“And you’re absolutely sure it’s him?”

  “Without a doubt.”

  I let out a slow breath, my fingers tightening on the edge of the file. “So what’s the proposition? You want me to put this on the podcast?”

  A slow smile tugged at his lips. “Yes. You have a platform and an audience that trusts you. If we tell his story, the whole world will know what he’s done. He won’t be able to hide behind his daddy’s money and political connections.”

  I stared at the smirking headshot again. “So… you’re not going to kill him?”

  Malachi laughed, deep and low. Then he leaned in until his lips brushed my ear. “Of course I am,” he murmured. “I just want the world to know what he did before he dies. Slowly and painfully.”

  I didn’t flinch at his cold admission. The scared, anxious girl I used to be died the day I decided my father had to die, replaced by someone who matched Malachi’s darkness and preferred his raw, brutal code of justice. Someone who craved the intoxicating thrill that came with punishing monsters who walked freely among us.

  Because with him, I wasn’t broken anymore. I was whole. His partner, his equal, his perfect match.

  “I’ll do it,” I said. “This sort of case is right up Freya’s alley too, so getting her on board shouldn’t be an issue.”

  “As long as we leave out the part where I kill the guy after he’s exposed to the world,” Malachi replied, lips curving in a wicked grin.

  I laughed softly. “Yeah. Freya’s really into true crime, but I don’t think she wants to become true crime,” I said, brows lifting. “Anyway, we can get together with her next week sometime and discuss the case.”

  “You’re really sure you want to do it?” he asked, grin fading into a concerned expression. “I don’t want to pressure you.”

  “You’re not. I really want to do this,” I said. “Besides… you know I would do anything for you. Even if it involves a bit of murder here and there.”

  His eyes crinkled at the corners as the smile returned to his handsome face. “I knew there was a reason I’ve always been so obsessed with you.”

  I grinned back at him. “Show me how much.”

  He didn’t hesitate. He pulled me up and into his arms, the heat of his body radiating into me as his lips found mine. His kiss was slow at first, teasing, then deepening with a fierce hunger that sent a shiver down my spine.

  As his fingers tightened their grip on me, digging in to the point where it almost hurt but sent a delicious thrill through me instead, I thought back to the moment in that cell when he’d told me he planned to keep me forever.

  That had turned out to be true.

  Malachi was going to keep me forever… and I was going to let him.

  THE END

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