Chapter 267: One of Those
I could feel both Mad Dog’s and Gideon’s eyes on me as they realized that I had two healers in my little family.
And that was what the guys were, I realized for the first time ever... my family.
I... Hagatha Lucinda LaRue... had a family.
"No," I replied, still reeling over the fact that I had made my own family. "I don’t share. You don’t get them."
"Well, Princess," murmured Mad Dog, his voice a soft purr as if he thought that that would be enough to sway me to his side. "If those are your terms, then there are only two paths for you going forward," he continued like he was a king on his throne. "The first is that you join the Scavengers so that you could be with the two Healers, or I can kill you now and just take them. That way, you no longer have to worry about sharing."
I blinked at him, trying to process his words. I got it; I didn’t look like that much of a threat, but how far up your ass did your head have to be to think that any of that would work?
I opened my mouth before quickly shutting it again and cocked my head to the side as I studied the man in front of me. "Um..." I started, my eyes furrowing. "Neither one of those options works."
"What can I say? I like to be forward so that everyone has a reasonable expectation of what will happen going forward," shrugged Mad Dog like he seriously thought that he was going to get his way.
"And I like to be contrary," I smiled back at him, shaking off the confusion. I was giving him more credit than I should have, but I think he was the first one to come out and speak to me like that since the apocalypse happened.