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Gabriel turns and shoots him point-blank in the head.
“He talks too fucking much,” he says before turning back to me, unwilling to take his eyes off me now that his backup is gone.
“What the fuck are you doing here, Giana?” Gabriel’s stern voice and snarl makes me instantly want to do nothing more than protect her.
She shouldn’t be here; he’s right. But she is, and I cannot deny the intense urge I feel to do anything I can to make sure she stays safe.
“I could ask you the same thing, Gabriel,” Giana says with the faintest hint of a tremble to her voice.
I don’t miss the way she’s backed up a bit, putting more distance between herself and Gabriel, looking between us.
“Why are you here? How does Father know I’m here? He fucking sent you here for me, and you had to come in with your damn guns drawn? Overreaction much?”
She’s a fucking spitfire, my girl.
She bends and grabs her shirt and pants, and I step around her to protect her privacy as she quickly throws them on. She discards the blanket, not taking her eyes off her brother, and then steps around me again.
“Get behind me, Giana,” I grit out, making a move to pull her behind me, to shield her, but she shrugs me away, facing off with her brother.
I grab hold of her wrist and forcefully pull her to me, needing to put space between her and Gabriel. “Gia—”
“You’re real fucking classy, sis. If our father knew you were here, this whole place would be burning to the ground. Don’t you worry. I can’t wait to tell him I found his little darling in bed with one of his sworn enemies. Can’t wait to watch you fucking squirm, little sis.”
I tug her backward, not liking how this fucker is talking to her, and she finally turns to look at me as I remain holding her wrist, an unspoken question dangling in the air.
“Dante—?”
“Dante DeSantis,” Gabriel interrupts her. “Capo for the DeSantis Crime Family. Bastard who had our strip club raided tonight. Same bastard who has one of our men holed up somewhere. That is, if he hasn’t already killed him. Where’s Marty, Dante? Where’s my fucking friend?”
“If that’s how you treat your friends…” I glance over at the man he just shot. “Marty’s probably better off with me, isn’t he?”
“You fucking piece of lowlife trash!” Gabriel screams just as one of my men rounds the corner into the room, his gun aimed right for Gabriel’s head.
“Stand down, soldier,” I say to the kid. “This one is all mine.”
“Sir, are you—”
“I’m fucking sure. Is backup here?” I ask, wondering where the fuck the family is and hoping we don’t have any casualties. The soldier nods, and I motion with my head for him to get the fuck out of here. “Go where you’re needed.”
He does as he’s told, and my mind flashes to Marty in the basement. He’s gonna get special treatment tonight as payback for his family blowing up my fucking door and who the fuck knows what else.
“Dante DeSantis. You’ve got to be kidding me. How could I not know this?” Giana shakes her head as Gabriel chuckles.
“Because you’re just a dumb cunt.”
“Watch your fucking mouth, Amato,” I grit out, cocking my gun.
“How cute. The two of you shacking up. What are you, in love? I can’t blame you for wanting some of this premium Amato pussy. I had a go at your dead wife before we offed her, loose as a fucking—”
I fire a warning shot that narrowly misses his head—on purpose—because an easy death would be way above him. Giana’s shrill, high-pitched scream echoes in the room, bouncing off the walls and disorienting me for seconds before I come back to, realizing how fucking angry I am.
“If you don’t get the fuck out of here in two fucking seconds, I will drag you down next to Marty and make you suffer for the rest of your miserable life.”
He moves to shoot me, but Giana is close. Too close. I don’t think of myself. I can only think of her. Quickly, I shove Giana out of the way just as the bullet whizzes past her and hits me in the shoulder. I fire my own weapon at him, this time hitting him in the chest.
“Fuck!” I yell.
The bullet has burst through my flesh and out the backside of my shoulder. Fucker burns like a goddamn bitch.
