Total pages in book: 114
Estimated words: 110771 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 554(@200wpm)___ 443(@250wpm)___ 369(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 110771 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 554(@200wpm)___ 443(@250wpm)___ 369(@300wpm)
“I was hoping,” another man answers, but I mostly ignore them.
“Can we have our meeting after I check on Helena and get her settled?” I ask.
EZ nods. “Have at it man. We’re not going anywhere. The boys here like to unwind after a job like this.”
I nod, but don’t look back. I start going in the direction Eli disappeared to. I look at Elias who is talking to the other two. I give Levi a hateful look. He has the grit to smile at me. “Everyone leave but Elias,” I growl, wanting them far away from here—especially Levi.
When I get inside, Helena is sleeping. The room is dark except for the small light by the bed which is dimmed. My woman is beautiful resting on her pillow. I can’t resist walking over to her and leaning down to kiss her poor, swollen cheek.
“Marco?” she says softly turning back to look up at me.
“It’s me, Princess. I’m going to go meet with the men. You go to sleep, and I’ll be back to climb in bed beside you.
She lets out a little yawn. “Okay, sweetheart. You know I use that word a lot around you.”
“What word? I ask while smiling and running my fingers through her.
“Okay. I couldn’t stop using it tonight. I think, you turn me into simpleton.”
“I think you’re loopy from lack of sleep. Rest baby and let me get this meeting out of the way.”
She leans up and kisses me again and I take my time it back to her, using this moment to reacquaint myself with her taste—it’s even better than I remember.
“Hurry back to me,” she responds.
“Always.”
I tuck her back into the covers and turn out her light. She’s out before I even get that done. Damn, I wonder what it was the club doctor gave her. Whatever it is, it’s definitely potent.
As I close the door, I’m relieved to see everyone is gone but Elias.
“Make sure no one gets to her, brother,” I tell him.
“I will. You can count on me,” he says an I clap my hand down on his shoulder.
“I know that. I’ve always known that.”
I walk back out and when I make it to the front room, it’s empty. Except for EZ. I frown looking at him.
“They’re waiting for us in church. You ready?”
“To go to church?”
He laughs. You could stick around Phoenix, and I could make you a biker in no time, Marco.”
“No thanks. The only thing I like riding is my woman.”
EZ laughs but does it while leading me into a small corridor which I didn’t even realize was there. He opens the door, and we step inside.
The room is devoid of furniture except for a huge-ass, round table. The table looks like it has been carved out of a tree and stained clear with something that makes it shiny as hell. There’s florescent lighting above the table. It’s an old florescent light and it’s humming. Around the table are several men I don’t recognize—all with vests similar to EZ’s. There’s also Antonio’s men—Victorio and Lodi. Along with them are Sebastian and Gio. EZ takes a seat at the head, and I grab the one next to my brothers.
“Helena good?” Victorio asks.
“She is. You have my gratitude,” I murmur.
He shrugs. “Family,” he says, and my chest gets tight. I’m hearing that word a lot lately and it’s something I never truly had until recently. Hell, Antonio even managed to give me back my brothers in a way that we’re united. Until that happened, I’m not sure I ever had a true family. We were too busy just trying to survive to think about anything else.
I nod at him, unsure of what else to say.
“Okay, first matter up for discussion, What are we doing with that shit-for-brains-currently bound and gagged in our shed out back,” EZ asks.
“You have him guarded, don’t you?”
“EZ looks at me and smirks.
“I keep telling you that this is not my first rodeo, ese. I have three prospects on the asshole. Although, the fucker was out of it most of the night thanks to the way your woman laid him out with the back of the toilet bowl,” he laughs.
“Jesus,” I respond with a grin, wishing I could have seen that. “I would have liked to have seen that.”
“I wouldn’t mind a replay myself,” the man beside EZ states. “You have a hell of a woman there.”
“That I do,” I admit, reading the patch on his vest that says his name is Shadow.
“So, what are we doing with the asshole. Do you want to finish him off here? Please God, tell me you’re not going to turn him into the cops.”
I roll my eyes at EZ and the bastard laughs.
“I’m taking him back to Greece. Zervas is going to be a statement. Everyone is going to know that Helena is off fucking limits when I’m done.”