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“You hated him simply because he’s Irish.”
“No, because you have feelings for him. I will never see reason when it comes to you. My wife. Amore mio.”My love. “I won’t live without you.”
“I’ve always been yours. Io sono tua. Tu sei mio.”I’m yours. You’re mine.“Knox knows how I feel about you. It doesn’t change how I feel about him or how he feels about me.”
“And he takes you to fight?”
“He taught me how to fight, but no. He told me to stay in the car.”
“I should feel better knowing you don’t follow his orders either.”
“You have to protect him,” she whispered. “Please. The Irish will kill him. If my family discovers who he is, they’ll kill him.” Tears shimmered in her eyes.
I stilled as she confirmed my suspicions. “He’s the boy?”
She barely nodded.
“Cazzo.” I pulled her against me. “We still have much to learn about each other.” Had I known, I would have protected Knox. Perhaps my jealousy would still have come from their closeness, but there would’ve been no doubts about her loyalty to me.
Even if I didn’t like another man having an intimate connection with my wife, I understood her devotion to Knox.
Ant slowed his approach into the Hills neighborhood. Up ahead, blue, white, and red lights cut through the darkness. Neighbors sat on their porches watching the commotion.
“Let me out.” Allegra scrambled to get off my lap.
“Not a fucking chance.” I held tightly to her.
“You can come with me, or wait here, but I’m going.”
Stefano checked the magazine in his weapon, then handed it over the seat to Allegra. “The trigger is short and smooth.”
I glared at Stefano.
Allegra stared hard into my eyes. “Fight with me, not against me. Those were your words.”
I cradled her head in my palms, brought her face to mine, and slanted my lips against hers. With a soft whimper, her lips parted, and her tongue slid along mine. To taste her again, to feel her soft skin against me, to breathe in her scent.
“Sei la mia vita.”You’re my life.“Stay close to me,” I said.
We quietly exited the car. Allegra pointed to the shadowed area farthest away from the streetlamp. “We were parked there earlier.”
Now, that would be an impossible escape route. Police surrounded the house and blocked off the street. Paramedics scrambled to move girls into the waiting ambulances. Some were on stretchers.
“They drugged Dee,” Allegra said.
Ant and Stefano headed right. Timoteo, Allegra, and I stayed in the shadows on the opposite side of the street to avoid the police. Allegra kept an arm wrapped around her middle to keep my jacket closed, but she was also protecting her ribs.
I kept in step beside her. “Easy, little mouse. Don’t draw attention by rushing through the crowd. Assume Knox and Orlando are also watching for us.”
She slipped the gun into the pocket of the suit coat.
Timoteo peered into cars as we passed.
Allegra paused and stared into one of the backyards with a shed and a children’s play area. She squinted into the distance. There was movement near the hedge.
“He’s there,” Allegra cried. Mindless of her injuries, she took off across a yard. I sprinted next to her, tracking through someone’s flowerbed, and running into the darkness.
Timoteo held his gun in his hand as we approached.
