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“What?” Zero responds. I’m not sure why I give a shit about my condo right now.
“Check it!” I bark as the warehouse in front of me explodes, sending everything into chaos.
I’ve been in a lot of precarious situations in my life, but never have I felt the sense of panic that comes over me at the thought of something happening to my little rabbit and our baby.
There better not be a hair on her head that’s out of place or I’m going to burn both the O’Haire and Rossi families to the ground. Strike that. I’m going to destroy all of them regardless just for thinking about touching my little rabbit.
16
MONA
Ilie in bed, unable to sleep. All I can think about is Matteo and what might be happening right this very second. I toss and turn until I finally give up and decide to go make some tea. When I open the bedroom door, I freeze when I see a figure standing in the hallway outside Riley's door.
“It’s me.” Nikolai flips on the hallway light. I notice blood on the corner of his mouth and right eyebrow. But more than that, I see that he’s holding a gun.
“What are you doing?”
“I think the better question is, what is Riley doing?” Nikolai tries the handle on her door without knocking, but it doesn’t open.
“The hell are you doing?” I rush toward him as he lifts his foot, kicking the door right in. “Stop!” I grab the back of his shirt, but it does nothing but slip right out of my grasp. I fall back on my ass into the hallway. Riley shoots up from the bed, trying to blink away the sleep.
“Nikolai?” She rubs her eyes.
“Where is it?” He towers over her on the bed. Riley scoots until her back hits the headboard.
“You got them?” Sal shouts from down the hallway. He’s stumbling toward me. I see blood running down his arm. Sal, too, has a gun in his hand.
“Where is it?” Nikolai leans down, getting right into Riley’s face. “Tell me and your punishment won’t be so bad.”
“What is wrong with you?” I get to my feet.
“Stop!” Sal leans against the wall to prop himself up. I ignore him, rushing into the room.
“Don’t.” Nikolai turns and shoots me a glare, his eyes dark as night. I halt in my tracks. He turns his attention back to my sister.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” she whispers.
“Fine.” He grabs her wrist, pulling her from the bed. Nikolai lets out a string of curses. “What are you wearing?” Riley is only in a pair of panties and a tee.
“I was sleeping,” Riley snips back at him. Nikolai pulls his own shirt off before putting it on her. “My glasses.” She grabs them off the nightstand. Without them, Riley can't see for shit. Nikolai snatches them out of her hand.
“What else did you bring with you from your old life?” Riley’s brows furrow together.
“She has a tracker.” Sal coughs out, giving me insight into what the hell Nikolai is going crazy about.
“Sal!” Riley notices him in the hallway. She goes to run to him, but Nikolai snags her around the waist, lifting her off her feet to stop her. He pulls her snug against himself when she tries to fight to get away. Her feet dangle a few inches from the ground.
“I’m all right, Red.”
“What the fuck you call her?” Nikolai barks.
“Oh my God! Focus.” I throw my hands up.
“There is only one way your brother knows the two of you are here,” Nikolai says. “Now, what did you bring with you?”
“Nothing. You all kidnapped me. I only had what was on me, which was my clothes.”
“Those aren’t here.” We had to get Riley new things. She’s not lying. They took her with nothing else but what was on her body.