Part Ninety-Three

Rafaella opened the door of their quarters that led to the hall connecting them to the rest of the house and smiled when she saw Austin standing there, guarding the door. She’d almost walked right into him.

“You’re up,” Austin said and smiled at her. “Dominic will be gone for a few hours. He went to Mayberry View to find Inara.”

“I hope she’s okay. Dominic will lose his mind if something happens to her,” she said and sighed.

“Fuck yeah, his head will explode and he’d kill every last motherfucker involved,” Austin agreed.

“How do you feel about a makeover, Austin?” she asked him.

“A what now?”

“You have great bone structure, Austin. I’ll just trim your beard a little, your hair might need some TLC too,” Rafaella said, her voice fading as she got lost in thought.

Austin looked at the tiny woman in front of him. He liked her, more than he’d liked Isadora or any of Dominic’s other women. Dominic had given strict orders not to let Rafaella out of his sight and he wouldn’t have, even if Do