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Bri and I follow and then the rest fall into line behind us.
We’re all on full alert as we descend through the building and walk out through the deserted foyer and to where our cars are waiting.
“What happened to our security?” Bri asks as we climb into the back of Theo’s car.
“We’re not one hundred percent right now, but I wouldn’t put too much money on seeing them again,” I confess.
“Dad’s already working to pull the security footage to find out how the Italians got in without being stopped. Hopefully, it’ll give us some answers.”
The second we’re all in, Theo takes off. Alex, Daemon and Calli, and then Toby and Jodie follow in their cars.
By the time we get back across town, both Bri and Rhea are asleep on my shoulders.
“Aw, look at you,” Emmie says, twisting around in the passenger seat. “Who knew you’d be such a big softie.”
“Fuck off,” I grunt, “there isn’t anything soft about me.”
“Oh, I don’t know,” Bri says sleepily, dragging her hand up my thigh and giving my junk a squeeze.
“Barf,” Rhea mutters as Theo opens her door to let her out.
“You want to go straight to my place so you can sleep?” I offer Bri, aware that I’m not going to get out of sitting down with the guys to discuss everything.
“Nope. I’ll be where you are.”
A smile curls at my lips, happiness like I’ve never felt before blooming inside me. I ignore the little voice in the back of my head that says she’s just feeling vulnerable after making her first kill and doesn’t want to be alone. I remember it well.
“I’ll get him to make it quick,” I say as she opens the door and climbs out.
“It’s okay. This is important. We’ve got all the time in the world.”
“You really mean that?” I ask, hating how pathetic and desperate I sound. Apparently, tonight has turned me into a fucking sap.
Fingers crossed a few more hours in her pussy and a good sleep will sort me the fuck out. I have no desire to turn into a pussy-whipped prick like that lot.
28
BRIANNA
After two hours of discussing every single thing that happened tonight on video link with Damien, Galen, Stefanos, and Enzo and his brother, Nico finally wrapped his arm around my shoulders ready to lead me to his flat, and hopefully his bed.
I’m utterly fucking exhausted. Both physically and emotionally.
Hearing everything that the guys had been through tonight, how close this place came to being taken over by Italians, was terrifying. But then when Stella and Emmie started retelling the events of our night, I discovered that what we lived through wasn’t much better.
I have learned a few things though, things I never wanted or needed to know, like who actually owns that manor house we were in, and the fact that more staff than necessary lost their lives tonight when the Italians made the dumb-arse move to attack it in the hope of getting to us.
I have no idea what they were thinking. None of the guys do, which isn’t exactly reassuring. They can only assume that Ricardo Mariano’s ego has just inflated so much that he thinks he can take anyone on and win. That’s something that almost everyone else in the city seems to be disagreeing with.
Turns out, it wasn’t just the most trusted members of the Family who were out fighting tonight in order to take the twisted fuck down. Much to Emmie’s surprise, her uncle, dad, and her old friends from the Lovell estate were all trusted to get involved.
That move in itself, and the fact we were all allowed to be present for these discussions, really just proved how serious the situation with the leak is.
Damien and the guys can’t trust their own men right now.
Someone leaked our location, and as far as we were all concerned, only we knew. It seems their issues might be closer than they initially thought.
“Back here tomorrow night,” Theo commands when we all start moving.
