Page 39 of Eros
I felt so much rage moving through me. Of course, I mourned her “death.” She was an important part of my life.
“You mourned me so much but didn’t even attend my funeral.”
“Because I couldn’t. What the hell, Nyx?” I tossed my hands in the air. “Why did you join the Vipers and let everyone think you were dead?”
“What do you want me to say, Eros? I took a fucking job. Dawn Nicks had nothing else to live for.”
“You had people who loved you, Nikki.”
Her eyes softened and filled with tears. It was the first time since she’d been here that she looked like herself. The killer was gone and replaced by the woman I spent most days and nights with. “But you didn’t.”
I sighed, running my hand through my hair. “You didn’t do that shit because of me.”
She glared at me. “The reason I’m a Viper has nothing to do with this meeting now does it?”
She was right. And it looked like I wouldn’t get a straight answer. The woman who I knew was dead just like she said.Now, my purpose for being here was to protect Janea. She was all that mattered.
“Here’s your money.” I pushed the bag toward her with my foot. “The hit is off.”
She looked down at the duffle bag, then her gaze slid back to me. “You know this isn’t how these things work, Nikolaus.”
“It’s Eros. It’s what you asked for, Nyx. Take the money and leave her the fuck alone.”
“This girl must mean a lot to you if you’re willing to go against the Vipers? Go against me?”
“Doesn’t matter why I’m doing what I’m doing. What matters is I have your fucking money like you asked. Now leave her alone.”
She grabbed her rifle from the ground, then stood. “I don’t want your money, Eros.”
I jumped to my feet and got into her space. “Then why the fuck did you come?”
A smile crept across her face. “I wanted to see how much she meant to you. Now I know. See you around, Eros.”
When she turned her back, I pulled my gun then placed it against the back of her head. She chuckled, then raised her hands in the air. “You won’t kill me, Nikolaus. You don’t have it in you.”
“Drop the rifle and turn around,” I ordered. “Slowly.”
“What are you going to do, Nikolaus?” she asked with humor in her voice. “Shoot me?”
“Turn around!”
She laid the rifle down, then turned around slowly with her hands remaining in the air. “You can’t kill me.”
“For her, I can.”
Nikki’s eyes widened, and I squeezed the trigger. Her body crumbled to the ground at my feet. You’d think I’d feel sorrow. But I didn’t. Only relief.
After sliding my gun back in the waist of my jeans, I pulled out my phone and dialed Knox. “We’ve got a problem,” he said as soon as he answered the call.
Fuck, when don’t we have a problem?
“What is it?”
“Janea’s missing.”
My heart stopped inside my chest.
“What the hell do you mean she’s missing?” I asked, as I grabbed the duffle bag, and raced to my bike.
