His Ballerina by Darcy Rose & J.L. Beck

Author:Darcy Rose & J.L. Beck [Rose, Darcy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Beck & Hallman LLC
Published: 2021-02-09T16:00:00+00:00

8

Archer

“I’ll be right back. Hang out in here for a little while, okay?” I want to discuss things with the twins that Madison doesn’t need to hear—besides, I know they won’t leave without grilling me over her.

I love my brothers, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t a real pain in the ass sometimes.

Once the bedroom door’s closed, they descend on me like vultures. “Who is she? What’s she really here for? Does she know who you are? Who we are?”

I’m not playing that game. They might be the older brothers, but I’m not a kid who gets pushed around. “One thing at a time, okay? Why are you walking in here uninvited?”

“Ever consider we might be checking on you because we’re worried? You went radio silent after you took out that—”

“Yeah, I know.” I don’t need the guilt trip, either. “I told Ace shit came up.”

Cash’s lips twitch. “No, kidding. Now we know what.” When I shoot him a warning look, he manages to straighten out his expression. But just a little. “Sorry.”

“No, you’re not.”

“Listen. We’re not here to fuck around.” Kane’s brows draw together. “There’s been talk out there. Dissatisfaction in the ranks, like Dad used to say. Bruno’s crew isn’t gonna stop with convincing a few low-level numbers guys to skim off the top.”

“They want to shake things from the ground up,” Cash explains. “Make our foundation unstable and watch the whole thing crumble.”

“Once word spread about Trent going missing,” we all exchange a look, since we know he’s a lot worse than missing, “the chatter got louder. They know we’re onto them trying to sabotage our numbers business and eventually take it over. I’m sure they know Trent’s in a landfill or the river by now.”

“Good for them.” My lip curls in a sneer. “If they were smart, they’d back the fuck off. Next time, it might end up being one of their guys in the river instead of one of ours.”

“Smarts aren’t what Bruno’s crew is known for, though.” Cash sits on the arm of the sofa, shrugging. “They respond to action. Especially that Deke bastard, Bruno’s cousin.”

His second-in-command. Word has it, he performed his first hit when he was ten years old and never looked back. He likes killing. He gets off on it.

“I’ll keep an eye out for him. For all of them,” I add when my brothers frown. “You don’t have to hold my hand. I’ve been looking out for myself for a long time now.”

“Yeah, but you never had a girl hanging out in your bedroom.” Cash’s grin is back. “So, who is she?”

I’m not getting out of this without giving them some sort of answer. I know that.

I also know I can’t tell the whole story. “She’s somebody you’ll be seeing for the rest of your lives. We crossed paths a couple of nights ago, and she’ll be living with me now. I can’t let her go back to the shithole she’s been living in. It’s a miracle she made it out of there alive.

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