Page 57 of Vengeful Union

Fuck yes. Home. That’s exactly what she is to me. “Always, Dest. I’ll always come home to you.”

Her eyes flash brightly. “Careful, Psycho Boy, you’re softening. Keep this up and you’ll have me falling in love with you.”

I smile at her. God, she’s fucking amazing. I bring my lips down to hers. The kiss is chaste and leaves her breathless.

“It’ll be about time you caught up,” I tell her, and watch her eyes widen with surprise. “I told you, baby: I want everything from you. Everything you give me will be given back to you.”

“I’m falling for you, Finny.”

My smile grows wider.Fuck yes. “Already there, princess.” I kiss her forehead. “Go home and I’ll be there soon. Stay close to Drake,” I tell her, unsure of what will come from this.

“Be safe, and I’ll see you soon.” She reaches up on her tiptoes and kisses me softly. She waves goodbye to my family, turns on her heels, and heads toward the car, Drake walking beside her, the two talking low.

“What’s that?” Makenna questions as she sidles up next to me.

I shrug. “Not sure, but Destiny said it’s information I’ve been searching for.”

I watch as Drake drives away, the others already gone. The driveway has specks of blood on it, and I know Makenna will have it cleaned before the day ends.

I open the envelope and read what it says.

Destiny was right. This is what I’ve been searching for.

Proof that my brother is starting a revolt.

This means war.

Patrick Gallagher is a dead man.

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Finn

Iturn around and see Makenna and Dante are waiting for me.

Clenching my jaw, I try to bite back my anger. I want to track my brother down and slit his throat. Fuck, I can’t believe this shit is happening. It’s one thing to think about it, it’s another to see it in black and white.

“Where’s Cian?” I grind out.

“He’s on the phone. What’s that?” Dante questions, nodding at the envelope in my hand.

“Proof,” I tell him, and watch his eyes harden. “Let’s go into Makenna’s office and discuss this.” It used to be my father’s office, but when this house became the base for the Clann, Makenna took it over.

Makenna nods. “Right now, as shit as it is, I don’t trust anyone. Dante, get Denis. Everyone else is to stay on guard with the women.”

“Where is Alessio?” I ask. I haven't seen him in a few days, and it's weird timing for him to be gone, especially when all this shit is happening.

Alessio is Dante and Romero’s youngest brother. He’s as deadly as his brothers, but he’s been distracted since before the shit with Holly went down.

“He's been disappearing a lot more lately,” Makenna tells me. “I think he's trying to find Yelena. Since everything happened last year, and she disappeared, he's changed. I think he's obsessed, and I'm not sure if that's healthy or not.”

Ah, Yelena. The reason he was distracted in the first place. He fucked up with her—cheated on her—and she ran away. He fucked Georgina, of all people. But he realized how badly he messed up and that he actually loved the Russian.

I scoff. Healthy? Obsessing over someone is never healthy. “You better get his arse home soon; we're going to need as many people as we can get on our side.”

She bites her lip, and her eyes go hard and flinty. “That bad?” She glances around, almost as though she’s checking to make sure no one can overhear us. “Tell me, Finn—tell me it's only me he's going after?”

“He goes after you; he's going after all of us. He's our fucking brother. His loyalty should be with us, with you. Instead, his jealousy is coming out in full force. He will not get you. He'll die before he even has time to hurt anyone.” I'll take pleasure in killing him. Nobody hurts my sister and gets away with it. No one betrays her and lives to tell the tale.

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