“Capo?”
“What is my brother doing?”
A pause. “He’s in bed with his fiancée.”
Normally I wouldn’t give two fucks about something like that, but with me not getting laid and Rafael being the one to nail a Nardone sister, I’m pissed.
“Tell him to remove his cock from his fiancée and get his ass on the phone right now.”
Arturo blows out a breath. “Will do. One sec.”
He doesn’t mute the line and soon after a loud knock travels through the phone. It’s followed by a distant, “If you’re not here to join, go away.”
Fucking Rafael. The very sound of his voice grates on my nerves. Without a doubt I’m relieved he’s alive, but that doesn’t stifle my irritation concerning him not answering the phone. He knows better.
A feminine squeal is heard next and then there’s another knock on the door. “Signore, your brother wants to speak to you,” Arturo says.
“Now?”
“Yeah.”
Even all the way in Central America, I can hear Rafael’s curses.
“For fuck’s sake,” he bellows. “You’d think a person would be able to fuck in peace, but not when my uptight brother summons you. That’s when the world stops and we all have to come running with our dicks in hand.”
A door opens, presumably Rafael’s, and then Carina’s voice glides across my ear. “I’m not going anywhere.”
“Of course you’re not going any-fucking-where,” he says. “Don’t make me tie you up.”
Her gasp is abruptly cut off by the door slamming closed.
“Tristano, my anal-retentive older brother, what has your cock in a pretzel on this bright and beautiful morning?”
A muscle in my jaw twitches from the strain of clenching my teeth. “When I call you, I expect you to answer, even if you’re balls deep in a cunt. Do you understand?”
Rafael sighs, actually sighs like a fucking damsel in distress. “Dude, you really need to jack-off and let some of the pressure out of your balls because you’re acting nuts. Pun intended, by the way.”
I blow out a sharp breath. Benito’s gaze slides toward me, but quickly returns to hisSudokuafter scanning my features. “Need I remind you,” I say to my brother, “the last place you were located was in Nardone’s custody, with the high probability of you being killed? It’s only reasonable I would be concerned. Although, I shouldn’t be, since you clearly aren’t.”
“Is that your way of saying you love me?” Rafael makes a kissing sound and the image of me strangling him appears in my mind’s eye. “I love you too, big bro. So how can I service you?”
“There will never be a day that I’ll want you to suck my cock,” I say, “so enough with the innuendos. Save that for your fiancée.”
Either due to me mentioning Carina, or my cock, Violetta’s sea-colored eyes dart in my direction. They widen infinitesimally in shock and I mull over the reaction while studying her. She swallows deep, the movement working the muscles in her throat and drawing my gaze to the slender column of her neck. It’s hard to suppress the vision of her swallowing my cum after taking my cock between her pretty lips.
My cock jumps and it takes me a moment to redirect my thoughts back to the phone call with my brother. And away from the enticing woman not ten feet from me.
“I received an interesting text message earlier, while you were otherwise entertained, and it’s the reason I’m currently in Guatemala City.”
Rafael whistles. “It must’ve been pretty damn serious for you to up and leave in the middle of the night. What’d it say and who sent it?”
Speaking of our mother is not something I do often. My brothers and I all have our issues concerning her disappearance, however, I was the one who had to grow up quickly and assume a mantle of responsibility they’ll never understand. Nor will I ever allow them to bear it.
I take a fortifying breath, finding it necessary to utter my next words. “‘Unless you restore my brothers at once, my lion will tear you in pieces.’”
The punctuated silence isn’t unexpected, but it is unnatural, especially considering the person who’s on the other end of the phone.
“Rafael?”
