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“Here, with me now,” Xeno replies, not rising to the bait. I can’t say the same for Zayn, however. He’s currently making very aggressive motions with a knife that he pulled from his leather boot a second ago. My eyes pop open in shock at the way he plays with the blade, flipping it from hand to hand and rolling it through his fingers like some kind of expert knife-thrower you might find at the fucking circus. I look from Zayn back to Dax.
“What the fuck?” I mouth. He just shakes his head and gives me an intense look.
“You’re on loudspeaker, Boss. We’re just driving back to the Academy. What’s up?”
“What’s up?” Jeb shouts. “What’s motherfucking up is that I’ve spent the best part of this weekend holed up with that fucking bitch Grim and her sidekick Beast. The fuckers’ said they had business to discuss after Friday night’s fuck up and then spent most of the time I was with them interrogating every member of that two-bit crew. I mean I’m partial to a bit of torture, and I appreciated the pussy and the cocaine, but what I wanted was more fucking information and she was sorely lacking in that department.”
Pussy? Yeah, right.I roll my eyes, the man’s fucking delusional. Again, why the fuck doesn’t he come out already. Who gives a fuck?
“Yeah? So, they didn’t talk at all?” Xeno asks, humoring him and completely ignoring his complaint.
“Turns out the cunts were nothing more than a bunch of roadmen playing gangsters. Squealed like pigs before Beast cut their balls off and shoved them down their motherfucking throats. Remind me never to do that. The fucking blood...”
My mouth drops open in shock when I realise Jeb isn’t talking metaphorically. Beast really is a beast and a force to be reckoned with. Knowing he’s on our side makes me feel a hell of a lot better about things even if the thought of him cutting off a man’s balls makes my stomach lurch.
“So, theydidtalk?” Xeno persists.
“Only to confirm that they’re nobodies, and Malik paid them a tidy sum to bring his man in. Otherwise, nothing of importance. I only fucking agreed to humor Grim and stay at their hotel in Mayfair because I thought she might have some more information forme. Fucking wasted weekend.”
“Grim certainly was pissed someone went after her property,” Xeno says without an ounce of emotion in his voice. It doesn’t take a genius to work out thatI’mthe property he’s referring to. He gives me a brief, apologetic look in the rearview mirror that I accept with a terse nod of my head.
“She’s a fucking crazy bitch. The second we get what we need, I’m going to put a bullet in her skull, but not before riddling her fucking boyfriend with holes first. Let her watch that twisted fuck bleed out before she dies.”
I suck in a shocked breath, covering my mouth when I realise my mistake. York squeezes my thigh and I catch his sharp gaze. He holds his finger up to his lips, warning me with his eyes to keep quiet. “She sure is a crazy bitch,” York agrees, knowing as well as I do that Jeb won’t get the chance to take out Beast, let alone Grim. He’s an arrogant cock for thinking he could.
“York, you fuck. I’m surprised you haven’t tried it on with Grim yourself. You like your bitches a little unhinged, ain’t that right?”
I keep my gaze fixed on York and catch the slight tick of annoyance in his jaw before he covers it up with a laugh. “Yeah, you got me there, Boss.”
“Did you getanythingworthwhile from Grim?” Xeno asks, steering the conversation back to less personal ground. Next to him Zayn’s currently balancing the knife blade on the pad of his forefinger. I watch entranced, silently praying he doesn’t suddenly drop it and impale the blade into his thigh. It seems to calm him, playing with the blade that way. Funny, when we were kids,dancedid that. It used to be the only thing to calm him down after an altercation with Jeb. Looks like knife handling has the same effect these days. I’m not sure I like it.
“What do you think? She’s a shrewd bitch and plays her cards close to her chest. Though she did tell me that The Belladonnas are going to make a move on The Cobras’ turf up north. Looks like those bitches are getting a little too big for their boots.”
“Best to stay out of it,” Xeno advises.
“Yeah, let them take each other out then I can step in. Nothing like a good, clean takeover,” Jeb says with a chuckle, and I’m reminded of how he swept in and claimed the Hackney’s Hackers crew after the King was murdered. Figures, he’s the type of guy to let other people do the dirty work before claiming leadership. Dickhead.
“Sounds like a solid plan,” Zayn says, suddenly flipping his knife and catching it by the handle.
“Ah, I wondered whenyou’dspeak up. Did all that pussy tire out your tongue,” Jeb asks, the sneer in his voice making me vibrate with anger. How fucking dare he speak to Zayn like that!? York squeezes my thigh and my mouth slams shut.
“I think we deserved the entertainment, don’t you? Pretty sure me and the boys took most of Malik’s men out whilst you disappeared to clean his brains off your clothes…” Zayn retorts, the insinuation clear, Jeb’s a fucking piece of shit coward.
Clearing his throat and not cursing Zayn out like I expect him to do, Jeb simply changes the subject. “What the fuck happened to Penelope anyway? That little slut is way too close with Grim for my liking.”
“I knocked her out with anesthesia and dumped her back at the Academy just like Grim asked me to do. She probably woke up with one hell of a headache and is most likely scared shitless. I’ll let Grim deal with the aftermath. Though I sure had fun playing with her,” Xeno says, all blasé and heartless sounding like he really doesn’t give a fuck. If I didn’t know any better, I’d assume he hated me still.
“Yeah, nice touch dancing with her like that. You’re a sick fuck,” Jeb chuckles and I want to throw up.
“She got what she deserved.” Xeno glances at me once again, and I swallow hard at the fear in his eyes. I know he’s playing a part, Iknowthat, but it doesn’t make it any easier to hear. Being together again is so new and given what we’ve been through it would be easy to fall back into all the mistrust if we allowed ourselves to. Breathing in deeply, I give Xeno a small smile.
“Penelope’s fucking lucky I didn’t let Malik take her that first time. Zayn was right, she’s way too valuable to me as Grim’s new toy. Grim looks out for her own and given she likes the little whore it works as a nice bit of leverage for later, don’t you think? Besides, you stepping in like that at the last minute secured our newly formed relationship nicely. It was a win-win.” Jeb laughs raucously like he’s some villain from a fucking Marvel movie. A sudden anger rushes beneath my skin. He’s such a fucking prick.
“Yeah, it worked out perfectly. Though we gotta tread carefully with Grim. I’m surprised she let Xeno get up on that stage,” Zayn adds.
“Don’t I fucking know it. She drove a hard fucking bargain when it came to that little whore but the fact she let Xeno do the job tells me she’s more trusting than I gave her credit for, and that is just fuckingperfect. She’s playing right into our hands...” His voice trails off as he quietens for a moment.
“What?” Xeno asks, and I can hear the tension in his voice. I can feel it. It’s as though all the Breakers are taking a collective breath. The car swerves suddenly and Xeno narrowly misses a cyclist. He palms the horn, and curses loudly.
