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“Giannis?”
“Yes.” He knows what I’m going to ask. I’m giving him the same courtesy as Aliana; Malcolm will just have to deal with it. Their kids get first right to claim.
“You or me.”
“You.” Rigo’s son swallows hard; he looks at his father one last time and then turns his back.
“Son, you can’t—”
“Silence.” Everyone but my queen adheres to the command, her stony expression crumbling a bit. “I can handle them both. You don’t have anything to prove.”
“But I do. No more nightmares,” she whispers, sad eyes glittering with tears she fights back. “She threatened our baby, Callum. A defenseless child.”
“I know.”
“Her daughter’s child.”
“I’ll follow your lead, then.”
“Thank you.” Tilting her face up for a kiss, I give her one before aiming at Rigo’s head. “Together, beautiful.”
“Aye.” A unanimous vote from every member of our family. Not the two pieces of shit crying and whimpering.
“You’re our kids. You can’t sentence us to death!”
“Stop this insanity. We can pay you!”
“Please, give us a chance to change.”
“I don’t forgive you, Ada.” Her mother sobs louder—bangs on her chest as if in pain, while her daughter just sighs. “You’re scum, worse than, and I hope you rot in hell for your crimes. Please know that I’ll live my life to the fullest and become everything you never were: successful and loved. Fuck you.”
She fires a second before I do, and we don’t stop until the two bodies on the ground no longer move. They’re not breathing, both with eyes wide open and blood pouring from their mouths, the multiple gunshot wounds visible on various parts of their body.
The first sob comes from Giannis. I know this is hard, but when Aliana walks over and they embrace, he crumbles. They both do, and we give them a moment. No matter how shitty both sets were, they are blood. It will always sting a little bit.
“So, Aliana?”
“I never hid it, Casper. You just didn’t bloody pay attention.”
My cousin scratches his jaw, lips thinning. “I’ll blame my wife for the lack of awareness, and I extend a sincere apology.”
“Oi, cut that shit out before she hears you.”
“It would be just my luck, too.”
“However, you can do me a favor to make up for the inconvenience…”
“Breathing or unconscious?” Casper asks; he knows me well. He’s also no longer laughing but watching the small woman who’s my world. My family. Mine. “I want him alive and delivered to the property in Dorset. His next job in this life is to be Zeus’s snack.”
“You and that large cat.”
“I warned him, cousin. Told him he’d become my tiger’s catnip.” Aurora looks at us with a weird fascination, but I’ll introduce her to my pets another day. When they’re not hungry. “Come out to the property before heading home. It’s a literal mini zoo.”
Her eyes bug out. “You’re serious?”
“Aye.” I leave her with her thoughts on the subject and pick up Aliana, giving Dwayne room to step in as well. They’ll be fine; it’ll be rough for now, but what matters is that they’re free. No more worrying. No more threats.
“It’s over.”
