“Oh…” She paused, realising what I had said, and I saw her glance at her ring.
“Well, Rossi or Westwood, we kinda just blend into one. Both are pretty capable, and I won’t deny I feel a whole lot more relaxed knowing Mom will have Liam with her,” Rayhan added, running his fingers through his hair.
“Not only Liam,” I said with a smirk.
Maria was my brother’s queen, and there was no fucking way I was about to risk her life. I heard the footsteps in the hallway and smirked, taking a cigarette and lighter.Right on fucking time.
Come in,I said, through the link.
“Then who else?” Rayhan asked, frowning slightly, just as the door opened, and everyone turned to look at the two men standing there.
“As I said, the Westwoods are the next best thing after the Rossis, so who else but a Rossi to go, too? Marcel, welcome,” I smirked.
“Alejandro,” Marcel said, giving everyone a small nod.
Sitting back, I lit my cigarette as everyone in the room looked at each other in surprise, but my attentionwas on both my nephews. Leo and Rayhan looked at each other, the hatred in Leo’s eyes was unmasked, and the hostility between them was fucking obvious…
“Leo,” Rayhan said, his eyes sharp, his voice level. I knew it had been ages since those two saw each other, and although Rayhan tried to get through to the younger boy, Leo had refused to allow him in, and with time Rayhan had backed off.
“Bastard.” Came Leo’s cold, arrogant reply. I frowned, taking a long drag on my cigarette. I may be one to revel in others’ problems, but I didn’t like that shit one bit. Not when it involved my own fucking nephews…
“Cut it out,” I growled.
Leo raised an eyebrow, crossing his muscular arms over his chest. Dressed all in black, it only made his light blue eyes look even icier. He scanned the room, taking a drag on the cigarette in his hand, before turning his gaze on me. When he spoke, his voice dripped with sarcasm and pure, unfiltered hatred.
“Well, it sure is a fucking honour to be in a room full of the so-called elite. To what do I owe the fucking pleasure?”
Rayhan
The tension inthe room grew to the point that it felt suffocating. I knew he hated how I handled things years ago, but like I’d said, I wouldn’t do anything differently. All I could do in return was be patient with him.
I hadn’t seen him in a while, and he looked older, bigger, and bulkier, but the hatred in those eyes of his only seemed to have grown. He held my gaze, and although I didn’t submit, for the sake of peace, I broke our eye contact, turning back to Uncle Al. The rest greeted one another, and I gave Marcel a nod before glancing at uncle.
“So, Marcel and Liam will go with Mom?” I asked, crossing my arms.
“Yes, they will. They’ll be leaving tomorrow morning.”
Uncle sat forward, his eyes on Kiara, who was standing next to Liam a lot more comfortably than she had been around any of us lately. The entire situation messed everything up for us all. We just needed to have this all sorted out. It was fucking with me seeing Delsanra in that state…
“Now, Enrique has given us some locations. I’m planning on having all the ones up north tracked to see if we can find anything. This fucking dickhead doesn’t seem to give a shit for the boy either, so that’s a damn dead end,” Uncle growled, frowning as he smoked his cigarette.
“I’ll go,” I said quietly. The closer we got to finding him, the closer we got to fixing everything. I heard a ‘hmph’ from Leo but ignored it.
“I wanted you to go. You are the best.” Uncle nodded.
“But can we defeat him without knowing how to kill a djinn?” Mom asked.
“We’ll find that shit out, but we do need to find his location first, hence why I want it done on the low, so we can prepare.”
“So why the fuck did you call me?” Leo asked as if he was bored just being there. I glanced at him. It wasweird seeing him and Uncle together. It was almost like a mirror image with the cigarettes, the tattoos, piercings, and the coldness in their eyes. But they were different.
“I actually didn’t think you would fucking come, but I wanted to see if you could hack into a certain system for me. You’re pretty good when it comes to computers, right?” Uncle said with a smirk.
“I could do that if I want,” Leo replied, taking a drag on his cigarette.
“Is that legal?” Kiara asked, her eyes wide as she stared at Uncle.
“Amore Mio, I don’t think anything we do is really legal. Kidnapping a pup, killing people, the usual shit we do out here? We’re supernatural beings. We don’t fucking go by the damn law.” He smirked arrogantly, and she nodded slowly as if she had just realised that now.
