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“Stupid boy, I never trusted you!” Mathias shouts, swinging wildly with the knife. “My security is crawling all over this place.”

“Not anymore.” Alaric taunts, moving closer to him.

One of the bay doors creaks open, grabbing my attention. When Nyx and Karrion walk through the door covered in blood, Mathias tries to move for the door, but Karrion steps in his path.

He slices across Karrions chest, earning nothing more than a glare from the mountain of a man. “What the fuck?” He reaches out, grabbing Mathias’ knife and throwing it across the room. “What is with people trying to kill me this week?”

Rune plunges the syringe into Mathias’ neck, not even trying to catch him when he falls. “You tend to have that effect on people.”

A few minutes go by before Mateo and Lorenzo enter the warehouse. The second they spot me, Lorenzo falls to his knees, tears building in his eyes. Mateo sprints across the room, scooping me up in his arms.

“I’m so fucking sorry, Luna. We tried to get here as soon as possible. Mathias had the whole area surrounded.” Enzo joins us after a few moments, pressing his forehead against mine.

“Dominic killed him.” I choke out, grabbing Enzo’s shirt. “He killed my baby!” I scream.

“Take her to the car, Teo. We need to get Mathias back to the sawmill before he wakes up.” Enzo kisses my forehead before walking away. “The clean up crew is coming to take care of everything.” He says to Alaric. He’s still speaking and pointing, but we’re too far away to hear him now.

Mateo carries me to the car, sliding me in the back seat next to Silas. He looks like he’s seen better days. He gives me a sad smile before pulling me against him. “I got stabbed today, I need a hug.”

Both front doors swing open, Mateo jumps in the driver's seat and Karrion climbs in the passenger seat. Silas leans against the door, but his grip on me doesn’t loosen until Alaric opens the door, climbing in next to me, squishing me between the two of them.

“Doc is on his way to your place, Mateo.” Alaric says, slamming the door. “We’re good to go.”

Chapter 27

Aurora

I’ve been alone in this basement for a couple of hours when I finally hear the locks beeping, letting me know that someone is trying to unlock the door. After the first few codes are successful, I relax a little bit.

“It’s just us, Peach.” Mateo yells from the top of the stairs.

Walking around the corner, I look up the steps, smiling when I see Rune and Karrion dragging Mathias through the doorway. I watch as Lorenzo, Mateo, Drew, Rae and Alaric come down the stairs behind them.

Nobody looks happy, and that scares the shit out of me. They managed to grab the man that’s made our lives hell for the past seven years, I thought they would be on cloud nine.

“Mateo!” I call out, waiting for him to look at me. “Where’s Luna?”

“She went upstairs with Silas, he was stabbed.” He walks toward me, kissing my forehead as he pulls me against him. “She needs you right now, Rory.” Pulling away to look at me, I notice the unshed tears in his eyes. “They killed Leo.”

“Oh god, no!” I gasp, stepping away from him.

A tear falls down his cheek before he has the chance to swipe it away. “You should go to her.”

Nodding, I turn and quickly make my way up the stairs. On the main floor, there are a few people that I’m not familiar with, but I ignore them and head up to our bedroom. When I reach the top of the steps, I can hear Luna shouting at someone.

The door swings open and Silas stomps out of the room, mumbling under his breath. When he notices me, he stops and leans against the wall.

“She’s really pissed off right now, I’m sorry.” He quips, running his hand through his hair. “She asked me to fuck her.”

“She’s just looking for a distraction so she doesn’t hurt for a while.” Leaning next to him, I rub his arm that’s now in a sling. “What’s this for?”

“It’s a sling.” He smiles, pulling his arm away from his torso. “It stops my arm from moving too much until the doc patches me up.” I playfully roll my eyes at his stupid joke. “I’m fucking with you. I got stabbed in the shoulder. Doc was about to fix me, but Luna tried to take my pants off, so he stepped out of the room.”

“I need to get in there with her.” Stepping away from the wall, I walk into our room, and my jaw drops. She’s broken pretty much everything in here that she can get her hands on. “Luna?” I call out as I approach the bathroom door.

She storms out of the bathroom, tears streaming down her face. “You can get the fuck out, too.” She shouts in my face while pushing me backwards. “I don’t fucking need anything from any of you!”

“Ok, I’ll be downstairs if you need me.” I put my hands up in surrender and start to back away from her.

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