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"Won’t work, ol’ chap," JJ drawls. "You need my retinal scan to get through."
"We could always cut off his head and take that to unlock the door," Massimo offers.
Luca chuckles, "Now that’s something I have been looking forward to."
"Cutting off his head?" Seb asks.
"Specifically, the heads of our rivals and parading them around the streets of the city to teach our enemies that they can’t fuck with us," Luca retorts.
Seb scowls at him, "This is not an episode ofGame of Thrones, youass!"
"More’s the pity; I always did prefer a sword to a gun." Luca raises a shoulder.
"You always did like to overcompensate," Seb chuckles.
Luca’s frown deepens. He points his gun toward Seb, then blows out a breath, "Pity, I can’t shoot you for that."
"I’d like to see you try," Seb waves his own gun in the air.
"Gotta say, your brothers make for a fascinating comedy act." JJ trains his gaze on Michael, "And these are the jokers you count on to have your back in a sticky situation?"
"Asshole," Luca trains his gun in JJ’s direction, "one more word and I won’t hesitate to shoot."
JJ firms his lips. The bastard still doesn’t seem to be put out by the fact that he’s surrounded by men who would not hesitate to kill him if he breathed too hard. Jesus, the man has nerve, all right.
He trains his gaze on Michael, who jerks his chin, "Let’s go get those guns."
28
Michael
Am I a fool to trust JJ—the man who stole her from my island, under my watch, and brought her here? Am I totallystupidoto follow him as he walks us down another flight of stairs to the basement?
He reaches a closed door, presses a code into the keypad, in the space next to the doorframe. He places his eye in front of the retinal scanner which glows green, and the door buzzes open. I shoulder open the door, Karma at my side.
Luca, who’s taken great pleasure in holding a gun to JJ’s head during the entire trip, brings up the rear. He pushes JJ through the now open door, then follows him in, along with Seb and Christian.
Massimo stands guard outside the door.
I take in the row of guns on the opposite wall.
Sebastian whistles, "He wasn’t kidding when he called it an armory." He grabs a gun, then the ammunition next to it. He checks the gun, loads it, slides it into his waistband at the small of his back. Christian glares at JJ before arming himself. I reach for a gun, slide it into the empty holster at my ankle, then under my bicep, a third in my waistband at the small of my back.
Karma slips away to stand at the side. She folds her arms about her waist, a haunted look on her features. I glance at her, then snatching up one more gun which I slide into the front of my waistband, I walk toward her and she glances away.
"What’s wrong?" I murmur and she bites down on her lower lip. I glance at the glistening flesh and my cock twitches. Fuck, this is not the time to be turned on…but with Beauty, just being close to her makes me want to throw her down and bury myself inside her again.
"Tell me, Karma," I insist.
She tips up her chin, "It’s nothing."
"It’s something." I bend my knees, peer into her face. "What is it?"
"I was wondering…"
I tilt my head.
"Is that a gun or are you happy to see me, Capo?" She shoves her hand down my pants and pulls out the gun.
