Dark Passion (The Dark Brother Series Book One) (20 page)

I hear voices an hour later, and Jenny rushes in closely followed by Ava. I don’t meet their gazes, I just stare blankly. They both crawl onto my bed, neither of them saying anything. They just hold me as I silently sob and shudder, releasing all my emotions. When
I finally fall into an exhausted sleep, they remain beside me. I know they’ll always be beside me.

I don’t wake until the next morning, and when I move my body aches and throbs. I open my eyes and instantly, my mind goes to Jagger. I sit up, groaning in pain and look around the room. Jenny is sitting on a chair beside the bed. My eyes meet hers and she stands, rushing over. She strokes a piece of hair from my face and smiles weakly.

“Jagger?”

“He’s ok.”

My body slumps down and I shudder in relief.

“Do you want to see him?”

“Yes, please.”

She helps me out of bed, and then informs a passing nurse that we’re going to visit Jagger. She nods and mutters something, then keeps working. We get into an elevator and Jenny squeezes my hand.

“How are you feeling?”

“I’m ok, sore, but ok.”

“I’m sorry about what happened out there yesterday.”

I nod and chew on my bottom lip to keep the emotions from breaking out.

“He sacrificed for me in the end, it’s the kindest thing he could have ever done for me.”

“I’m sorry you lost him.”

I nod, and we stand in silence until we reach the ICU ward. When we get out, Jenny leads me towards some rooms. We step into one and I see Jagger in the third bed. I make a strangled sound and he turns his head, meeting my gaze. Jenny leads me over to him, and I reach out and take his hand.

“Hey beautiful,” he croaks.

“I’ll leave you two to it.”

Jenny slides a chair over and I sit on it, then she kisses my cheek and walks out. Jagger looks awful, his face is pale and he’s got tubes everywhere.

“You’re ok…” I whisper.

“I’m ok.”

“Jagger…I’m so sorry.”

He cups my cheek in his hand. “My beautiful little girl, you didn’t do anything wrong. You were so brave.”

“It’s my fault this happened; I shouldn’t have run that night and…”

“Hey, shhh, we can’t go over that now.”

“My Father’s dead, you nearly died…”

“Your Father sacrificed himself, you should be proud of him. He gave up his life for you.”

I choke on a sob and Jagger grips my head, pulling me closer. “We’re goin’ to be ok baby.”

“If I had
lost you…”

“You didn’t.”

“Jagger…I love you.”

His eyes widen and he swallows. “You do?”

I nod, “I do, with everything I have. When I thought I lost you…”

“Hey, I’m ok.”

A nurse comes in, cutting our conversation short. She checks Jagger’s obs, smiling and flushing when he answers her questions. Seriously? He’s in a hospital bed for Christ sakes.

“Do you need to use the bathroom
, Mr. Black?”

“Yeah,”

“I’ll help you.”

My eyes widen. “Oh no you won’t, I’ll take him.”

The nurse raises her brows, and her pretty blue eyes narrow. Yeah lady, I know exactly what you’re doing. Jagger gives a weak grin and takes my hand.

“Fine, but I’m waiting by the door.”

She helps me get him out of bed and we take him into the bathroom. She gives me a look before shutting the door. I stand beside Jagger and he leans on me as he struggles to pee.

“I guess this is revenge for the period thing?”

I smile weakly. “I guess so.”

When he’s done, I help him straighten up his clothes. Before we step out the door, he takes my face in his hands and brings his lips down over mine. I gently place my arms around him, careful not to hurt him.

“When I saw you out there, and he was choking you…Willow, my life changed. Suddenly, you were all I cared about. I didn’t care what else happened in that moment, as long as I could see your smile again.”

I look up and meet his gaze, and he runs a finger over my lips.

“You’ve become my everything Willow, and my life will never be the same without you.”

And I know my life will never be the same without him, so in that, we’re even.

~*~*~*~

Jagger is released six days later, and I take him home to my place. I’ve spent the days that he’s been in hospital, organizing my Father’s funeral. My Mother has obtained a day pass to come and attend. It’s tomorrow and I feel sick in the stomach knowing I have to say goodbye.

I’ve had a lot of emotions about my Father over the past week. I’ve been angry, sad and confused. I’m angry that he did this to himself and to me in the first place. I’m sad because I lost him, just when he finally redeemed himself and confused that I feel so many different emotions. I’ll never ever forget what my Father did for me that day. He saved my life and quite possibly Jagger’s.

I walk into the bedroom where Jenny has set up a bed for Jagger. Angel is in with him, and they’re discussing something. Jagger is looking much better, and his gunshot wound is healing well. It just adds to the scar I gave him with the knife. Poor Jagger. He smiles when he sees me, and Angel stands quickly.

“I’ll leave you two be, yell out if you need anything Jagger.”

“Thanks bud.”

Angel smiles at me, and then leaves the room. I curl up on Jagger’s lap, leaning back far enough to ensure I don’t hurt him.

“How you feelin’ about tomorrow?”

I shrug, “I hate that I have to say goodbye to him.”

“I know.”

“Hey Jagger, there’s something I didn’t tell you…”

His eyes narrow. “What’s that?”

“I copied that information…”

I see his eyes widen. “What?”

“I have it here.”

“Jesus Willow, why didn’t you tell me?”

“Because I was debating whether to destroy it or not,”

“That information could end the biggest drug lab in the world.”

“What?”

“I’ll tell you all about it, but I need you to give it to me.”

“Jagger, I don’t want any more danger.”

“I know, but while that information is around,
you’re not safe. I need to get rid of it and make sure no one finds out you have it.”

