricks was
tweaking right now, and that was clear by the bloodshot and glossy eyes he
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