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Silas leans over and spits into the sink, his narrowed-eye glare on Bane. “Yeah, whatever.”
“I'm sorry,” I whisper.
Nova shakes his head and blows out a breath. “It's fine, sweetheart.”
I glance at Bane, nerves swirling inside my gut like a pile of snakes. He dips his head toward me, a smirk hooking up the corner of his mouth. Something about the expression eases the tight coil of my muscles.
* * *
SILAS
My heart slamsagainst my ribcage, drowning out the feeling of my pulse thundering in my sore jaw. That motherfucker can pack a punch, and I know he pulled back on this one. It's fine, I can take it.
What I can't take is her in my kitchen, looking at me with those big doe eyes of hers. I can still feel the way her cunt hugged my cock, and it's fucking me up inside.
“Are we gonna talk about our shit now or are you two gonna make googly eyes at my fucking nanny all night?”
“Oh,” she says, startling from her perch in the doorway. “Right. I'll leave you guys to it.”
“Wait,” Nova calls, jogging across the kitchen to her. He leans down and cups her face, murmuring something too low for me to hear. I watch the tension in her body melt away, and I have to grit my teeth at the way it tightens my chest.
This is the fucking worst.
I push all thoughts of her away, focusing only on what I need to right now.
“We need to move fast,” I murmur.
“We lose recon,” Bane says next to me.
I keep my eyes on her and the way her lashes flutter closed when my brother kisses her. “Is the cost worth it to have the element of surprise?”
“I guess it has to be. The alternative is we wait for them to come at us. And we don't fucking know what that looks like,” he says.
I shake my head, my resolve hardening inside of me. “No. They can't come to us. Those motherfuckers don't protect their families, so they can't be allowed access to ours.”
“Who do you want to bring in?”
My eyes lose focus, and I try to figure out our best move. I don't have the luxury of time or information, so we have to move quickly. “Everyone.”
Nova taps Evangeline on the ass she spins around and walks away, presumably heading upstairs. He strolls over to us, a smirk tilting his mouth up on one side.
“She good?” Bane asks, jerking his chin toward our girl.
Nova shrugs and slips his hands in his pockets. “She will be. So, what's our move?”
I tongue the inside of my cheek, feeling the sting of the cut. “If the Savage Souls and Hell Hounds want a fight, we're going to give them one.”
Nova's jaw sets with determination. “When?”
“We've got preliminary intel from our recon last month, and I already sent a few scouts to do some more. Rumor is they have a main warehouse on the north end of Crestview,” Bane says.
“Close to the old Savage Souls territory, makes sense,” Nova says with a nod. “So, when do we hit 'em?”
I lean my ass back against the counter. “They'll be expecting us to either fly off half-cocked right now or wait until we have everything we need.”
“So, when then?” Nova asks.
“Two days.”
