Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Susanna avoided Hull's gaze, keeping her eyes glued to her plate of mashed potatoes. She didn't say a word, just kept pushing her food around with her fork.

Hull raised an eyebrow. "Susie?"

She squirmed in her seat. "I-it's nothing. Just... thanks for last night."

Hull let out a small laugh. “You're thanking me by serving me soup? That's your big gesture?"

Susanna's cheeks turned bright red. "!!"

Hull leaned in a little, voice dropping, all teasing. "Trust me, that's not exactly the kind of gratitude I had in mind."

She understood exactly what he meant, and her blush deepened.

Hull took a sip of the chicken noodle soup she'd ladled for him. "By the way, don't call Star over here for a while."

"Huh?"

Star anytime soon anyway. Considering everything going on... she was pregnant, and in the last few weeks, she'd come to

go after Star too. Star was Mr. Quinn's

"Don't go

basically a walking disaster zone

but now it was crystal

sadness in her eyes. He smirked. "Relax. You're not nearly powerful enough to drag Star down with

would dare lay a finger on

knew that Star-Stella-was Ronald Quinn's one weakness. But stil nobody dared touch her. It was an unspoken rule: as long as you left Stella alone, anything was negotiable. But if you crossed that line... well, even if you were prepared

lip. "But what about Black Gate? Aren't they

stories-Black Gate's boss was supposed to be utterly ruthless. Last night, seeing those twin sisters with their strange gear and weapons, she finally understood just how

snorted. "Black Gate? Please. They're nothing compared

one really knew who ran Black Gate these days, but Hull was confident they'd never have the

tangled her connections were, Susanna could

last night was called Dan-something, and those twins were Ivanna Nelson or whatever? Different last

grinned. "In the Murray family? Only the boys take their

shot up. "So... the girls just