Page 35 of Bred By the BRATVA Devil
"I love you," I tell him. "Even though you kidnapped me. Even though you're a killer. Even though loving you makes absolutely no logical sense."
"I love you too,milaya." His hand tightens on mine. "Even though you made me feel things I swore I never would. Even though you completely destroyed my carefully controlled life.Even though loving you has made me weak in ways that could get me killed."
"You're not weak." I sit up to look at him. "You're the strongest person I know."
"I used to be." He smiles, and it's the real smile. The one he only gives me. "Now I'm soft. Domesticated. Completely at the mercy of a five-foot-four woman who has me wrapped around her little finger."
"Don't forget the baby. Soon you'll be at the mercy of a tiny human who will have you even more wrapped."
"I can't wait." His hand moves to my stomach, that possessive gesture I've grown to love. "Boy or girl, they're going to be perfect. Beautiful like their mother. Strong like their father. Loved beyond measure."
"Spoiled rotten by their aunts and uncles," I add, thinking of the Korolyov brothers. All of them have been surprisingly supportive. Well, supportive in their own violent, overprotective way.
Adrik gave us a house as a wedding present. An actual house on the family estate he has been building. Six bedrooms, a pool, a yard big enough for kids to play in.
Yakov threatened to murder anyone who so much as looked at me wrong.
Dariy built a state-of-the-art security system for the nursery.
Rurik started a college fund with more money than I'll see in ten lifetimes.
And all of them, all of these dangerous men, have made it clear that this baby, their niece or nephew, will be protected by the full force of the Korolyov empire.
I settle back in my seat, my hand on my stomach, watching the Phoenix landscape give way to desert as we head back to Vegas. Back to our home. Our life. Our future.
Six months ago, I was drowning. Now I'm flying.
All because a devil in designer clothes walked into my apartment and offered me something I couldn't refuse.
Freedom. Safety. Love.
Him.
And I'd choose him again. A thousand times over. Even knowing everything I know now.
Especially knowing everything I know now.
Because this, this life, this love, this family we're building, this is worth everything.
Even the darkness it took to find the light.
