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always lurked under his skin so close to the surface now that she could barely see the man behind the wolf.
    “I thought we talked about this, Ruby. No running. Not now, not ever. You are mine , and that is how it’s going to be. The gold moon is soon upon us, and then, I will make an honest woman out of you. Nothing can break our bond then.”
    He smiled wickedly, a certain tint of satisfaction making his rough, wide jaw contort in a smile. It always looked unnatural on him, like the boogeyman trying to pass as a Girl Scout.
    “What!?” she gasped, her hazel eyes going wide with surprise. “I never agreed to that!”
    “You didn’t need to. You are my girl. My woman. And I decided I want to make you mine for life.” His words grew louder at the last sentence and he glanced over his shoulder.
    She frowned slightly, following his gaze and seeing the solemn, blue gaze of his second in command, Trident, staring back. He didn’t seem pleased.
    “When the gold moon comes, Cable Bloodhowl will take a wife! And better yet, she is an Accardo!” he announced, so loud that it carried over the tin of the metal blaring from the speakers, causing the crowd to erupt in cheers.
    As if that wasn’t bad enough, he put his other hand behind her head and pulled her in for a wet, sopping kiss, completely ignoring the way she was pummeling at his chest to be let go. His tongue snaked into her mouth, and she thought she would gag in earnest now – it felt like being kissed by a trout. Ruby may have been over-exaggerating a little, but dammit if it didn’t feel like the most disgusting thing ever.
    What the fuck have you got yourself into, Ruby!? Dammit, Ruby, what are you going to do to fix this?
    When Cable pulled back from her, he was smiling brightly, showing his jagged teeth. His face was marred with countless cuts and bruises, just like the rest of him, and his big, impossibly strong arms were still cradling her like she was a delicate trinket and he a very careful bull in a china store. Ruby watched him remove a platinum band from his little finger, struggling to get it loose, and then slip it around her ring finger.
    She looked at it in abject horror, disbelief mingling with rage at the thought that he would do something like that to her. He couldn’t be serious, could he? But one look at him told her that he was being dead serious. His last words rung in her ears – she was an Accardo. Was that all this was about? Getting close to the Butcher, never mind it called for a reluctant marriage and one less than happy bride?
    Cable gave her a stern look, one that told her in no words to shut up and keep her opinions to herself, and then spun around to meet the clamoring faces of his buddies and gang members. All of it was so sudden, so… unlike him. He’d never given her any inclination that he wanted to marry her, just that he didn’t want her embarrassing him by leaving before he was well and truly done with her. The way he’d caught or chased her down a dozen times as she’d tried to escape had been evidence enough of that.
    “Drinks on me!”
    The bar erupted with screams so loud that Ruby thought the roof might just collapse on the little shack of a building. It was a shame it didn’t. It would have saved her from the horror of being Cable Bloodhowl’s fiancée.
    She looked at the ring again and her heart dropped.
    How am I going to get myself out of this mess?
     

CHAPTER THREE
    Ruby
     
    All night, Ruby had felt like someone was watching her. Naturally, everyone’s eyes had been on her after Cable’s grand announcement, but it wasn’t just that. There was more to it. Like someone was tracking her every move, studying her, filing away everything they saw to be used later. It was a bit eerie, though she’d dealt with creepier things lately. Like kissing Cable. Ew.
    She shuddered at the memory, and the platinum band around her finger felt like it was sucking the life force right out of her. She glanced down at it