“She’s passionate when she’s pissed,” I muttered.
“I’ll talk to her.” Evan got to his feet and went to the bedroom.
“Honestly, I don’t think it’ll be a bad thing for her to speak to them,” Levin said. “I think Cole is her way in.”
“I’m not letting her go to them.” Klaus shook his head. “And if I go, I’ll do damage. We leave tomorrow. Things need to diedown. Anson, I think it’s best you stay away as well. Handle Ryder and come home to us. Our family needs one another right now.”
I was about to say I agreed when Rosalie stormed out of the bedroom in her short black pleated skirt and a black top, her boots on and her hair wild.
Immediately, I was on my feet because Evan looked lost for words.
She was a storm.
“Ro, no,” Evan said, following her and trying to grab her arm. She pulled away from him and went to the door. Klaus was faster than I was and got to it before she could reach it, barring the way.
“Hummingbird, what did we talk about when it comes to being angry?” Klaus asked softly.
“Shoot first, no questions,” she replied, deadpan.
He blinked rapidly. “Uh, no, my love. We decided that wasn’t a good idea. We breathe. We rationalize.”
“No, you breathe. You rationalize. I’m going to go shoot Enzo in his dick.” She tried to move past Klaus again, but he placed his hands on her waist.
“Relax, baby. We can shoot dicks later. Right now, we need to be together?—”
“Klaus, get out of my way, or I swear I’ll take you to the floor,” Rosalie said, her voice strong.
He stared down at her for a moment. “Rosalie, I want you to be safe?—”
“And I want my family to be safe!” she said fiercely. “I left this life to have safety. To have my dreams. To raise my daughter in a world where she won’t be hurt. If fucking Enzo thinks he’s going to pull some shit like this, then he’s about to have a come-to-Rosalie moment. Enough is enough.”
“Baby, we’ll be safe,” Evan said gently. “I promise.”
“I’m not going to lie awake at night, scared you’ll be taken from me again,” she whispered, tears in her eyes, as she turned to Evan. “I’m not going to do it. I lived that nightmare once. I refuse to do it again. It ends now.”
“LeeLee,” I said, seeing that we were about to have a hell of a problem on our hands. “Let’s just get you home. We can give everyone time to cool off?—”
Rosalie let out a snarl and turned back to Klaus. In a move so fast I wouldn’t have believed it if I didn’t see it, she put Klaus to his knees and disarmed him, taking his gun off his side.
He let out a soft huff of pain as he hit the floor, and she stepped over him, pulling the door open as she went.
“I love you. I’m sorry,” she called out as Klaus groaned on the floor, holding his nuts.
“What the fuck?” Dom said, coming to us.
“I’ll get her,” Evan said grimly, making to go past Klaus.
“Let me. I’ll take her,” Levin said. “Dom can hang back here. It’ll make sense since she’s with my dad. Like, I was just helping, and it keeps Dom out of it. I’ll go with her and make sure she’s OK.”
I sighed and nodded, letting Levin walk past Klaus.
“You’re getting old,” Levin muttered. “Your woman disarmed you, pops.”
Klaus gave him the finger as I knelt with Evan, trying to help Klaus up.
Levin left, leaving Dom with us.
“And I thought Bianca was bad,” Dom muttered, staring down at us.
