Page 107 of Gangster's Empire: Leeza & Havel

“Like hiring someone to cut off body parts for you?” she asked accusingly.

His glasses were askew, his hair wild, his face twisting ghoulishly, making him unrecognizable as the husband she’d lived with for eight years. “I knew you would understand my methods. In time, you will come to appreciate everything I’ve done for you.”

“You’re deranged.”

“And you are my wife.” He lowered his head, attempting to kiss her.

She fought violently, bucking her hips and shaking her head, forcing her arms from his grip. She curled her fingers into a fist and punched him in the throat.

He fell back, choking, and she rolled away.

He recovered quickly and dragged her back. He climbed on top of her, straddling her waist before pulling back his fist.

She flinched as it arced towards her face.

CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE

Havel caught Adam’s fist before it could land and squeezed, crushing the fingers. He then dragged the screaming Adam away from Leeza, flung him to the floor and leapt on top of him. He punched Adam over and over, his fist slamming into Adam’s face and chest with the force of a sledgehammer. “You motherfucking sonofabitch. I’m gonna turn you into bone fragments.”

Before he could get more than a half dozen punches in, he was pulled away.

Twisting, he took a swing at Cooper who was attempting to restrain him on one side while Ayaan grabbed him from the other.

“Sorry, Boss!” Cooper said quickly. “You told us you want him alive.”

“Why alive?” Leeza demanded hoarsely, stumbling to her feet. “I want him dead.” She swayed as she said to Adam, “I fucking told you Havel was coming for me.” She spat on him, saliva and blood mixing together as it splattered across his cheek.

Havel stared at her, awed by her bloodthirsty beauty. He left a gasping, coughing Adam on the floor and launched himself at his wife.

“Fuck, I’ve never been so terrified in my life.” He touched her face then raised her arm, gently probing the gash. “He fucking cut you.” His voice sounded inhuman to his own ears as he vibrated with the need to pick Adam up and slam him into the stone wall over and over until there was nothing left.

“It was me,” she said, her voice shaky. “I cut myself and wiped the blood everywhere so he wouldn’t touch me.”

“Smart.” Havel ran his hands over her arms and legs, pushing his brain out of combat-mode so he could remember his medical training. Other than the cut to her arm, which would need suturing, she had a couple of goose eggs on her head. He said to the others, “I need to get her to a hospital. Secure that piece of shit and report back to the office.”

“I don’t want him to live,” Leeza said, glaring down at Adam who was laying on his back, his hand covering his mouth, blood trickling from between his fingers, his gaze fixed on the ceiling.

“You don’t need to worry about him,” Havel assured her.

“I’m not,” she snapped. “I want him to die in the same room where he tortured and murdered those women.” Her gaze strayed to Anne’s body. “Where he killed Anne.”

He didn’t need to check to know his cousin was dead. Her body was twisted unnaturally where it lay and her sightless eyes were clouding over. It was better this way. He’d have had to kill her himself if Adam hadn’t. No one betrayed Leeza and lived.

He nodded to Cooper. “Take Adam to the Shed.”

“No!” Leeza yanked her arm from his grip. “He’s my ex and I say he dies.”

Havel narrowed his eyes at her. “As much as I’m enjoying this side of you, this is my territory. Adam is mine.”

“He’s mine!” she growled, reaching for the butt of his pistol.

He grabbed her wrist, holding her still. “Don’t do that again.”

“Then give me your fucking gun!”

“Watch your tone,” he warned her, irritation flaring. “I’m not allowing you to kill him, lásko.”

She tilted her head. “Fine.” Turning on the spot, she stormed toward the door where Ayaan was standing. “Ayaan, I need you,” she said in a broken voice, reaching for her bodyguard. Havel frowned as she clung to Ayaan, wrapping her arms around her. Ayaan looked surprised too, but hugged Leeza back.

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