Page 97 of Full Throttle

My brow furrowed. “I don’t work for Collin.”

Lee went back to Amara and gave me a look. “If you want to get technical, we do.”

Mina bit the inside of her cheek. “Please don’t say that. If that’s true, then you three are members of the Mafia.”

Dontell, Lee, and I also shared a look.

Amara leaned forward, burying her head in her hands. “Jesus, are you telling me I’m in love with a mafia street racer?”

Mina shook her head and looked outside. “My fucking brother is in the Mafia, and I had to fucking falling for his best friend, move into his damn house, and…” She continued mumbling to herself, cursing.

“I don’t work for Collin Stevens,” I stressed. “That’s my brother’s shit. Not mine.”

“Oasis is an ally of the Italian Mafia. That’s all,” Lee confirmed.

“Ally my ass,” Dontell muttered, going to Mina. He grabbed her hand, and when she looked at him, he said something to her, his voice too low for me to hear. A second later, she turned to the island and braced her hands on it. She pinned me in place with her hard gaze.

“You aren’t going.”

I gave her a small smile. “Sorry, Mina. I am.”

“Not you’re not,” Lee stated.

“Agreed,” Dontell added.

Amara just stared at me, studying me with narrowed eyes. “When you said that you’ve been there before, what were you doing?”

“Twice. Once for Kavi, the second time I was looking for my brother. I found Collin instead.”

“Did you want to go the first time?” the detective pressed.

“Fuck no,” I nearly spat. “I’d heard about that place when I was driving for The Pit in Detroit, and when I was Bratva, I couldn’t believe Kavi was sending me there.”

“What the fuck is The Pit’s involvement with Devils Den?” Dontell clipped.

“All I know is the drugs I ran down to Texas with two other drivers were stolen from Kavi’s supply, which happened to come from Devils Den,” I explained. The drug run that got me landed in prison while my brother got into debt with Kavi was stolen from him. Then, Kavi sent his men into the prison and forced me to make a deal.

Xander died, or I worked off his debt.

Shortly after that, Xander landed himself if prison for gambling. That’s when Collin came to him.

“Wait,” Mina said, her brows pinched together. “If Devils Den is where the big players hang out, then why isn’t Collin involved?”

“Collin Stevens may be a twisted fuck, but he isn’t totally evil, sis,” Lee told her, folding his arms over his chest. “The former Don of the Mafia, Romano, was well known in Devils Den.”

“My brother-in-law never knew about Romano’s activity within the Devils Den until he was dead. We discovered that horrible place during the FBI investigation,” Jer explained.

We all turned to find him at the front door, calmly shutting hit behind Casey, her belly more swollen than the last time I’d seen her. My eyes dropped to her computer bag, and when they landed on her face again, she was pushing her glasses up her nose.

“Thought we were meeting at Oasis,” Dontell called out, coming to stand by Lee.

Jer and Casey walked across the living room, his hand on her back as he said, “This isn’t a meeting.”

“Then what is it?” Lee asked, an edge to his voice.

He was still upset with Jer.

I pushed off the counter and approached them. Casey gave me a smile. “Sup, Tony Stark.”

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