Page 2 of Blood for Blood

“Why?” I ask, looking back up at him.

“He’s… Different,” He shrugs. “Women do one of two things to him; either piss him all the way off, or turn him all the way on.” He chuckles but quickly hardens his features again. “Trust me, you don’t want either of those things.”

“Good to know.” I mutter as I walk past him into the restaurant.

Mateo grabs my hand just as I reach the table and pulls me to the opposite side of Karrion. He forces me into the chair beside Enzo like I’m a damn toddler. “Sit here and don’t speak. We don’t need this to go south.” I turn in my chair to glare at him, but pause when I catch Karrion out of the corner of my eye, staring directly at me.

“Maybe it’s best if I go back to the house and wait.” I whisper to Teo as I stand and scoot past him, ducking my head to quickly leave the restaurant.

I’m about a block away from our home when I get the feeling that someone is watching me. I quickly pull my phone from my pocket and call Aurora. She answers right away. “Please tell me you’re at home and there’s men there. I think someone is following me.” I blurt out as soon as she says hello.

“I’m sending guys out right now. Hang on babe.” She quickly replies, not bothering to hide the panic in her voice. “Remember, just act like you have no clue anyone is there. If you react, you’re going to escalate the situation. Where are Teo and Enzo?”

“They’re at the restaurant with the scary brothers. I see the guys. I’ll be there in a minute.” I end the call and slide the phone into my pocket.

“If I wanted to hurt you, I would have done it six blocks ago.” A voice calls out from behind me.

I jump and spin around, but I don’t see anyone there. I turn back and bolt toward the house. “Hey, calm down Luna, there’s nobody out here.” One of the guys shouts as I run past them. I keep running up the tree lined driveway and don’t stop until I’m inside.

I’m doubled over by the door, trying to catch my breath, when Aurora comes to my side, rubbing my back.

“Are you alright?” She asks, continuing to try and comfort me.

“There was somebody out there.” I pant. “They said if they wanted to hurt me, they would have done it six blocks ago.” I stand up and look into her eyes. “He was following me the whole time, Rory.”

“I’m calling Enzo.” She grabs her phone and taps the screen a few times before placing it to her ear. “Enzo, someone followed Luna home.”

“WHAT?” I hear him shout.

“She’s fine, she’s inside with me. I sent some of the guys outside as soon as she called and told me someone was out there.” Her voice is filled with fear.

I can’t hear what he says next, but by the look on Rory’s face, it’s not good. She gives me a sad smile and ends the call.

A loud knock on the door startles us both and we jump back. Screaming can be heard on the other side of the door when Rory busts out laughing.

“It’s not just your ass that’s going to be in trouble tonight,” she chuckles. “Did you know she was coming by?” She asks over her shoulder as the door swings open.

Our best friend, Nyx, stands there with one of our security guards doubled over beside her.

“Nyx, if you keep beating up the security, eventually Mateo is going to tell them to hurt you. Luna and I can only do so much to stop them from swinging back.”

Now it’s Nyx’s turn to double over from laughter. “Oh please,” she scoffs, “I wish one of these pussies would get froggy.” We all laugh as she releases her hold on Greg’s shirt and comes inside. “Sorry about the balls, Greggy boy.” She says sarcastically as she closes the door behind her. “Speaking of the big bad wolf, I take it he’s not home?”

“Him and Enzo are meeting some people right now, but they’ll be home shortly.” I say as we walk through the entryway. I don’t think I’ll ever get over how beautiful it is. Aurora and I fell in love with this house last year after we passed by it almost daily. It has a giant screened porch off the back and a really pretty gazebo. The black shutters were the selling point for the guys.

Mateo surprised us after Rae’s fake funeral last year; we thought we were going back to Italy, but the guys decided we should move to Pennsylvania and start fresh. We’ve made a couple new friends, but Rae and Nyx are the only ones that know the type of lifestyle we live.

You can’t tell many people that your fiance and boyfriend are killers. It would usually be a deal breaker, but not with these two. Rae is a contract killer, so she didn’t bat an eye at the guys’ occupation. Nyx found out one night when Enzo came home covered in blood. She walked right up to him, ran her finger down his arm, and licked the blood off it. I thought for a second that she was going to try and fuck him, but she never has. Not that we’d complain if she did. She’s a little strange sometimes, and extremely violent, but she’s really funny and extremely loyal.

Chapter 2

Aurora

I follow Nyx and Luna into the living room, trying not to worry about whoever was just outside. “Hey, on your way here, did you happen to see a guy out there?” Luna asks as she plops down on the couch.

“Other than Greggy poo and the rest of the minions?” Nyx laughs. “There was a guy way down the street, but he wasn’t headed this direction though. Why?”

“Somebody followed Luna home from the restaurant. When the guys went to check, there was nobody there.”

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