Chapter 26: Show Me Your Throat
(SASHA)
Judging by the way Tyler and Father look at me, I can tell that they are surprised at the intensity of my words. I straighten my jacket and sit back down. "Coming at my omega would be disrespectful. If he has a problem with me then he needs to face me like the man he claims to be."
"Yes son"
I watch Tyler’s slender fingers grip the chair. He looks more worried than he was before, but that’s because he’s only beginning to understand how things work around here.
"What will Angelo gain by hurting me?" Tyler asks, looking terrified.
Father regards Tyler thoughtfully as though he is contemplating something. "If Angelo manages to get to you and hurts you or kills you, it will make Sasha look weak. That alone could cut Sasha at the knees. Then, some of the men could take his side. That’s all it takes for them to defect. Angelo is scheming and cannot be trusted."
"But I thought they’d be furious that someone tried to hurt Sasha’s family?" Tyler scowls.
"Most of them would be," I say. "But there will be some who’ll take it as a weakness and take Angelo’s side. "It isn’t intellectual men were talking about here, they are pit bulls. The men follow the meanest dog. That’s how they are built."
The way Tyler turns to me surprises me. "Then you better be the meanest dog, Sasha. I didn’t agree to this crazy marriage just so I could get myself killed. That was my fate if I didn’t agree. Now that you got me to agree, you better make sure I live a long happy life."
Father laughs gruffly. "Tell him."
It irks me how my family finds Tyler’s insolence toward me funny. "Don’t worry, Tyler. If anyone will have to slit that beautiful throat, it’ll have to be me, not Angelo. You’re so stubborn."