Zane shrugs. “Fair point.”
“Light ‘em up!” I yell. Zane, Ryder, and Dex open fire, watching them jerk and slump before they lower them.
“Time to bail,” I say. “You know where to go!”
One by one, we storm the city, taking out everything Viktor owns. His clubs, his restaurants, his casinos, his boutiques. Everything. We jump back into the car to meet Micah.
Starting last night, an unknown number has called me nonstop, but I have refused to answer it.
Until now.
“Hello, Jay,” I answer, pushing as much bravado as I can into my voice. Zane pulled over when I told him I would answer. Gage’s hand is tucked into mine, Leo’s arm around my waist, Zane and Ryder each have a hand on my thigh, and Holden and Dex have a hand on my shoulders, lending me their strength. I can feel it bleeding into me.
“What are you doing, Precious?” he purrs, each of my guy’s hands tightening.
“Oh, you know. I got bored. I decided to redecorate for Viktor.”
He tsks. “You have no idea what you’ve done.” He pauses. “How’s your hacker?”
“Perfectly fine,” I swallow, forcing my voice not to shake. “Thanks for asking.”
“They have a habit of not dying when I want them to,” Jay chuckles. “I’m going to have to try harder.”
I can hear Holden tapping at lightning speed on his laptop that he hooked to the car’s Wi-Fi, trying to get a trace.
“Or you could eat shit and die,” I say, trying to sound bored. “Aren’t you done with this game yet?”
“This isn’t a game,” he grits out, finally dropping the easy-going tone. “You’re mine. Don’t you get that?”
“I’ll never be yours,” I grind out. “Don’t you getthat?”
“Soon, Precious. Soon.” The call disconnects, and I turn to look at Holden. He shakes his head, and all the energy leaves me.
“You did good, Pretty girl,” Gage says, with the others agreeing.
Zane pulls back onto the road to meet Micah at Lookout Point so we can take Holden’s computers home. I can see his hand shake on the steering wheel and watch in amazement as Ryder reaches over and puts his hand on Zane’s thigh. Zane takes a breath, then tucks his hand into Ryder’s.
While we hit the last place of Viktor’s, Micah and Mateo went and loaded up the stuff we bought at the safe house to bring to us. We’re going to switch vehicles with them and move to a new one. Now that we pissed off Viktor and Jay, we can’t stay in one place for long. So, for the foreseeable future, we’ll have to move constantly.
When we switch vehicles and make it to the new safe house that Ghost has, it’s well after midnight, and I’m exhausted. It’s smaller than the other house, much like mine and Gage’s hidden cabin, so the guys pull the mattresses from the beds and pile them in the living room.
We all lay down just like we did in the movie room, letting the calm wash over us. I know Viktor will retaliate and go after my businesses, but he doesn’t know I have a surprise waiting for him when he does.
Game on, assholes.
Chapter 37
Leo
“Mom. We’re fine,” I say for the tenth time. When she called me this morning, I knew I should have let it go to voicemail.
“Rocco told me what’s going on. That doesn’t mean you’re fine, Leo,” she huffs. “Is everyone in one piece at least?”
“Yes,” I say gently. “Like I said, it’s temporary.”
“I don’t like this. Maybe we should go back to North Carolina for a while.”
“Mom,” I say evenly, “I’m not leaving Alessa and the guys.”
