Page 159 of Merciless Obsession

His jaw twitched. “I can’t wait to put this shit behind us.” Wise’s hand went over his head.

My phone vibrated in my pocket. “Give me a second, Wise,” I said, pulling it out and checking the screen. He nodded and walked over to his brother.

“Inaya?” I answered, confused at why she was calling me.

“Oh thank God! Ezra, have you spoken to Ziora?” My brows furrowed at the shakiness in her voice.

“Not since this morning before leaving home. What’s wrong?”

“I was supposed to come over and see the truck and ring you got for her, but when I called, she didn’t answer. I thought maybe she was sleeping and decided to just pop up.”

“Inaya, what’s the problem?” I questioned, feeling my muscles tighten.

“She’s not here! I tried calling, ringing the doorbell, and knocking on the door.”

My mouth turned upside down. I had been in court all day, but I didn’t have a message from River’s guys about Ziora leaving.

“Oh my God!” Inaya suddenly gasped before screaming.

“Inaya!” I called out, but her screaming drowned me out. “Inaya!” This time my tone was more firm and loud.

“They’re dead!” she trembled out.

“Dead? Who’s dead?” I opened my text thread and sent River a message.

“The guys in the truck! Ezra, oh my God!”

My blood ran cold. “The fuck you mean?”

People in passing glanced at me but I couldn’t care less. “Inaya! Inaya!”

“Where’s Ziora? They’re dead.”

“Fuck,” I muttered, sending an SOS to the group message.

River texted me back, letting me know he was en route to the house to check it out. “Listen. My brothers will be there soon! Go see if the door is unlocked, Inaya.”

“Ezra!”

“Go!”

“Okay. Okay.”

I waited and sent another text to my co-counsel.

“It’s locked.”

I went to my app that showed her phone and it said she was still at the house. “I’m on my way. Go to your car until one of my brothers gets there.”

I didn’t wait for her to answer. Hanging up, I bit down on my back teeth.

My co-counsel walked up to me. “Ezra, what’s going on?”

“I gotta go!”

My mind was running a mile a minute. My ears rang, my pulse throbbed through my veins, and fire built in my stomach.

My name was being called but it all seemed far away. Right now Ziora was missing and the guys who were supposed to be protecting her were dead. The only thing I was seeing was red. Not bothering to take the elevator, I rushed to the steps, taking them two at a time until I got to the main doors.