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“It’s not what you think,” Xan snaps.
“Then explain it, motherfucker!” I shout.
“I loved her.” Pain laces his words. “Waverly meant to me what Lakeland means to you, she loved me too.”
I shake my head denying what he says. “My sister would have told me?—”
“She tried!” he screams, cutting me off. “She tried to tell you so many fucking times but you just brushed her off every time she tried to talk to you. I even told you that I loved her and you laughed, smacked me on the back and said good one, fucker.” I scrunch my face not recalling that happening. “Unlike you, we had to hide our true fucking feelings because neither of us wanted to risk you hating us for falling in love.”
“She’s my little sister and you were screwing her behind my back?” I roar, my anger is burning hot inside me now.
“It was never like that with her! Why do you think I never joined in on your three way with Lakeland?” He doesn’t give me a chance to answer. “Unlike Taylan, I wasn’t available like him because I was in love with your sister. Wave knew about it and said I could if I wanted to and acted like she didn’t care but I knew she was full of shit. I would never hurt her, Knox. I fucking ran to her that night when she called. I begged her, I fucking begged her to come with me and I would send you back for Lake but she was so fucking stubborn and wouldn’t leave without her best friend. I got Lake out and they took off but Percy and Gio followed them. I got there too late.” His voice catches on the end part and his eyes fill with anguish.
“What happened, Xander?’ I grit out through clenched teeth. I feel my mom come up beside me and look around to see some of my men have stopped to watch the showdown between us.
“I saw Lakeland get out of the car and heard…” He growls and tugs on the strands of his hair as he tries to get the words out. “I heard her scream, that fucking sound haunts me every night when I close my eyes. I blacked out and before I knew what was happening, my foot was on the gas and then I mowed Lake down.” Taylan presses against my chest harder, sensing my need to break Xander in half rising with each word. “I jumped in after the car and tried to find her, I couldn’t see anything it was too fucking dark. I don’t know how long I searched for her, I just remember the cops dragging me out of the river and then we were home and telling you what happened.”
“You saw my baby?” my mom chokes out. Xan darts his gaze to my mom. He may be angry with me but he would never disrespect my mom. He stands taller and nods. “You went in after her?”
“Yes.”
“Thank you,” Mom chokes out, shocking us all.
“Huh?” Xan rasps out.
“You tried to save my baby girl and for that I will never be able to repay you, Son. You could have died that night as well.” All emotion is wiped from Xander’s face as he looks at my mom.
“I did die that night, Mom. My heart fractured and stopped beating when hers did. I loved your daughter so fucking much. Fuck, I still love her.”
I scoff earning a glare from my former best friend.
“Knox, please don’t—” I cut my mom off before she could continue to beg me to spare Xander’s life. I shove Taylan away as I step forward, leaving an inch of space between me and Xander.
“Alexander Grayson.” His features harden at the use of his full name as he braces for his punishment. “You broke the code of the Re Della Strada by hurting a member of our family and taking the life of my unborn child from me.” Saying that shit burns my chest, it fucking hurts like a bitch. “Punishment is death.”
“Knox.”
“No, Brother.” I ignore mom and Taylan and continue.
“But given who you were to me and what you tried to do for… my sister.” I take a deep breath and fight through the onslaught of emotions that rage inside me. My heart breaks over the loss of my child and the years I missed with Lake but it also fucking breaks me knowing this is the last time I will ever see one of my brothers. “I hereby banish you from the family.” Gasps sound out around us. “You are hereby stripped of all titles and rank. You are to leave my country and never return or you will be met with death at my hands and my hands alone.” Unshed tears gather in his eyes, he swallows audibly and nods. A lump forms in my throat hating that this is how things are ending with us but I can’t forgive him for what he did, he lied to me and hid the fucking truth for years.
“I’ll prove to you that I am worthy of your forgiveness. I’ll show you, even if it takes me the rest of my life, I’ll prove it to you because I am not dying without my family by my side.” He snaps his arm out and grips the back of my head pulling me to him where he presses his forehead against mine. “I won’t give up. I broke your trust and fucked up badly, Brother, but I’ll make this right somehow. I swear it on my life, I will fix us.” I don’t let it show but I fucking hope he is right but right now, I can’t think of anything aside from needing him away from me before I shoot him and have to live with the guilt of killing my brother.
He releases me and brushes past to go to my mom and Taylan. I stay as I am with my back to him. It takes him a few minutes before he returns to stand before me, his face is void of all emotions and his mask is firmly in place. I look him over one last time cementing his appearance to memory.
“This will be the last time I speak to you, if there is ever another time you hear my voice it will be the last thing you hear before I send you to join my sister.” His jaw locks but he remains silent. “Take a car, you have twenty-four hours to cross the border and get the fuck out of my territory. If you are caught after that, you will be executed like a traitor.” He eyes me for a second before a whoosh of air escapes him and he nods.
“Understood.” He turns and walks away but before he can get too far I call out to him. “Yeah?” he says as he looks back over his shoulder at me.
“Go get em killer.” A glint enters his eyes as the corner of his mouth lifts in a smirk before he stalks off.
Entering the cabin I go in search of Lake, needing her to distract me from what just happened but I can’t find her. I head upstairs and push open the master bedroom door and I’m greeted by the sound of the shower running from the adjoining bathroom. I don’t think as I strip off in the doorway, closing the door quietly behind me and locking it so we aren’t interrupted. I slink across the room and nudge the door open. Immediately, steam hits me in the face, and as I wait for it to clear, I drink in the sight of her. Her back’s to me and her perfect ass is only displayed through the glass doors. Fuck, the sight of her naked with droplets of water trailing down her flawless skin has my cock hard and ready to be buried inside that tight, wet little cunt.
Without making a sound, I cross the room, grip the handle and slowly open the door, then slip inside. Before she can react, I plaster myself against her back and have her throat in one hand and the other gripping her waist. She doesn’t fight, she just leans her head back against my shoulder and looks up at me with a lustful look in her eyes.
“Make me forget about what happened tonight.” Bending down I nip at the soft skin between her neck and shoulder, drawing small moans from her. I shift and suck the lobe of her ear into my mouth before releasing it with a pop as I brush my lips over her ear when I speak.
“I’ll never allow you to forget another thing, but I’ll make you feel so fucking good that you won’t even think about what happened tonight while I’m buried so deep inside you that you have no fucking idea where you begin and I end.” Her eyes close as a moan tumbles free.
