“No, and the girls already working haven’t propositionedme.”
“Why is Manuel Lopez sending men again?” Sabre leaned his head back, closing his eyes as he placed his hands over his stomach.
“To start a war.” Grizz planted his elbows on the table, cradling his head between his hands. “With us in the middle.”
“Why?” I interjected.
Sabre didn’t discredit me as he opened his eyes. “No matter how hard we try, we keep running into the Lopezes.” There were a few chuckles at that statement, and even Thunder smirked.
“Why does he want us trapped? We don’t have illegal runs.” Pretty looked directly at Wreck. “If you know anything, now is the time to speak, motherfucker.”
Wreck was on the same side of the table as I was, so I didn’t see his physical reaction, but we all sat back in our chairs when he spoke up. “So you can accuse me of hiding my past?”
Pretty leaned forward, eyes blazing, but as he was about to say something, Cyph stepped in.
“Krait is stirring the pot.” He turned in his chair towards Count. “Where did you put the warehouse money?”
“I didn’t. It’s sitting in Sabre’s office, waiting to be cleaned.” Count’s spikes shook.
“Son of a bitch. Tell me I’m not wrong.” Cyph waited.
“No fucking way. Are you sure about this?” Count leaned forward, his eyes blazing.
“Are the Knights cleaning El Sombra Roja’s money through the Lopezes?” Kitten plucked a piece of chicken off her plate, sticking it in her mouth. Every eye turned to look at her. “What?” she said.
“That’s my cue.” Emily picked up her plate, heading towards the kitchen. Zook did the same, following her.
Grizz watched until they disappeared. “Krait sold us out over the warehouse. I bet he told Manny we burned it.”
“Add in Diego’s demise, and Krait’s setting us up to take the fall,” Sabre finished.
“Fuck.” Thunder shot straight up. “Fuck.” He paced behind our chairs, and I turned to watch him. “Alex knows about Krait’s deals. He either doesn’t care, or he honestly thinks Peter’s alive.”
“The demon spawn said he was trying to dismantle the Lopezes from the inside.” Meredith slid closer to Grizz.
“Yeah, but if Krait’s cleaning money through them, they’re not going anywhere. Money makes evil go round.” Count’s hand wrapped around one of his spikes as he tried to twirl the end around his finger.
“It doesn’t really matter in the end, does it? All roads right now lead to us.” Sabre met every person’s eye at the table before he moved on to the next, but he came back to me. “We need to tell Alex.”
Peter’s gone.I grasped at my chest.
Thunder stopped pacing, dropping to a crouch in front of me. “Liz?”
I gasped for air. “Pe…Peter,” I wailed. “My baby…” It came out in quick bursts. “Dead.”
The tears swallowed my vision, but a black veil wiped them away, taking the rest of my vision with it. I tried to stand, but time froze me.
“Mi amor,” Alex sighed.
My vagina was on fire as the doctor sat between my spread legs. I heard the screams echoing around the room, but it took me a minute to realize they were mine.
“You’re doing so well, mi amor. One more big push.”
“You fucking push,” I told him. The men in the room laughed as if it was the funniest joke they’d ever heard. It irritated me, and I flopped back on the bed, giving up. “My baby doesn’t have a name.”
Alex ignored me, reaching to adjust the pillows behind my head. “I told you. There’s nothing to decide. He’ll have an old familial name, and that will be it. You’ve got to push. My boy is almost here.”
My child and I would be damned if I was letting Alex name him. “His name is Peter.”
