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“Not all territories need to be conquered with fights. We can do it another way and even avoid bloodshed.”
“And beat the Rat to it?” he insisted, raising an eyebrow.
“Yes... But if we are going with my plan, I have some conditions.”
“I am all ears.”
“I will need Rose and Jack’s help. And Loir’s, of course.”
“Nothing too difficult so far.”
“Also... your eyes, you can change their color, right?” Eden asked, finally looking at him in the mirror.
Dante blinked, and his eyes turned a striking blue color.
“Anything you’d like...”
Eden smiled. She wasn’t sure the color was going to make a real difference in what she was feeling inside, but a blue-eyed Dante was quite... new and interesting.
“Come on,” she said as the doors opened, quickly stepping out to avoid his new and mesmerizing blue gaze. “Call your men, I’ll detail my plan.”
Dante nodded and quickly, something like a war meeting was organized in just a matter of minutes.
The Italian Tiger called out to his men and all the mafiosos quickly assembled in Loir’s computer room, the hacker’s black eyes opening wide from all the Italians amassing in there. As Dante had promised, Rose and Jack were brought in too, escorted by George. Although the young Italian stepped away as soon as he could, Eden noticed his blushing as Rose wagged her fingers at him with the expression of a female cat staring at her prey... She was really as terrible as ever and wearing a devilishly sexy red dress too. At least the two of them looked fine and better than earlier. They were wearing new clothes, and Jack had a bit more color to his face; they were probably given food as well... While waiting for everyone to get there, the two of them quickly walked up to her, staying away from the Italian men. The puppies apparently recognized the duo and both trotted up to them, yapping excitedly. Jack smiled and bent down to grab Beer. As he stood back up, he was suddenly facing Loir, and almost dropped the pup. The hacker had rolled his chair over to them, a large creepy grin on.
“Hi, friends!” he said, excited.
“This... is your partner?” muttered Jack, shocked.
“Yes, this is Loir. Loir, these are my colleagues, Jack and Rose.”
“Nice to meet you!” said Loir, smiling wide with the few teeth he actually had left.
“Hi...” grimaced Jack, obviously uneasy in front of the strange specimen. “Your... head is...”
“Oh, you’re a baldie too!” squealed Loir, excited. “We’re bald twins! Did you eat a candy?”
“A candy?” repeated Jack, visibly lost.
“Yup! I ate a candy one day, and everything fell... All of my hair! Poof! Look, even my eyebrows! Isn’t it funny?”
“Yeah... Dang, looks like ya ate all the damn candies in the box, honey... Eden, where the hell did ya find this guy? Half those tattoos on his head could get him shot or put in jail!”
Eden chuckled. She had never imagined the day Jack would meet Loir... Those two had only one thing in common: the fact that they were complete outsiders. The four of them waited to the side with the puppies and watched the rest of Dante’s men arrive. The Italians were all lined up with the same dark Italian suits and postures, like soldiers trained to act this way in the presence of their boss. Indeed, the atmosphere was incredibly tense with Dante in the room, although he was doing nothing in particular. The Italian Tiger was imposing his presence as if he was a head taller than everyone else in the room, gathering all eyes on him. He was actually still “wearing” his blue eyes which, of course, seemed to intrigue a lot of his men.
Eden glared at Rose who was sending him glances and biting her red-tinted lower lip.
“Are you done yet?” she hissed.
“Well, you should learn to mark your territory better then, hun,” retorted the redhead, her eyes hungrily following the Italian.
“Stop it, you two,” mumbled Jack, nervous. “Eden, what’s going on, why did they bring us here?”
Before she could answer, Rolf stepped forward, facing their men. He was going to be the one to give the orders and act as Dante’s spokesperson for now. The Italian Boss was calmly standing behind him with no visible intention to do the talking, his hands in his pockets.
“Everyone, tonight we are launching an attack on the Snake’s territory,” he declared.
“Wha–” muttered Jack, turning to Eden.
