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I wrap my arm around Mona’s shoulder and hand her to Zeke. Pulling my knife, I turn and throw it across the room. The blade lands in Marcus’s throat.
The big dude pulls a gun, but Lev is quicker and puts a bullet between the man’s eyes, causing blood and brain matter to splatter Cyrus’s black hoodie.
Cyrus shrugs. “It’s cool. Everything washes out of black.”
The two guards barge in, but before they can do anything, Cyrus has one in a chokehold while Zeke has the other pinned against the wall, his gun at his head.
“Looks like this turned into a party after all,” Cyrus says as he pulls out his zippo. The guy screams as Cyrus holds a flickering flame against his face, and his flesh burns. “Azadeh, what do you think about me starting a perfume business? There has to be a market for Eau de Burned Flesh.” He bends and sniffs the man’s cheeks. “Even this piece of shit now smells divine.”
My gaze moves from Cyrus to Zeke. He has a spoon held upright under the man’s eye. Shock takes over as I witness how ruthless my sweet Zeke can be. I always grasped that Cyrus was a bit unhinged, but seeing Zeke push a spoon into someone’s flesh and scoop an eye out so effortlessly is a little jarring. Never in a million years did I think him capable of such brutality. The man has a hard time calling me a slut, and here he is, consumed with violence and gore.
The room fills with the screams of the tortured men, so I barely hear Alaric.
“Azadeh, get them under control,” Alaric says as he places a small device on the table. “We gotta get out of here. In five minutes, the place will blow. We gotta go.”
My gaze flits between Zeke and Cyrus, unsure how I can calm their blood lust. While I’m trying to figure it out, Lev solves the problem by putting a bullet between each guard’s eyes.
“Dirty pool, Lev,” Cyrus growls. “I was having a good time.”
“We gotta go,” Lev states.
The six of us sprint out of the building and make it to the limo as the thunderous roar of the explosion echoes behind us and searing heat licks at our backs, leaving us breathless and shaken but alive.
“I’m still bitter. I can’t smell the flesh,” Cyrus whines. “You owe me a burning carcass, Lev.”
I ignore everyone and everything except my sister as we pile into the limo. “You okay?”
“I am now.” She moves closer and whispers, “Did you know Zeke was so lethal?”
I shake my head. “No.”
“I had such a crush on him. I assumed you were stupid for years because you said he was your friend and not your boyfriend,” Mona said, her mouth tipping up in a small smile. “But I feel you, sis. Why settle for one when you can have three? Bet you feel safe knowing they’d all kill for you. I sure do.”
I belly laughed, and the men in the limo turned to look at me.
Cyrus cocks an eyebrow. “Care to share the joke with the class?”
I grin. “I was thinking that you’re all crazy, but I love you.”
“Whoa, you better not be loving this guy over here,” Cyrus says, pointing to Alaric. “My self-esteem can’t handle another pretty boy. Lev is already too much.”
“I’m happily taken,” Alaric interjects.
“I think three is more than I can handle,” I say as I hug my sister.
“Will you stay?” Mona asks, gazing up at me. “I’d like to have my sister around for more than a few weeks at a time.”
“If she had, you wouldn’t have been in this mess,” Lev mumbles.
I turn to him and glare. “I think you mean if you hadn’t taken her.”
“Wait, Lev was the one who originally kidnapped me?” Mona asks in shock. “Dude, I thought you were the smart one. Why didn’t you tell me? I would’ve played along. Now she’s gonna make you beg like a puppy until she forgives you.”
Lev shrugs, a sly smile on his lips. “I’d beg your sister until the end of time if it meant she’d be by my side.”
Mona glances at me. “Okay, that’s some Romeo and Juliet shit. How the heck are you the one with all the luck? I’m lucky if a boy looks at me.”
I laugh and hug her closer. “You sure you’re okay? They didn’t do anything to you?”
