Page 73 of The Ties That Bind (Fraser Crime Syndicate 2)

I stroke her head, soothing her. “There’s nothing to be sorry about.”

“What about Michael? He’s dead, isn’t he?”

“Yes.”

“Will there be blowback on you?”

I love her for caring about me. “Don’t worry about it.”

We’ll make it go away, and if we can’t, someone within the syndicate will come forward and confess.

I will never see the inside of a prison cell. My parents would never allow it.

“Will you stay with me?”

“I’m not going anywhere, ever.”

And I truly mean that because Elena is my wife. Not just in name but in every way that matters.