Page 37 of Blood for Blood

“It’s not his first time watching her, beautiful. She’ll be just fine.”

“I know.” She grabs his hand and walks beside us. “Let’s do this.”

When we get to the basement, Owen and Brad are chained to the wall, just like I asked. Opening one of the cupboards, I pull out a pair of rusty tin snips. As I approach Owen, his eyes start opening. “Perfect timing!” Showing him the rusty metal, I place one of his fingers between the blades. “Why did you go to the restaurant that day?”

“I told you, we were only doing what we were told!” He screams, his face already bright red.

“Who told you to go there?” Rae asks as she steps beside me.

“Look, I’m sorry that I touched you.” He pants, trying to get his finger out of the tin snips. “We were supposed to grab the brunette, but I fucked up.”

Rae throws her head back in laughter. “We already know that part, dipshit.” Wrapping her small hand around mine, she smiles at me and squeezes the handle, dropping his pointer finger to the floor.

“FUCK!” He shouts, writhing in pain. “Dom. The guy’s name is Dom. That’s all he ever told us.”

Looking over my shoulder, my eyes lock with Luna’s. Tears build in her eyes, but she quickly wipes them away and grabs pliers from the table, pushing me to the side so she’s directly in front of Owen.

“Why the brunette?” She seethes. “Talk fast. I’m not a patient person, and I’m sure these little pliers are plenty big enough to grab your tiny dick.”

“We don’t know.” He rushes out, trying to pull away from her, but there’s nowhere for him to go, his chains only have about two inches of leeway. “He said, in order to get what he wants, we were supposed to grab the brunette and someone else would get the kid.”

“What’s the kid's name?” Luna’s voice cracks as she asks and her hands start shaking.

“Don’t say anything else, you moron.” Brad spits. I turn to look at him, but Luna punches him in the face. “We’re dead either way, so just get it over with.”

“WHAT IS THE KIDS FUCKING NAME?” She screams in his face. Lorenzo grabs her, pulling her back against his chest, but she spins in his arms, punching him too before charging Owen this time. “I’m only asking one more fucking time. What is the kid’s name?”

A knock on the basement door startles us all. As Drew walks to the steps, the door opens. From this angle, nobody can see anything but a pair of arms reaching inside, setting a laptop down on the top step, then slamming the door closed. Drew runs up the stairs, returning a moment later with the laptop in his hands. “What the fuck?” He growls, spinning the laptop so we can all see the image on the screen.

“NOOOOOO!” Luna screams before passing out. Enzo catches her right before she hits the hard floor.

Chapter 24

Luna

My eyes fly open and I look around, trying to sit up, but Lorenzo and Mateo are there holding me down. “Let me fucking go!” I scream, thrashing around. “I need to fucking find him!” Tears are streaming down my face, but I don’t care to stop them.

A pain like I’ve never felt in my life fills my chest. I’ve been in sticky situations before, but nothing compares to the pain and fear I feel in this moment.

“Luna.” Mateo speaks, grabbing the sides of my face. “I need you to pull it together for me. It’s time to go to work, and we can’t do that if you don’t stop hitting us.”

I blink the tears from my eyes and take a few deep breaths. Teo is right, if there’s any chance of us getting him back safely, I need to have my head on straight.

“Evaluna.” Dominic taunts me from the laptop screen. “Do I have your attention yet, beautiful girl?”

My eyes narrow on the screen and I try to calm my nerves enough to answer him. “How many times do I have to tell you not to call me that?”

“I gave you that name, Evaluna.” He smiles through the screen and I almost vomit at the sight. “The day your whore of a mother gave birth to you. Only to find out that you weren’t even my child.”

“You’re fucking sick!” I snarl, stepping toward the computer. “What kind of sick fuck is obsessed with his own flesh and blood?”

“Have I never told you that I was adopted?” His eyes light up as he leans closer to the screen. “My bastard brother always wanted everything that I ever had. I wasn’t surprised to find out he was fucking my wife.”

“Get to the point, Dominic. What do you want?” Mateo steps behind me, squeezing my shoulders.

“I want what’s mine!” He shouts, grabbing his camera and showing us the room he’s in. There’s someone else behind Leo, but there’s a bag over their head, so we can’t tell who it is. “Which one should I kill first? The girl or the kid?”

“I’ll come to you, just leave them both alone.” I shrug out of Mateo’s hold and pull my phone from my pocket. “I’ll give you an address, you meet me there. I’ll give my life to you, but you have to let them live.”

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