“Josh saw me talking Mitkian and freaked out. Thinks I’m the enemy to fear. Some kind of twisted mastermind. I’m flattered but that’s not the case. I speak 6 languages. I like to know what the enemy is saying when they don’t think I understand them. No big deal,” Dominik says.
“He’s hiding something,” Josh says in our secret sign language.
“So are you, back off,” I sign back and Dominik stays still, still holding Josh until he releases a frustrated sigh.
“I’ll behave,” Josh says and Dominik let’s go of him. “Keep those filthy hands off my sister,” he says and leaves the room. Dominik closes his computer and opens the window’s curtains.
“Don’t listen to my brother,” I say and move near him.
“Glad to know my hands are welcome-”
“Hands, lips, the whole package,” I say and he kisses me biting my lower lip provocatively.
“Say the words,” I shake my head and his hands slide to my thighs and sit me on the table with my back against the wall, hips against his waist.
“What words?” I question and Dominik smirks what he wasn’t counting on was me brushing my hips against his jeans.
“Don’t play with the devil, Love. You’ll get burned,” Dominik whispers in my ear.
“Maybe I don’t mind some flames!” I exclaim and Dominik presses our bodies together.
“Come here, you gorgeous flame,” Dominik says and when I’m about to kiss him someone knocks on the door. “Ignore them,” Dominik says and I shake him away. That will cost me later.
“What’s up?” I ask opening the door while adjusting my pants and shirt.
“Karl is here,” Sammy says her dark brown eyes full of fear. Dominik flies out the door almost literally, he runs so fast his feet barely touch the ground.
“What do we have?” Dominik asks Karl and Karl says something to Dominik in Mitkian, the only language none of us speaks.
“Josh, Damian, you’re with me. Marcus and Rian will stay behind. We caught some spies,” Dominik says, he takes a quick glance my way and I can see a soft smile onhis face, that disappears as soon as his eyes are off me.
“Keeping me away from the fun, Dom? What did I do this time?” Rian asks clearly losing his mind, he loves violence, but there’s one thing he loves more, bothering Dominik.
“You exist. Let’s go, Josh,” Dominik says gesturing with his fingers for Josh to get up from the couch.
“I want to go too,” I say after I get the sense I really understood one Mitkian expression. Kfrugt tref modret’v krulet. It’s a dialect expression from the south.
“Not a good idea,” Dominik says and Josh seconds it.
“I was not asking for it. I should’ve phrased it better. Iamgoing too,” I clarify and Dominik looks both amused and terrified.
“You’re not going, get back on that couch,” Josh says and literally tosses me towards the couch. I get up from the floor and walk to him.
“You’re in no position to keep me away from mother’s real killer,” I say and Josh looks at Dominik surprised. He hadn’t gotten it. None of them did. Everyone but me and Dominik seem baffled, stunned even.
“Let her come with us,” Dominik says and Josh brings his hands to his head.
“Did you hit your head? That’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever said,” Josh says and Damian gets between Josh and Dominik. Dominik is completely calm but Josh is losing it. Yet it’s not because of him. It’s because of us. It’s because of mom.
“Is it really the responsible for the attack?” I ask Dominik and he nods.
“Karl doesn’t get mistaken, and he says it’s him. More specifically, his son,” we got his son?
“Good, even better actually. We get to hurt him back,” I say, steal Josh’s knife and walk to Dominik when I’m stopped to a halt by Aiden.
“Wow, little thunder, stop right there. I’ll ignore that you all completely forgot my person, and just say that destructive energy? It’s bad mojo,” Aiden says and tries to take my knife but I hold it to his neck. “I’m not trying to stop you, just be careful,” Aiden says and I let him go. I don’t embrace my violent side, not since my kidnapping. But for fourteen years I trained hard, every day to be like Josh. I know almost as much as he does. And dad gave me a few tricks he didn’t teach Josh so I could have an advantage one day, if needed against one of the guys.
“Hurry, Josh,” I remind him and he looks at Sammy for one second, I can see there’s something in their eyes when their glances meet. I wonder what. But as quick as the connection locked it broke. Josh broke it.
