King of the Underworld by RJ Kane

Chapter Two Hundred Fifteen

Adrik

I woke the next morning with Sephie laying across my chest. I ran my hand through her hair, causing her to snuggle closer to me. I loved her close to me, even more so after our long conversation last night. She never failed to make me feel like I was even more in love with her anytime we had a serious conversation, but last night was even more than usual.

She’s had quite possibly the roughest week since I’ve known her, which is saying quite a lot. Her light was starting to dim again, but not because she was physically hurt this, time. After she gave the description of the doctor to the police, I could tell she was struggling to close the door once again on that part of her life. It might’ve been easier had she not had to also deal with the Mike situation and trying to close the door on that part of her life at the same time, on top of dealing with Max unexpectedly showing up.

She was dealing with more than most people would be able to handle and yet she was still concerned about Misha and Andrei. When I finally woke her up out of her nightmare last night, she almost immediately went to Misha to comfort him. I never minded her going to the guys, but my patience was short last night I knew the forced procedure had affected her, but hearing her scream and plead for it not to happen made it more real. She was devastated. We could all plainly hear the despair in her voice as she pleaded for them not to do it. I wanted to help her, to make her feel better. But not even one minute after she wakes up, she’s consoling him.

That’s who she is and that’s one of many things I love about her, but I do find myself wishing she would be a little more selfish sometimes. Maybe I’m being selfish for wanting that, as her light is brighter after she takes care of herself. I need her light. I need her.

said, sleepily. I would never tire of how sexy she looked in the mornings. Her hair was always even more out of control than usual, which gave her a wild look that made it hard to control myself. “Have you been awake long?” she asked, rubbing her eyes.

She smiled at me, reaching for my face. I closed my eyes as she lightly ran her fingers

to find

could surprise you. I think she said something like ‘you’re in

like that to me when she was trying to convince me you were in love with

was brighter. She felt better after our long conversation last night, She caught me staring at her and raised an eyebrow, still wondering what was going on in my mind. “Your light is brighter again. You feel better after our talk last night, no?”

nodding her head. “I feel

leaned down, kissing her quickly. “Good. Now, will you make me a

on the promise?” she asked, curious.

to me. Or Ivan, if you’re worried that I’m too busy. We will always be able to handle it, but you have to start being selfish more and taking

pulled me out of the office so quickly last night. Because I went