Erik: A Dark Mafia Romance (The Syndicate Book 3) by Raven Scott

Author:Raven Scott [Scott, Raven]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-24T23:00:00+00:00

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Erik

My phone rang, again, and I sucked in a huge, calming breathing as irritation threatened to close my airways. Glancing in the rearview mirror absently, I pursed my lips thinly as Natasha stared dazedly out the window. Tapping the screen on my dash to answer the call, I ground my teeth as I turned my narrowed gaze back to the road.

“Dad, you’ve never called me so often in my entire life, what the hell do you want?” My snap reverberated off the windows and ceiling of my car, and I turned onto my street as I gripped the wheel with white-knuckle tightness.

“Uh, who snapped your bayonet, Erik?” Groaning loudly, I flopped my head against the rest as my brother’s amused voice filtered through the car’s speakers. “Didn’t you check who was calling? More importantly, I was calling because you’ll never guess what I just found out.”

“Jason.” But my older brother wasn’t listening to me, and he practically screamed into the receiver with joy. Wincing when the screech rattled my brain, I automatically looked back as Natasha let out a squeak of shock, jumping in her seat and gripping the buckle tightly, like she’d unfasten her seatbelt and jump out the window. Wide, brown eyes met mine in the mirror, and I shook my head silently.

“Oh, man! I’m getting my ass shoved into the Reservist Corp! Finally! Do you know how long I’ve been waiting for this to get approval? I don’t have to go on deployment anymore!” Surprise rose my brows, and I nearly choked on my own spit as I took the last turn before my house came into view.

“What! That’s great! I bet Mary is really happy.” Okay, going from active to reserves is kinda taboo, but . . . Especially in our family, we either die or, well, there was no other option, really. I got a lot of heat for taking medical discharge, but being a reservist is even worse in my dad’s mind. “That’s awesome. Where are you being stationed?”

“Williamston, in South Caroline. I don’t even have to fucking move this time. I haven’t told Mary, yet. I got the news just now. I’m not even home yet.” Smiling broadly, my mood took a soft turn upwards. Mary had threatened divorce if Jason didn’t find a position that got him home consistently, and I liked Mary more than my own sister. “I had to tell someone. I know the kids will be real happy, and Mary will be ecstatic.”

“Yeah, Jason, I’m really glad for you. Congratulations.” Jason was older than me by a good four years, and he was more than ready to be a family man rather than a military man. He hated leaving Mary to raise their three alone all the time, and they were at the point in the marriage where things could still be fixed. “So, where are you right now?”

“I’m in Norfolk. What about you? You couldn’t stand being a cop? I heard you quit.” Word sure travelled fast, and I nodded even though my brother couldn’t see it.

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