As time goes forward, maybe we can put our old animosity aside and become closer.
Muted screams cut off Kai’s retort. I look down at Austin and Hugo, who are both screaming behind their gags and pleading with their eyes.
Everyone heard what I did to Cliff, so when Austin saw the boat and guys loading cinderblocks on board, he started trying to scream and yell, thrashing around, and making a general nuisance of himself. I hit him over the head with my gun, knocking him unconscious—just like I did to Cliff.
I went ahead and hit Hugo over the head too.
Now we’re a little further out than where we dumped Cliff. I’ll have to go back and remind Dad that Cliff’s body still hasn’t surfaced, so he knows I’m not as reckless as he once thought.
We all get busy tying cinderblocks around Hugo and Austin’s bodies. They’re both bigger than Cliff, so make sure they’re both properly weighed down.
Once they’re all wrapped up, we step back and survey our handiwork.
“If you took issue with what I did,” I say as I kneel in front of Austin, “you should have used your fucking words like abig boy. Your father stepped out of line and was put down for it. That’s how the game works. A game you lost.”
He speaks behind his gag, and I reach forward and pull it away. “You’ll get yours one day, Declan,” he says in a pain-filled voice. “Mark my fuckin’ words.”
I shrug. “You might be right. But you won’t be alive to see it happen.” I tilt my head. “You wanna go first or you wanna watch your cousin die?”
“Fuck you,” he sneers.
Standing to my full height, I pull out my gun and shoot Hugo three times in the chest. It won’t kill him, just give him more pain as water fills his lungs.
Austin screams in rage, crying and fighting against the ropes as Hugo gasps, looking down at his chest in shock.
“Grab his arms,” I say to Nico. He comes over and hooks his arms under Hugo’s and I take his legs. Together, we heave him overboard. The loud splash makes me smile.
Seeing that his life is almost over, Austin spews all kinds of shit, calling us assholes and motherfuckers, threatening our lives, and trying to curse us like he’s some kind of wizard or something.
We pay him no mind as Gavin and Kai toss him over the side of the boat. We all lean over and watch him sink.
Carter breaks the silence with loud laughter. “Damn, D. That’s fun as fuck. I might have to steal this from you.”
“Make sure you weigh the bodies down well or Dad will have your ass.”
On the way back to shore, Nico and I sit at the back of the boat, my head on his shoulder. “I love the open water,” I yell to him, gripping his hand tight.
“I can do without it. It creeps me out that I can’t see the bottom of the ocean.”
Laughing, I shout, “Imagine how many bodies you’d see if you could.”
His shoulders shake with his laughter. “Too fucking many. Maybe I’ll get over my fears one day. I only feel better because I know how to swim. If I didn’t, you would have made this trip alone.”
“Cruise for our honeymoon?”
“Fine. Only because I love you.”
“Love you too, Nico.”
EPILOGUE
NICO
SIX MONTHS LATER
“Fuuuck,” I groan, rolling my hips as Declan pushes into me. I’ll never get enough of those piercings pressing inside me, rubbing against my walls as his cockhead bumps my prostate. “Just like that.”
Declan hums as he frames my face, love and lust brimming in his gaze in equal measures. “I love when you come apart on my dick. Love feeling you like this.” He pushes my leg higher and leans back, watching how his dick goes in and out of my hole. “Fuck…so fucking tight.”
