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Especially me.
Those bastard Souls killed every guard at my training house. They even killed Gioele, which pissed me off more than anything they’d done to me previously.
I couldn’t stay in this country, even if I wanted to. The authorities will be on to me now. It’s a good job Gioele had purchased my house for me in Italy with cash. I have fake IDs for my family, which for now will have to do.
Leaving here on my plane couldn’t come any sooner.
“It’s a long flight. Do you think he will be okay?” Riley asks, looking at Gabriel with concern.
“We have to make a fuel stop—”
“I have anti-sickness meds,” Sylvia interrupts, looking over her shoulder and smiling at us all adoringly. The old woman never could stay mad at me for long.
“I’ve never been on a plane before.” Riley threads her fingers through mine and smiles excitedly.
“I hope you like it.” I manage a smile back, despite all the anger inside me. I hate leaving unfinished business behind. Sylvia is right, of course. Money can’t buy loyalty. I will have to work on a way to make the Souls pay. It may take me a while, but it will happen.
Nico pulls up inside the large hangar, and I watch Riley’s eyes pop out of her head when she sees my jet.
“You own that?” she checks, looking overwhelmed.
“I do.” I nod back, unstrapping Gabriel from his seat and lifting him out.
“You’re super rich.” Her stating the obvious makes me chuckle. And from the happy look on her face, I’m starting to believe she can forget how I became so rich.
“Yeah, super rich.” I shrug casually before ordering Nico to board the luggage from the trunk onto the plane. I step out of the car with Gabriel in one arm and hold out my other hand to help Riley out. Her hand touches mine again, and the small gesture reminds me just how lucky I am to have her.
“I’ll take Gabriel and get him strapped up.” Sylvia takes my little boy from my arms.
“Give Mommy a kiss, darling,” she tells him. Sylvia knows how much being away from him hurt Riley. She didn’t agree with my form of punishment and has been overcompensating for it ever since.
“Mommy will be right with you, angel.” Riley’s lips press against our little boy’s cheek, and he wrinkles up his nose adorably.
I watch Sylvia refuse Nico’s help as she carries him up the steps to board the jet, and Nico throws me a look of annoyance before he picks up the cases again and follows her on.
“Are you ready for your new life, Mrs Verretti?” I press my body against hers, touching her lips with mine and wondering how the hell I’m going to survive a long-haul flight with her beside me without fucking her.
“Yes.” Riley’s lips stay touching mine as they raise into a smile.
“Come, I need to talk to the pilot before we take off. I lead her up the steps to my plane, and Sylvia rushes to greet us at the door looking flustered.
“We left Raggy bear in the car.” Her voice is high-pitched and panicked, and for a second, it has me thinking something is actually wrong. “I stuffed him in my purse— he must have fallen into the footwell,” she explains.
I roll my eyes and go to grab him, but Riley stops me.
“Go speak to your pilot. I’ll grab Raggy bear.” Her lips press into my cheek exactly the same way they did Gabriel’s before she skips back down the plane steps toward the car to retrieve Raggy bear for Gabriel.
I’m about to enter the cockpit to check everything is ready, but when I hear the screeching of tires, my heart drops to my stomach. I race back toward the door to see what’s happening and when I see the black van that’s pulled up beside Riley, I feel the rage inside me multiply.
I don’t have time to count the men that pile out of the side door, but all of them are armed, and all of those weapons point toward me. The only one I take the time to recognize is the one who has his arm wrapped around Riley, dragging her toward the van.
The scream she makes pierces through my body and makes my blood heat. I have at least six men all pointing various models of guns at me, and I’m forced to watch as Riley fights with her brother to be free. He restrains her, taking care not to hurt her. I don’t hear what he says to her, she’s screaming too loud, but whatever it is, it’s not enough to convince her that she should go with him.
“Fuck, it’s the Souls.” Nico draws his gun, and Sylvia holds her arm out in front of him to stop him from going through the door and opening fire.
“Rafe, you have to think straight. We don’t have a chance. There are too many of them.”
I look back to Riley, who’s still putting up a brave fight to be free from her brother’s grip and come to me.
