Queen Takes Rose (Wicked Villains #6) - Katee Robert Page 0,5
she entered that fight with Malone. I look at Allecto, trying to make her understand. “I have to do this.”
“No, you don’t.” She glances at the door as if she’s going to charge up to Hades’s office and tell him everything. “She’s going to kill you.”
I grab her arm, holding her in place. “She won’t get a chance to.”
“Yes, Aurora, she will. Malone is one of the deadliest people in Carver City, full stop. She’s ruthless and ambitious, and she cuts down people who cross her without a second thought. If you move against her and fail, she’ll kill you. If you somehow manage to succeed, her people will kill you. There is no outcome where this ends happily.”
“That’s fine. I don’t believe in happily ever after. Not anymore.”
Allecto sighs and steps onto the treadmill to take my shoulders. “I can’t say I know how you feel right now, and I’m shit at comfort, but this is not the right course. You are not a killer.” When I start to protest, she speaks right over me. “She is going to twist you up, break you down, and you’re going to end up hating yourself because you’ll start to care and won’t be able to take her out.”
“I will not start to care about Malone.”
Allecto snorts. “Aurora, you already care about her. You’ve been eye-fucking her for years.”
I try to jerk back, but she tightens her grip on my shoulders, keeping me in place. “I have not.”
“You sure as fuck have.” She shakes her head. “You fall in love with everyone you sleep with. And she’s Malone. You’re already fucked, and you’re too stubborn to realize it.”
I poke her in the chest. “I do not fall in love with everyone I sleep with.”
“Prove it.” Allecto releases me and glares. “Gaeton.”
“He’s my friend, of course I love him.” He’s a brutal giant of a man with a surprisingly gentle heart, and we’ve been scening for years.
“Isabelle.”
My skin goes hot, and I try to fight down my reaction. “She’s different.” Who wouldn’t fall at least a little in love with a woman like that, so shiny and new to kink and embracing it full-heartedly with her two men? The fact that one of them is Gaeton only makes playing with her more enjoyable.
Allecto holds my gaze and starts ticking up her fingers with each name. “Meg. Hook. Jafar. Ursa. Alaric. Stop me when I find one that you haven’t been at least infatuated with.”
“Stop it.” I glare. “There is nothing wrong with caring about people.”
“Don’t get pissed now because I’m right.” She drops her hand. “And that’s not even getting into those jackasses that you dated. Finn. Hazel. Oliver.” The last of her fingers go down.
“You’re supposed to fall in love with the people you date.”
“Uh huh.” Allecto snorts. “And look how well that worked out. I was cleaning up the heartbreak tears for weeks after those relationships went down in flames.”
“Heartbreak after a breakup is also a normal thing.”
“You will fall for her, you will hate yourself for doing it, and then you won’t be able to go through with it.”
I hate how her words feel like daggers aimed right at the heart of me. “You are such a bitch sometimes.”
“Ooh, fierce words from the asshole who’s planning murder.” She shakes her head. “Killing Malone won’t fix anything. It’s only going to compound that horrible mess of emotions you’re refusing to address. It won’t bring your mother back or make time go in reverse.”
“Enough.” I shake my head as if I can dispel her words. It’s never that easy. Allecto knows me well enough to know exactly the right thing to say to have her words set up residence in my head. “That’s enough. It’s my choice and I’ve made it.”
“Aurora.” Some of the fierceness bleeds out of Allecto’s tone. “If you really want her dead, I’ll take care of it. It won’t fix anything, but at least then you’d be safe.”
I stare. Now it’s my turn to wait for the joke to land, but I should know better by now. Allecto doesn’t joke about things like this. She sure as hell wouldn’t choose to start now, with this topic. “What?”
“It’ll be a mess. She’s a strong leader, and her territory is stable, and the ripples will affect the rest of the city, but if you need this done, I’ll do it for you.”
For a moment, I actually consider it. Allecto’s good, and she can likely do exactly what she’s offering. One