AllFreeNovel
Share Us
It was as if they were at a standoff, both trying to outstare the other…just moments before one of them would unleash their fury—Gabe, most likely.
My face grew hot, and my heart flip-flopped around in my chest as if it didn’t know which way to go.
Finally, as if an invisible force pushed him, Gabe pulled his eyes away from Liam, and his gaze hit me as if he were physically touching me.
Then he took my hand before he regarded Liam again coolly.
“Gabe?” I whispered.
He looked back at me with raised eyebrows, a storm brewing behind his eyes, but he didn’t answer.
Instead, with a small jerk of his head, indicating to get out of here, he tugged on my hand and led me away from Liam without another word.
And I followed.
Like a lamb being led to the slaughter.
Like a will-less child.
I looked back over my shoulder.
Liam’s green eyes searched my face for an answer, but all I could do was shake my head gently.
The devil had found me.
He nodded slowly, and my eyes met Fiona’s shocked stare.
She leaped to her feet and followed us until Alessandro stepped in her path and blocked her with his body.
“You!”
That one word, spoken with disdain and accusation, almost made me chuckle.
Almost.
I tugged on Gabe’s hand.
He stopped.
“Move, or I’ll make you!” Fiona snarled at Alessio.
Seeing my petite cousin face off with Gabe’s heavily tattooed brother, who was at least double her weight and looked more menacing than any man I’d ever encountered, was like looking at a miniature poodle trying to stop an angry grizzly.
Alessandro leaned down, stared at her face, grabbed her jaw, then whispered something in her ear that made her gasp, and her eyes pop.
“Let’s go,” Gabe whispered in my ear.
My eyes snapped back at him. Was he for real? Did he think he just needed to show up and I would fall at his feet?
But I could see the determination in his eyes, the barely contained storm of violence making my blood run cold.
I could come with him, or he would take me.
Those were the only two options he would give me.
I stared back at Fiona, and with a quick wave in her direction, I followed Gabe as he led me out of the coffee shop.
He opened the door to a black nondescript van, held it open for me, helped me inside, and waited until I was seated before he got in and settled down next to me.
