Page 46 of Wrathful King
“I can’t leave Reina alone.”
“My wife, Sailor, can stay with her,” Raphael offered.
Reina would want Perez dead. I knew it without a shred of doubt. “Okay,” I confirmed.
Raphael grinned. “I’m going to enjoy this.”
This time Dante smiled his true crazy smile. “Ditto.”
Once they were out of the room, I slid in next to Reina on the hospital bed, careful not to hurt her. Sleep didn’t find me, but for the next two hours, my palm rested on her chest, and I pulled comfort from the steady thrum of her heartbeat.
* * *
Raphael was back in precisely two hours, announcing it was time to go. A petite woman with platinum-blonde hair stood next to him.
“This is Sailor,” he said. “She’ll stay with your wife.”
She extended her hand. “I’ll keep her safe. Raphael’s guards are everywhere too.”
Once we were outside, I found Kian and Dante already waiting in the courtyard. Right outside the gates, trees lined the acres and acres of property. He could escape, but he wouldn’t. Raphael had guards surrounding the hospital. If we failed—and we wouldn’t—they had a standing order.Shoot to kill.
Perez stood in front of his brother, holding tightly to his pride.
“What kind of shit is this?” he retorted like the pompous ass we all knew him to be.
I smiled grimly, taking a page out of Dante’s book. “We’re going to play tag, and guess what?” I drawled. “You’reit.”
Kian’s lip curled in disgust. “Let’s see how you like being on the other end of your torture methods.”
Dante scoffed. “Maybe we should slice his dick off when we’re done with him… While he’s still alive, of course.”
My eyes still on the fucker, I nodded. “We will. But before he dies, he’ll tell me who betrayed me.”
Perez must’ve found my words amusing because he started laughing. “You don’t have to look far,” he said. “Take a look at those closest to you.”
“I want names,” I said dryly.
“You’ll never get them from me.”
He must still feel brave. That would soon change. I flicked a glance at Kian, giving him a terse nod.
“Run,” I commanded. He was about to taste his own medicine. “When we catch you, you’ll get exactly what you gave Reina.”
“What you gave toour sister,” Kian spat.
“What you’ve done to all those women,” Raphael finished.
He looked between us and, noting our seriousness, he turned and heran.
I shared a look with Kian and Raphael. A final nod had us stalking forward. Frost still covered the grounds, but in another few hours, it’d be scorching. It was the way of the Colombian Amazon.
I headed further into the woods, my footsteps silent against the forest floor crumbling beneath my feet. The wind swept through the leaves, the first sounds of dawn chirping in the trees. Tuning out anything apart from what would serve me out here, I heard it.
Heavy breathing, branches snapping beneath clumsy footsteps.
Then I saw the footprints, and it quickly became child’s play. I followed his tracks until I found him hiding behind a tree. Like a fucking coward.
To my disappointment, Kian was about twenty feet away, homing in on our quivering target.
