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Not giving me time to react, a body slams into me but not before the windows shatter and three shots boom.
I’m thrown backward, and the impact burns my chest. My wife’s screams are the last thing to register before my ears begin to ring. I search for my wife amid the chaos.
Anya is on the ground with a guard blocking her from any other shots.
Chapter Thirteen
NICO
"Nico!” she cries before elbowing the guard, eyes wide as she crawls to me.
“I’m fine, baby,” I reassure her through gritted teeth.
I glance down at my chest, where three bullets struck me. Grayson is beside me to my left, while my brothers and Dante approach. When my wife gets to me, she rips my button-up open to find the bullets were blocked, running her small hands across my torso to see for herself. While the vest saved me, the impact is still a bitch. Her shoulders sag in relief, but it’s short lived.
“Get both of them out of here now!” Bash yells as I work my way up and take her with me.
A guard moves to grab Anya.
“Get your fucking hands off my wife!”
“Get Max!” Anya tells the man.
Dante rushes over. “We need to get the fuck out of here!” He pulls out his pistol.
Glass is everywhere as I rush for the exit, all but carrying Anya. I move so fast her feet barely get a chance to touch the ground. As my eyes sweep our surroundings, I can see her doing the same thing. Enzo is pulling Maya.
Bash yells commands. Cesare and Dom, both enraged and looking more alike than ever, cover Donna as they both bark orders.
We’re ushered into the back of an SUV, where her enforcers are waiting.
“Kai, I need footage from the northwest end of the building. The shot came from Nexus Skyscraper,” Jimmy yells over the chaos to one of the enforcers as he enters the driver’s side.
“I’m on it,” Kai says from the back.
“How do you know?” Anya asks Jimmy, trying to catch her breath, her hands shaky.
“There’s only one spot a sniper could get you and it’s that building,” Dante responds from the passenger seat as Jimmy peels into the busy street.
“I thought you guys said you had the building covered!” I grit out as I remove the vest.
“We did” is all Kai offers.
“Where are we going? Nico, let me take a look at you,” my wife commands.
“I’m fine,” I tell her as her hands move over my torso like before, needing that reassurance once again. Her hands feel damn good. “Though, I imagine you doing this for different reasons.”
Her eyes shoot up before I wink at her.
Rolling her eyes, she bites back a smile. “This is not funny, Nico.”
“I know.” I grab her hands from my chest and kiss them before I pull her into my lap. “Kiss me.”
“And I’m gonna be sick,” Dante says from the passenger seat. Fucking kindergartener.
“Where are we going?” she asks again.
“Your parents’ house. The Outfit and Triad have already been notified. We’ll meet there,” Dante replies, not looking up from his laptop screen.
