na

lt heavy, as if I were wading through water. The an

. This time he didn't gra

" His tone wasn't angry

out." I tried to step around him

!" he growled. "You know how importa

eyes like chips of ice. "But you seem to

ad taken my work for granted for so long that h

eath, trying to regain control. "Go back now, pick u

dity of it stealing my breath. "You move your mistress in across

ess!" he yelled, his anger flari

ice for your debt?" I asked,

ush your luck! Don't you forget who gives you everything you have! Your family n

of the true nature of our arranged marriage. My family had provid

my heart, so tight I

one with the large serpent patch on the back. It was the sym

ght sparked

and shot out, not to slap him, b

ff guard. He instincti

oing?" he asked

sign of immense disrespect, unless she was his Old Lady

ven as I stared into his eyes. "Wha

color drained from his face

I said it with a terrifying calm. In the MC world, for an Ol

iving up the finances. He had never

hing my face for any s

My gaze was s

ou can survive in San Redemption without me, without the Serpents? The Vipe

e also filled with the deep-seated ar

smiled. "That's not your

ollar, walked around hi

, he didn

a statue, a look of shock and...

He never knew that I had grown my o

nst it as my body finally started to tremble. But

on the table. I