I nod and bite my lip. “Ok.”

He takes my face into his hands and kisses me with intense force, I groan and cling to him, sliding my tongue into his mouth and toying with his.

“I need to fuck you so badly,”

I grin. “You have a dirty mouth…”

He licks my lower lip. “You love my dirty mouth.”

“Say more…”

He leans into my ear, while his fingers slide into my shorts and find my clit. I whimper as he starts talking and stroking.

“You’re little pussy is so tight, I want to fuck it so hard. I love the feeling of my cock inside you. I want so badly to grip those tiny little hips and drive into you until you can’t breathe. I want you to wrap your lips around my cock and suck until I’m coming so hard…”

I whimper and grip him, his finger moves faster and faster and I’m so close to the edge.

“Say my name baby, say it while you come for me. Say it.”

“Jagger!” I cry, and shudder as an orgasm rips through my body.

“Fuckin’ beautiful,” he murmurs, kissing me again.

“How long until I can have you again?” I whisper.

“Have me now.”

“I’ll hurt you…”

“Not if you ride me real slow.”

The thought has my groin clenching again. I stand and slowly shimmy my shorts off. He watches me with a hungry expression as I remove my top and bra until I’m standing full
y naked in front of him.

“Fuck me baby, come over here and slide that beautiful pussy over my cock.”

I smile seductively and reach for his pants, gently lowering them. He slides his hips forward and I straddle him, taking care not to lean on his stomach. I put my hands on his shoulders and slowly begin lowering myself onto his throbbing length.

“Fuck,” he hisses as I slowly slide down.

When I’m fully impaled, his eyes roll a little and his breathing quickens. I lift myself up and gently slide back down again, relishing in his cries of pleasure. I continue this pattern, gently rocking my hips until he’s begging me for more. I love to hear him beg, it does crazy things to me.

“Tell me how good I feel?” I purr, in a husky voice.

“So fuckin’ good. So fuckin’ tight. God Willow, you make me want to fuckin’ come so hard.”

“Then come, come for me.”

His jaw is tight and his head is back, his hands are on my hips and his chest muscles are straining.

“Not until you,” he rasps.

“This isn’t for me.”

“Willow,” he roars and I feel him pulsing inside me.

His ragged groans fill my ears and bring me over the edge, I come with him and we both cry out as my body milks him dry. When we come down from our high, I gently slide off him and pull on my clothes. He leans back against the chair, grinning lazily at me.

“Oh wipe that grin off your face, you animal.” I laugh.

“I should get shot more often.”

My face goes serious. “No you shouldn’t.”

“Joking baby,”

He yawns and I smile. “Old man needs a nap after that?”

“Shut up,” he grins.

“You should get some rest…”

He nods weakly and I help him into the bed. When he’s lying down, I lean in and slide my lips across his.

“Are you sure you don’t need some help?” he asks, yawning again.

“It’s fine, Jenny and Ava have it all covered. Go to sleep.”

“Alright, night little girl,”

“It’s day time!”

He grins and closes his eyes. I lean in and kiss him again, “Night Jagger.”

CHAPTER 20

The funeral is awful. My Mother sobs loudly and clings to me, and I try hard to keep everything together. It’s hard when she’s so distraught. Once, I believe my dad was her everything. I guess I changed that for them. I hold her hand the entire service, and hold back my emotions. When it’s over, we stand and watch his grave being lowered into the ground.

“Thank you,” I whisper as they begin to cover it with dirt.

Jagger stands beside me the whole time, holding my other hand. I know he’s in pain, and I know it’s hard for him to stand this long but he does it for me. Jenny stands beside me and her hand strokes over Mom’s back and occasionally moves to mine. When it’s time to go back to our house for the wake, my Mother begs Sarah to let her go.

“You know I can’t do that.”

“Please, I want to be with my daughters for a while longer.”

“It’s ok Mom, we’ll come and visit tomorrow.” Jenny says, patting her hand.

“Please?” She pleads again.

“I’m sorry, I can’t.” Sarah sighs.

“We’ll come see you,” I say, trying to ease the situation. “I promise.”

Her distraught green eyes meet mine. “You forgav
e him, when will you forgive me?”

“Don’t do this now,” Jenny says gently.

“Not today Mom,” I whisper.

She hangs her head. “Ok, fine.”

“I promise we will be there tomorrow,” I say, feeling bad.

She nods and shuffles off towards the car. When she’s gone, Jenny takes my hand and we all make the journey home for the wake. Only a few old police friends show up, and I make them some small appetizers and serve drinks. As I’m in the kitchen preparing some fish cases, Jagger walks in and wraps his arms around my waist.

“Are you ok?”

I nod. “Yeah, I’m ok; thanks for being there for me today Jagger.”

He spins me around and takes my face in his hands. “I’ll always be here for you, Willow. You’re my everything now.”

I smile and he helps me take out the appetizers. A knock at the door sounds out just as I’m about to take the empty tray back into the kitchen. I stare at Ava
and she shrugs, so I go over and open it. When I do, I’m faced with a very beautiful woman. She’s tall, with white blonde hair and big brown eyes. She’s quite possibly one of the most attractive women I’ve ever laid eyes on. She smiles at me, and I return it, wondering who she is?

“Holy shit,” I hear Angel breathe.

“Angel, it’s nice to see you…is…”

Her eyes move past me and I turn to see what she’s looking at. Jagger is holding a glass, and as though in slow motion, it slides from his hand and smashes on the floor. His eyes are red and glassy. Is Jagger….crying? Who is this woman? He chokes out some incoherent words and before I know it, the woman is shoving past me. She rushes towards him and throws herself into his arms.