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“Is that a promise?”
She smiles, hope lighting in her eyes, and I nod. “It’s a vow.”
32
WILLOW
Vic showsme a few more moves, then gives me a quick rundown on how to load and shoot a gun, and by the time we’ve wrapped up our impromptu lesson, Malice and Ransom get back.
“Any trouble?” Vic asks, glancing up as they walk through the door.
Malice shakes his head. “Nah. Dumped the bodies and got out of there.”
He still has a streak of blood on his jaw, dried to a dark color now, and the sight of it makes my stomach turn. Death seems to hover over us all the time now, like an uninvited fifth member of our little family, and I hate it.
“How did it go this afternoon?” I ask, glancing between Malice and Vic. “Did you get any leads?”
I would have tried to get more information sooner, but being almost killed put a damper on that.
Malice sighs, rubbing at his face with one hand. “Maybe. It wasn’t as useful as we wanted it to be, but…”
“…we talked to a man who has a few criminal connections, and he knew of a gang leader who hates Olivia Stanton,” Vic finishes, picking up the thread of the thought. “Jonah Kent.”
“Someone she had you go after for a job?” I ask.
Vic shakes his head. “No, but it’s still worth reaching out to see if he can help. We’re looking for someone who hates Olivia and will want to put her in the ground the same way we do, and it sounds like this guy is just the type we’re after.”
“How are we going to get in touch with him?”
“We’ve got a connection,” Ransom answers. “Apparently, he’s done some business with the Kings of Chaos before.
“Who?”
“Do you remember when we took you to that club, Sin and Salvation?”
I frown, thinking back. It feels like it happened fucking ages ago, but I have a sudden flashback of being fucked by them in the bathroom of that club. Heat rushes through me at the memory, and my cheeks flush as I nod.
“The people who run that club should be able to put us in touch with the leader of the Enigma gang.”
“Can we go now?” I ask eagerly. “And try to get the info from them?”
Malice’s face hardens. “Vic and I will go again. Just the two of us. You almost just got killed, Solnyshka. You should stay here. With Ransom.”
A ripple of panic washes through me at that thought.
“No!” I shake my head. “We’re not splitting up again. It’s more dangerous to be separate than together. And besides, I want to be a part of this. I’m the one she’s after. I want to help bring her down. I’veearnedthat.”
“You don’t have to earn it,” Ransom cuts in. “You’ve already proven yourself, angel. We’re just trying to keep you safe.”
“And I think we’d be safer if we stuck together.”
“She has a point,” Vic says quietly. Malice turns to glare at him, and he just shrugs. “It’ll be easier to protect her if we’re all together. If one of us goes down, there will still be two more bodies between an attacker and Willow.”
I don’t like the sound of that at all, and that’s not what I meant about being safer together. But Malice actually seems swayed by his twin’s argument, so I keep my lips pressed together instead of arguing that none of them should be throwing themselves in front of bullets for me. Vic already did that once, and the memory still haunts me.
Finally, Malice nods curtly. “Fine. But we stick close together, and if I tell you to run, Solnyshka, you fucking run. No hesitation. No questions. You get me?”
“Yes,” I say, my heart thudding unevenly.
