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Pulling a knife from my thigh, I slice open my hand and let it drip on the stage. “Mine looks no different than yours, but my heart beats for you, for your children, for all of us.”
Alexi stands at my back and Lev joins him. Damien comes to the other side, and slowly others in the crowd start to stand with us. It’s still not enough though.
Damien looks at me and winks.
“I don’t know if this makes a difference to you old geezers still sitting,” he says, “but Evie is engaged to us.”
I laugh as peoples’ faces wrinkle.
“She will soon be the queen to the Bratva,” Alexi adds.
“Marriage creates unity, right?” Lev says with a smirk.
More stand, but still not everyone. There’s nothing more I can do to convince them so I drop my bloodied hand in defeat.
Damien leans in and covers the mic before whispering, “On a scale of one to ten, how bad would it be for us to just get married now?”
I give him an incredulous look.
“That would be the last thing we need to plan.”
His grin only grows as he uncovers the mic. “Evie’s also agreed to move the wedding up to this weekend.”
I sigh, pretending I hate the idea when in actuality, I kind of love it. These men have always been mine, now I get to show the whole world. And I only have to wait three days.
Wait, how can I plan a wedding in three days?
Alexi leans in, clearly having felt my anxiety over this insane idea. “We will get it done. Don’t worry, Princess.”
Lev takes my hand, silently supporting me through my freak out as Damien continues to pull people to our side until everyone is standing.
“And all of you will be invited so long as the rules here are followed.”
“What the fuck, Damien?” Thankfully, my voice doesn’t travel to the mic.
He seems to stand taller. “My future wife insists.”
This man is going to get a punch right to his dick in a hot minute if he carries on.
???
The meeting wraps up, and as everyone begins to leave, Havoc’s voice comes over the comms. It startles me for a second, having forgotten that we were even wearing them.
“Meet you guys at the cells. Everyone has filed out and left in the same car they arrived in. Nessa is going to stay up here, but she’s requesting Kia, Lyra and Laney come up with her.”
Laney shoots in front of me, skipping away and waving her arms. “I can’t watch you torture another person. I’m out!”
I laugh as she leaves. She hardly even saw the worst of it, but I guess we should try to protect whatever innocence we still have left in us.
“Who is he?” I ask Alexi as we walk down the stairs. He has a tablet out and is scrolling through a bunch of text. I swear he reads faster than anyone alive. Before we reach the bottom, he hands it to me.
“Looks like he’s part of the American Italian mafia. People call him ‘Big Mike’.”
I snort as I look through his information. He is a well-known mobster in America and has made a name for himself. Nothing shows the ties he could have had to The Shades.
“Did you bring BD’s body down here?” I ask as Havoc comes into view.
“Got him right in front of the cell.”
