Page 61 of Tainted Essence
Dad’s face falls, Mom comes to stand beside him and places a hand on his back in silent support. His mouth opens but no words come out, a frown slowly mars his face when my mom begins to speak.
“No one is making anyone leave.” My uncles all drop their gazes to the floor. “Here is how this is going to work. Destiny is going to take a few days to decide what she would like to happen with that cunt.” I bite back my smile, my mom is a badass who can bring a room of men to their knees with just her words. “If any of you try to sway her or go against her wishes, I will call each of your wives.” All five of my uncles snap their gazes to my mom in a panic.
“That’s not fair!”
“Snitch!”
“They have nothing to do with this.”
“I’m the Don!”
“You're a traitor!” All five of them shout. Mom walks to the center of the room with her back to me and Taylan while staring the others down.
“You all seem to think it's okay for you all to butt your noses into my family’s business, so it seems only fair that I get the rest of the family involved. Want to try me and find out how far I am willing to go?” No one utters a single word. Mom slowly turns to my dad, who looks green and sheepish knowing he’s about to get his ass handed to him. “If that boy leaves and takes my daughter with him, I will fucking destroy you, Gage Murdoch. Am I crystal fucking clear?” Dad cringes but nods. “Use your fucking words!”
Dad snaps his head up and shoots Taylan a glare before looking at my mom. “Yes, you are clear. Now, can we be excused so I can plan that boy's murder well enough that no one suspects it was me?” Taylan snorts out a laugh behind me and quickly coughs to cover it, while my father and uncles all shoot him death glares.
“No. It’s late and you need to get to bed, and the rest of you need to get the fuck out of my house and home to your wives.” My uncles all grumble their agreement and shoot my dad a glare.
“Oh, like any of you spineless fucks would stand up to your own wives!” Dad defends himself as my uncles file out of the room, muttering about how much of a bitch he is. Once the front door clicks shut, Mom turns to me and Tay, then smiles.
“You both must be exhausted?—”
“No, not really, we don't mind staying,” Taylan says with humor clear in his tone. Mom shoots him a disapproving look.
“Go to bed, Taylan, before I change my mind and let my husband and brother-in-laws at you.” Before his mouth can get us into more trouble, I grab his hand and lead him from the room so my dad can get yelled at in private. I kind of feel bad for him, I’ve been on the receiving end of Mom’s verbal lashings a couple of times and they never end well.
Once we get inside my room, I lock the door and head straight for the bed, I am mentally and emotionally spent and need to sleep for a week. Taylan rids himself of his jeans, then switches the light off and climbs in beside me. The instant he wraps his arms around me and pulls me into his chest, I sigh in contentment. His warmth seeps into my tired bones and I relish the feeling of having him here with me, it still kind of feels surreal that he is really here.
“Never leave your family for me,” he says breaking the quiet moment. I remain silent, not sure how to answer that. “Your parents and extended family love you so much, don’t ever think you are alone, Slayer, because they all have your back. They proved it tonight.”
I smile against his chest, I know they love me and I am so grateful for how close my family is but they also need to learn boundaries. No one cared when the boys started dating but the minute Chanel started dating Kacey, Uncle Vin lost it. Royal and Uncle B both wanted to wipe out the Greeks when London started dating Artemis. Even Uncle Rook tried to kill Unique's boyfriend and staged it so it looked like a car accident.
“Then they better not make me choose because it would break my heart to say goodbye to them,” I mutter sleepily.
“Slayer?”
“Hmmm?”
“Don’t break my heart.”
“You have to give it to me first before I can break it,” I say before sleep begins to pull me under.
“I already did.” I swear I hear him say before I sink into deep oblivion.
Waking up the next morning, being cocooned in Taylan’s arms feels fucking amazing, I missed this! Last night was the first night I actually slept peacefully in weeks, no nightmares to wake me and my parents didn’t barge into my room. With him beside me I feel safe. I slowly untangle myself from him and slip out of bed so I don’t wake him. I creep into the bathroom and pee, then brush my teeth before I quietly creep into my bedroom but stop at the sight of him laying there, fuck he looks so sexy. If my parents weren’t home, I would wake him by sucking his cock.
I force those thoughts out of my mind as I exit and make my way downstairs to get some much needed caffeine. The moment I hit the landing, my mouth waters when the smell of bacon hits my senses. I practically run into the kitchen and grin at the sight of my dad cooking breakfast.
“I’m starving!” I say as I make my way to the coffee maker to get my fix.
“That’s nice.” I spin around and balk at my dad.
“What?” He looks back at me over his shoulder and smirks.
“Get that useless weasel to cook your food.” My jaw unhinges.
“You always cook me breakfast!” I snap.