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Without waiting for any more information, I bend down and retrieve my knickers from the soft woodland floor and shake them out. I replace them before buttoning up my dress.
I follow Nico out of the woods, the rest of my alphas behind me. I am so glad that Carter was happy to include Cain and Atlas in our little pack. He only seems to want me to be happy, and I am.
For the first time in my life, I can honestly say I’mhappy.
Nico pushes open the back door of the compound, which leads into the kitchen, and I take the steps quickly, with a smile to him, which he doesn’t return. My blood running cooler, I stare where he is, straight ahead and scream at the scene being played out in the middle of the kitchen.
“No!” I yell as the gun fires, hurting my ears and making me dizzy. “No!”
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“Mum!” I shriek, standing frozen in the doorway. “What the hell?”
My shock is disabling me right now. I can’t think, I can’t move. When Trent moves me out of the way to stride up to mother, disarming her with a move that can only be described as professional and then slapping some cuffs on her, I finally spring back into motion.
“Trent! What is this?”
“This is why I’ve been gone the last few days. Tracking down Enzo.” He gestures with his head to my uncle on my kitchen floor, bleeding out from a shoulder wound. It seems he expected the shot and tried to get out of the way.
“What?” I shake my head in confusion. “What?”
“This is my job,” he says quietly. “Tracking down members of the mafia and taking them down.”
My mouth drops open at the same time that the penny drops. I spin to Nico. “You! This was your doing!”
“Sophia, don't jump to conclusions. I work for your mother and your father. No divided loyalties,” he states firmly and believably.
“So it’s all you,” I say to Trent.
Trent gives Nico a furious glare for effectively throwing him under the bus. “I work for him,” he states, jabbing a finger at Nico.
“I’m confused,” I cry. “Enzo? Are you okay?” I go to him, grabbing a tea towel along the way and wadding it up to place over the bullet wound as I kneel next to him. “And you, mother! What is this? He is your brother! Yourtwin! How could you just shoot him?”
“Pah,” she scoffs, not at all remorseful. “He deserved it.”
“Somebody explain!” I yell, standing up and putting my hands to my temples, overwhelmed by all of this activity.
“Who bit you that way?” Mum snarls, pulling away from Trent, her hands behind her back as she marches over.
“Carter,” I mutter. “But don’t try to change the subject!”
“You pig!” She shrieks at Carter, who takes it on the chin like a grown-ass alpha would. “You treat my child like a whore!”
“Not at all,” he remarks. “She is my future mate and the other half of my soul. She was free to stop me at any time.”
Gee, thanks, arsehole.
I glare at him as Mum hisses at me.
“This has just…ugh!” I roar. “Will someone please see to Enzo?”
Nico moves into action, kneeling down and helping my uncle out.
“You have loyalty to him?” my mother asks incredulously. “He kidnapped you!”
“Well, yeah, but I wasn’t in any danger. I was just a pawn to get to you. But stop. Everybody stop and back up a minute. Trent? Explain what the fuck is going on here. Why is Enzo here with my mother?”
