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“What the fuck is going on?” Comes from Rook, who of course comes to stand beside his twin. If you fight with one twin then you best believe the other isn’t far away. Even as old as they are, they still stick close to each and honestly, I find it endearing.
“Ask the dark Knight. He seems to know something about the kids he isn’t sharing.” At my comment I feel the others pull in closer.
“If you know something about my daughter, I want to know,” Carlina demands.
“Tell us what you know, Knight,” Bishop demands.
Knight sighs and shakes his head before looking at his wife. She gives him a curt nod before he runs his gaze over each of us, then settles it on Bishop.
“You remember how we heard about those heirs and politicians going missing?” Bishop frowns as he tries to recall the conversation. It takes him a minute before he nods and says,
“Yeah. What the fuck does that have to do with my son?”
“No one has been caught for those crimes, all they found were cards, right?”
“Yes, a king of clubs, queen of hearts, jack of spades and ace of diamonds,” Clare supplies, and Knight nods.
“They are the calling cards of the Memento Mori,” Knight says. I scrunch my face in confusion.
“The what?” Vin asks.
“It’s Latin for,remember you must die.”
“What the hell does that have to do with our kids?” Kiara snaps as she slips up beside Bishop and interlocks her fingers through his.
“The only evidence they found were the cards at each of the scenes with the words Memento Mori etched into the backs of them. We believe that Havoc, Chaos, Chanel and Royal are the ones behind Memento Mori.” My brows hit my hairline at Knight’s declaration. If what he says is true, then that means the kids have defied a direct order from the Don and formed afamilyof their own.
“Fucking hell! If that’s true then that means they are the ones responsible for the heir of the Vargas going missing,” Anya breathes out.
“If this is true, they just started a war with the biggest crime family in Columbia,” Bishop grits out.
Dread begins to pool inside me. I have a gut feeling something really bad is about to happen.
Chanel
“Get the fuck off me,”I snap as I shove Royal away from me. His eyes darken but he knows better than anyone not to fucking push me when I’m like this. I may have lost the fight but that isn’t why I’m fucking pissed. My dad had no fucking right to air my shit out in front of everyone. I may be a disappointment to him and my mom, but that doesn’t give them the fucking right to put my shit out there for my aunts and uncles to know.
“I need to check to make sure she didn’t break your ribs!” Royal snarls, the sound of a snort from the doorway draws our attention. The twins turn and peer over the back of the sofa they sit on in the games room. The moment they see who it is, they are on their feet and standing on either side of me and Royal. Amelia just shakes her head and saunters into the room like we all aren’t ready to hand her the ass beating she deserves. She stops a couple inches away from me and bends so she can inspect my side. The moment she darts her arm out I jump back a step and glare at her.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing?” I grit out.
“I was going to check if they were broken but from the way you just hopped like a rabbit, I can tell you know they aren’t.” The smug lilt to her voice pisses me off.
“I don’t need shit from you,” I grit out through clenched teeth.
She straightens and rolls her eyes. “Maybe not but still, I just wanted to make sure you were okay,” she says with a shrug. How does she not see the divide between her and us? She wants out and to live a normal mundane life working until she passes out, while we want to rule and take over the fucking world. We thirst for power, while she squanders her life away studying to save people.
“Why’d you pull the punch?” Havoc asks. I want to be pissed he brought that up but truth is, I want to know the answer to that question as well.
She rolls her lips over her teeth and shoots me an apologetic look as she answers, “Because I never want to hurt any of you. I know you four judge me because of what I want out of life and I get it, but no matter what I do or where I go, you four will always be my family. If you ever need me, just call and I’ll be there. I swear.” She doesn’t wait for a reply as she turns and leaves us standing here, reeling.
“That girl is just as fucking confusing as a Sudoku puzzle,” Chaos whines before reclaiming his seat on the couch. Havoc follows his brother as he always does, if Chaos takes a shit then you best believe Havoc is taking a shit as well. They should have been conjoined twins.
“You need to let that shit with her go, now,” Royal says as he turns and peers down at me with that look. It’s a look I’ve come to hate. It’s the one where he can see inside my deepest insecurities. He will never say it aloud but he knows why I am this way with her without me needing to say it. “She is our blood. We look after our own.”
I ignore him as I turn and head for the bathroom down the hall to inspect the damage alone. The moment I close the door and lock it, I flinch.
Fuck!
