"Federal justice," she emphasized. "I can't have you running around delivering the mob's justice anymore, Maxim. Not if I'm going to stay by your side."
"Guess my sword is making the rules now," he mused as Savannah flashed her keycard. The door that separated them slid open.
"Wow. That might be the nerdiest thing I've ever heard you say," she replied. The mouth he knew so well twisted in a secret, genuine smile. He stepped to her, heedless of who might be watching. Whenever Savannah was within his grasp, upholding an image took a backseat. He was more than tired of pretending their relationship existed as something it wasn't.
He raised his hand and smoothed it along the back of her exposed neck, stroking the tattoo that would forever tie her to him.
"Calling you mine? It's only the truth," he murmured.
He was surprised when Savannah didn't bat his hand away. She arched her neck a little instead, allowing her eyes to slip closed as the two exchanged a very public moment of bliss.
"To answer your earlier question … the director is aware of our relationship," Savannah replied. She reached up to tangle her fingers with his, pulling his hand away and clutching it resolutely at her side. "He doesn't approve of it."
"So I noticed."
Savannah's boss was standing in the glass window with his arms crossed, glowering at the two of them as if he wasn't sure who he disapproved of more. If Savannah noticed their audience, she pretended not to. She swung their joined hands a little as they walked down the hallway toward the exit. Maxim tried to fight the amused smile tugging at the edges of his mouth. He had never known her to be so carefree with her displays of affection, and he had a feeling she was rubbing her victory in now.
Let her rub it in, and let him be her willing prize. Maxim couldn't care less what others thought of their unlikely union ; when he gazed down at the woman striding confidently at his side, he couldn't think of a place he would rather be. As someone who continued to struggle with the darkness of his past, and even the uncertainty of his present, it was incredible to see his future manifested in the beautiful and capable Savannah Casillero. He was a better man already for having her in his life.
And no matter what happened, he was going to make sure she stayed right here.
End of Her Rogue Russian
The Karev Brothers Series
Book Two
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But he never expected her.
Alexa Volkov lived a privileged life-far from the messy underbelly of her father's Russian mafia. But that doesn't stop her from carrying the tattoo that makes Damian burn for revenge. As a crime boss daughter, Alexa is in a unique position to collapse the organization from the inside out. Her plan to testify against the mob patriarch puts a bounty on her head that would tempt even the most trustworthy cop-especially one hell-bent on punishing her for the sins of her father.
But the safe house part of Damian's protection plan is anything but safe. In a place where alliances are not what they seem and the most dangerous heat bearing down on them is the forbidden burn of seduction, the only thing more at risk than life is a lethal hit to the heart.