Darker Shades by Charlotte E Hart & Rachel De Lune

Author:Charlotte E Hart & Rachel De Lune [Hart, Charlotte E & De Lune, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-09-07T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

JACKSON

I’ve done nothing but think for the last twenty-four hours. I’ve thought about this place around me and what it means to me. The dancers and Jamie. And my team of guys, all of whom have been getting as fucking confused as I have these last few weeks. This place wasn’t built for the kind of carnage I’ve let through the doors. I’m not built for it. Add little Naja into the mix, or whatever it is that I’m feeling for her, and I’m going mad trying to get my head straight.

I stare out into the night’s scene unfolding. Auction night. It’s here, and Naja is in the wings somewhere waiting for her fate to come calling. I’m so fucking pissed about that that I’m barely holding a cordial greeting on my face for the clients. Then there's this constant vengeance that's lying low inside me. I want to get my own back somehow. Cheat them out of what they think is a sure thing just to prove I can. That's what men like me do when threatened. They should have been nicer. Requested rather than ordered.

Sneering at everything in a quiet moment, I run through the options available to me again. I can’t kill Cortez unless I kill all of them. Two down might be enough to get us away from here tonight, but I’ll be hunted my whole life for that crime. And if I do manage to get Naja out of here without both of us being killed, this whole building and everyone in it will be taken down.

It’s a no-win, whichever way I look at it. On the run and constantly looking behind me, or she gets bought by one of these bastards around me now.

Still, I’m not done trying to find a solution.

Something moves behind me, making me turn sharply. Abel stands there in the shadows, a low frown steady on his brow. Three Cortez brothers are here now. More carnage.

He pulls a toothpick out of his mouth and walks out into the light, staring around the room. “Where’s the money?” he asks.

I scour the room for Poe, trying to understand the level of threat I need to contend with. “Deposits are in the safe.”

“And they’ve brought enough with them for the rest of it?”

“They know the score. I made sure of it. The rest should all be in the bags they’ve brought with them.”

He looks across the room at Dragon, crooks a finger at him. He starts walking in our direction, which instantly sets my hackles on edge.

“You need to get a check of that attitude, Reed,” Abel murmurs. “Looks like he went easy on you.” He stares at the gash on my face, draws his gaze over it. “Could’ve been worse. Easy enough to deal with the likes of you.” I look between them both as Dragon gets to us, infuriated at the lack of respect I’m being shown. “You need to get those bags checked, Dante.”

He nods and leaves us alone again, and I watch as he starts picking up bags and opening them without checking if he can.

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