Ari
"You okay?" Lotto asked as he knocked on my office door at the same time he entered.
I nodded, even though I was far from all right. I had never had someone threaten my life before. To have a man look me straight in the eye and?—
"You know none of us would allow anything to happen to you," he said, closing the door behind him.
"You may not have a choice in the matter when it comes to a Godwin."
Lotto approached my desk and leaned against it, his arms crossed over his chest. "If anyone touched you, they'd die. If it wasn't me killing them, it would be Bones or Freakshow. Period."
I drew a deep breath and nodded, trying to push the fear and anxiety to the back of my mind. I couldn't let it consume me. I had a job to do, and I needed to focus.
"But you came off as tough in there," he praised.
"I felt anything but."
