Page 71 of All the Dangerous Things

I was moving before I even realized it, and when I rounded the corner, that’s when I stumbled upon a scene that made my blood turn cold and my vision red.

Gio was naked and stood under the spray ofwater… and had my goddamnsisterpressed up against the tiled wall. He shifted, and all I saw for a second was tattooed skin, but when he moved to the side once more, Tatiana’s small form came back into view. Her hair and clothes were soaked from the shower, and she had this dazed look in her eyes as she stared, softly smiling, up at Gio.

He said something low and indistinguishable in Italian, and then he leaned down to kiss her.

It all seemed to happen in slow motion, taking hours, but I knew only seconds had probably passed. My stomach twisted with rage. Her hands were in his hair, gripping him as if she never wanted to let go. And him—he was so wrapped up in her that he didn’t even notice us enter.

“Cock-sucking motherfucker,” Dmitry growled under his breath.

I couldn’t move. The sight of them like that sent a shock of anger through me.

My sister with fucking Gio.

My sister with fuckinganyman.

Gio should have known better. He should have known Tati wasforeveroff-limits.

I hoped he lived it up because he was about to fucking regret every single choice that led him to this moment.

The fucker still hadn’t noticed we were just feet from him, but as if I’d spoken out loud, Gio pulled back from my sister and looked over his shoulder at us.

There was no shock. No remorse. In fact, the motherfucker turned to face us, totally fucking naked with a massive hard-on, and grinned like the bastard he was.

“C???? ???.”Son of a bitch. Dmitry hissed the insult.

“?????.”Asshole. I grinned back at Gio and undid my cuffs, then loosened my tie and unfastened the first couple of buttons of my shirt. “This has been a long time coming, douchebag,” I snarled, my voice low and laced with fury.

“Oh God,” Tatiana said and, a second later, shut off the shower before stepping out from behind Gio. Her eyes were wide, and I narrowed my eyes as I took off my jacket and tossed it to her. Tatiana’s eyes met mine, and although there was shock and horror, the longer the seconds passed, the more I saw her defiance rise.

“You’re gonna regret this, motherfucker.”

Gio took a step closer, his grin spreading.

“You took something from us that wasn’t yours,” I hissed, meaning more than one thing. We’d comehere to confront him about taking out Tati’s assailant. And now we found out he’d been seeing our sister.

And probably fucking her. I didn’t know for sure, since we hadn’t caught them in that intimate act—thank fucking Christ—but they’d looked way too comfortable in that moment with each other to not have been together in that way.

I was shaking with rage and sensed Dmitry was too, so it was through gritted teeth that I pointed out, “You made a move in our world without our permission.”

Not only in our world but with our sister, too.

The surrounding air thickened until it was suffocating. Violence was inevitable, and I felt my anticipation and the hum of pleasure it always brought me coursing through my veins.

God, this was going to be so fucking good.

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TATIANA

My brothers held the same expression… one I’d seen before when they lost control of their rational thinking and sanity.

This was bad and would only get worse once the three of them went on the offense.

Nikolai lunged first. My brother was fast as hell and actually landed a blow, his fist connecting with Gio’s jaw with a sickening thud. Or maybe Gio let him throw the first punch. I questioned that as I stared in shock at his now bloody and busted lip and the grin he sported.

Gio wiped the blood from his mouth with the back of his hand, his eyes narrowing as he looked between my brothers.

Before I could react, Dmitry was on him too, and the shower room erupted into a brutal, chaotic fight.

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