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“Come on, Sofia.We’ll find somewhere else to go until the house is ready for us.And Saint can have your belongings packed.”I glared at the man and saw a slight smirk on his lips.“You’ve been through enough without remaining in a hostile home environment.”
That smirk slipped right off his face and he actually looked ashamed for a moment.He glanced down at his daughter and his gaze hardened again.And that is what made me understand a little better exactly what was happening.It wasn’t that he didn’t like my sister, it was that he was worried about his daughter.The fact he was so protective of her made me soften toward him.
“Spider chose well,” Saint said.“I’m sure you’re the perfect wife for the President of Hades Abyss.Ryker didn’t have too many nice things to say about you, but don’t worry.He’ll come around.”
I glanced from him to Sofia and back again.“The question is whether or not you’ll come around.Don’t let fear hold you back.”
He smiled faintly and lifted his daughter into his arms.“If things were different… but they aren’t.I’m not a bad guy, Luciana.But I will die before I let any darkness touch my daughter, and you and your sisters have trouble written all over you.It follows you, stalks you from the shadows, and I don’t think it’s backing down.”
He was right about that.I led Sofia outside and we got into the SUV.As Teller pulled back around to the front gate, I saw another car enter and smiled when I saw Rocket and Violeta in the front seats.Violeta was still bruised but didn’t seem to be in a great deal of pain.Her lip was split and she had a blackened eye.If she had more serious injuries, I couldn’t tell from here.
I pointed our sister out to Sofia and she gave me a true smile for the first time since I’d seen her today.I didn’t know what the future would bring, but I knew that as long as we had each other, and I had the sweet babies growing inside me, then we would be okay.If Spider was gone, my sisters would help me deal with the pain, and my children would give me incentive to keep going, but I still held out hope that he was fine.
“Come back to me,” I murmured and toyed with the band on my finger.I’d finally told him I loved him, and now he was gone.My heart felt like it might break, but I was going to assume that no news was good news.As far as I knew, no one had called Teller to say all the men were dead.I would hold onto to any small amount of hope I could grasp.
“Spider’s tough,” Teller said, catching my gaze and holding it.“Nothing will stop him from coming for you.Not even hell.He loves you, Luciana, more than I think he’s ever loved anyone.That’s far more powerful than anything on this earth.”
“Even a grenade launcher?”I asked.
“He’s going to be fine, and he’s going to ride through those gates.You’ll be together again.”
I nodded, knowing he was trying to comfort me, but maybe he really believed what he was saying.He knew Spider well, and if he thought my husband was all right, then I’d have to believe that too.I might be able to go on without him, raise the babies on my own, but I didn’t want to.Life held no meaning without him by my side.
We got out of the SUV in front of a pretty blue house and Violeta ran to us, hugging both me and Sofia.Rocket watched us in amusement, a smile gracing his lips.He looked worried, shadows under his eyes and a tenseness to his body that normally wasn’t there, but he’d kept my sister safe and I could never thank him enough.
“All right, ladies.Go find your rooms,” Rocket said.“The Dixie Reaper women are gathering some things you might need.Except you, Sofia, since your things are already here.”
“Thank you,” I said, holding Violeta a little tighter.
“She’s not getting taken on my watch,” Rocket said.
The way he looked at Violeta I knew that he meant it.She might be young, but there was a possessiveness to his gaze.Spider was right.When Violeta was old enough, Rocket would likely make his move and claim her.I was glad she had someone like him.The little interaction I’d had with him, he’d always seemed like a good guy.Laid-back, funny, and protective.Just the type of man Violeta needed in her life.
Now I just needed my protective husband back at my side.
I went in search of a room to temporarily call mine, when a cramp made me bend in half.A sharper pain came, then another.I screamed as I felt a rush of warm liquid between my legs.Something was wrong with the babies!It was too soon, and the doctor had been concerned about their development.I couldn’t lose them!“Teller!”I yelled.
He raced to my side and I tried to remain calm.I heard something about an ambulance and miscarriage, but I was focused on praying for my babies, and for Spider.Was I going to lose my entire new family all in one day?I didn’t think I could handle much more.I was emotionally, physically, and mentally exhausted.If I lost my children and my husband, I wouldn’t have a reason to keep going.My sisters would be taken care of, and I had no one else.
Please.Please don’t take them.
Chapter Eleven
Spider
The blast from the grenade launcher had knocked me on my ass.My ears were ringing and the world was spinning.I saw the SUV with my wife go tearing out of the airstrip, and as much as I wished I could be with her, I knew Teller would keep Luciana safe.I got up and brushed myself off, looking around to assess the damage.Most of the bikes were trashed, and at least half the men who’d stood at my back were down.
I picked my way through the bodies, most of the men still alive, and stopped when I stood over Mateo Gomez.His sightless eyes stared up at me.The lower half of his body was gone, and his men hadn’t fared very well either.Each were missing limbs, and Pedro had lost his head.I couldn’t say I was sorry, but I wished I’d been the one to hand their asses to them.
I felt my phone vibrating and pulled it out, but I still couldn’t hear for shit and knew answering would be pointless.I sent Surge a text to tell him I was fine but couldn’t hear.I got a response almost immediately.
The Colombian President said he was sending someone to take care of his little problem.
Well, that explained the man in black who had taken out Gomez and all his men.I looked around and noticed most of the clubs who had my back were up and moving, or trying to at any rate.Only two didn’t seem to be getting up.
We may have casualties on our side.Going to assess the situation.
I shoved the phone back in my pocket and went from man to man, ensuring everyone was all right.A few were bleeding, but thankfully most just seemed stunned.The two men who weren’t getting up belonged to Devil’s Fury.I made my way over and knelt next to Grizzly, their President.
