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I grip her chin, forcing her to look at me. “Do not talk negatively about yourself, do you understand me?” My voice is soft but firm. “You are fucking perfect. Maybe not to strangers, but to me and my brothers you are. We wouldn’t dare change anything about you, never ask you to be anyone but yourself. Everyone else can get fucked. We’re obsessed with you because you are smart, funny, and sexy as hell. But also because your crazy matches ours.”

“I think you three are way more unstable than I am,” she whispers, making me chuckle.

“That might be so. But you are special, Cove. You’re strong, one of a kind, you love hard, and will go above and beyond for the people you care about. Later, when you’re ready, I’ll tell you all the reasons why I, myself, am obsessed with you.”

“You will?”

I nod. “Now, I asked you, are you happy?”

She chews on her lip, looking away. “I’m not... unhappy,” she grumbles.

“How much longer do you think you can resist us?” I ask, brushing my thumb against her lower lip. “You’re here to stay, Cove. We’re never letting you go. Just give in. I promise you won’t regret it.

“You guys really want me to get pregnant?” she asks, brows furrowing.

“More than anything.”

“Why?”

“Because we love you. We want to spend the rest of our lives with you. And no, it’s not because our father wants us to give him an heir to take his place. It’s because you are the woman we want to have our children, to build a family with, and to grow old beside us.”

“This is a lot, you know. I never thought about having kids this young. Hell, I didn’t think I’d find anyone who would be worth settling down with. I thought I did.” She looks down at the mention of her ex, and it sends white hot rage through me.

I can’t wait to watch that motherfucker’s life drain from his eyes. Soon. Fucking soon.

“But after all of that, I gave up.”

“Don’t give up. He wasn’t worthy of you. He was a piece of shit who used and abused you, and now he’s going to rot in prison.” And in hell if we have anything to do about it. “Don’t let one sorry excuse of a man ruin your chance at happiness or the life you always wanted. We’re not prince charmings or knights in shining armor. We might have a few screws loose and do ungodly things, but the one thing we’d never do is hurt you. We would never force ourselves on you, never manipulate you, never make you feel guilty or pressured to do something you don’t want. As much as we want you, Cove, as much as we crave to be inside you like our next breath depends on it, we would wait a lifetime if that’s what you needed.”

“Saint,” she breathes, her eyes brimming with tears.

“Don’t cry, baby,” I murmur, leaning down to press a kiss to her lips.

“I am,” she whispers. “Happy, that is.”

Leaning back, I grin down at her. “Really?”

“Don’t tell the others,” she warns me. “I’m still trying to convince myself not to give into the crazy that is my mind.”

“I think you should,” I chuckle. “I think you’d find it freeing. I know we do.” I wink. “But my lips are sealed.” I mimic zipping my lips. “But, if we’re being honest, the goo-goo eyes you give Maverick is a dead giveaway.”

“I do not give him goo-goo eyes,” she gasps.

“You totally do.”

“Okay, you can leave now too,” she huffs.

With a chuckle, I give her a tap on the ass as she turns away from me, making her yelp, and she shoots me a glare over her shoulder.

I give her another wink before heading out after my brothers.

Now, let’s go have some fun and see if we can get the information we need.

“I said I don’t know anything!” the man sobs as Shepherd brings the knife down into his thigh again and again.

“And I said I don’t fucking believe you!” he screams in the man's face. “I swear to god, I don’t understand how so many of you are just okay dying for this asshole. I mean, is giving up your life really worth keeping your mouth shut?”

“I swear, I don’t know. I don’t know anything. All I was told was to come here and find a girl named Cove. That’s it. He never said why.”