My Savage Empire: A dark gang romance (Stonehurst Prep Book 4) by Steffanie Holmes

Author:Steffanie Holmes [Holmes, Steffanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bacchanalia House
Published: 2021-10-19T16:00:00+00:00

25

Noah

Shit.

I lunge for the figure holding Claudia, but I’m not fast enough.

Everything happens in a flash.

A thin line of red wells at Claws’ throat as the blade bites her skin. Claudia reaches behind her, slides her own knife from her sleeve, and jabs it into her attackers’ thigh.

Her attacker screeches, rolling to the side to claw at the knife in her leg. I recognize her now – Cali, Constantine’s tribune and Brutus’ ex-girlfriend. Her romance cut tragically short by Claudia putting a bullet in her lover’s skull. I guess she wants to even the score.

“Let me help you with that.” Claws yanks the blade from Cali’s leg. Cali howls as blood squirts from the wound, splattering across Claudia’s face. My girl staggers, one hand clutching her throat, the other wrapping around the blood-soaked knife handle. Her face sets with grim determination.

Get her.

I’m mad as fuck at Claws right now, but I still want to see her kick Cali’s ass.

Claudia lunges. Cali swings her injured leg with surprising force, and swipes Claws’ legs from under her. I’m flying toward them, but I seem to be moving in slow motion. Cali’s body unfurls, like a panther pouncing on its prey, her hands outstretched to scratch and gouge. Claws lands good and rolls, crouching low and using Cali’s own momentum to shove her off balance and flip her onto her back. They crash to the floor, rolling as they claw and hiss and bite at each other. Claudia slams her fist into Cali’s nose, and Cali rakes her nails down Claudia’s face. It’s blood and rage and carnage.

I grab Cali’s shoulder and yank her off, aiming my pistol in her face. “Give me one good reason why I shouldn’t shoot you for attacking my Imperator.”

Behind me, Constantine cracks up laughing. I glare at him, and he shrugs. “Sorry, kid. You made an amateur mistake. You didn’t secure the room.”

My face reddens. I checked every fucking corner of the room when we walked in. I stayed at Claudia’s side the entire time, but it never occurred to me to look up at the ceiling. I tilt my head back now and spy the narrow metal rafters, with a wide enough span between them to hold a body. Cali must’ve lay between them, holding her body weight by her hands and ankles, not moving, not making a sound, for the entire conversation.

Shit.

That means she knows everything.

Including who Claudia really is.

“Noah, let her go.” Claudia sighs.

I don’t want to. I want to wring her treacherous neck. But it probably doesn’t help solidify our official alliance with Constantine when we follow it up by beheading his tribune.

I loosen my grip. Cali glares at me as she simpers away to stand beside Constantine. “You should have shot me.”

Yes, I fucking should have. I tap the trigger on my gun. “Keep talking. I still can.”

“I don’t like shooting people,” Claudia says. “Too messy.”

“Agreed,” Cali smirks.

Another flash. Cali slams Claudia into the wall. Fuck, she’s fast. Cali leans in close, snarling in my girl’s face like an animal about to tear out chunks of flesh.

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