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“I’m hoping to surprise the family. Are they having dinner for Dad?”
“Yes, everyone is gathered in the main dining room.” He stepped aside after grabbing our luggage.
I took Felik’s hand and gave it a squeeze. “All right. Here goes nothing.” I strode confidently into the dining room, proud to have such a fine alpha at my side.
He seemed more nervous than I expected, but I had probably played up my family’s reaction a little heavier than necessary.
But I just wanted him to be prepared for any situation.
We stepped into the full dining room, and all the chatter stopped as every eye turned to me and then to the alpha beside me.
“Surprise,” I said with a wave of my arm. “I missed you all and wanted to be here for Dad’s birthday.” I looked at my dad and tried to catch his eye, but he was completely focused on Felik. “And I want you to meet my boyfriend, Felik Morton. Felik, this is my family.”
My brothers turned to Andro and then my father, and within a split second, they were up in front of their omegas and infants with guns drawn, all pointed directly at Felik.
“What the fuck?” I stepped in front of him, shielding him with my body. “What are you guys doing?”
Felik’s hands closed on my shoulders and he twisted me so I was suddenly behind him with him in full view of the bullets aimed at his head. “Please, let me explain.”
8
FELIK
Jeremiah, get over here," Andro, the oldest, said, jerking his head toward where his omega and his brothers were standing behind their father. The two omegas stood on their tiptoes trying to look over their alphas’ shoulders.
Well, this certainly blew up in my face faster than I had expected it to. But I was prepared for something like this. Mostly. I released a clip on my gun and turned it in my hand so it wasn't pointing at them. "I can explain."
“Felik?” Jeremiah looked at me, his eyes full of questions and sadness. I hated that. I put that look on his face. I had so much to say to him and explaining why I snuck a gun across the country and into his family’s home was probably not even the highest priority for either of us.
“Jeremiah, perhaps you can explain why your boyfriend is a member of the Mennetti family." Andro’s voice was as cold as ice. I knew from what limited knowledge I had of the crime world that Andro was deadly with a gun, and if he had his sights on your back, then your days were numbered.
I was afraid my own countdown started the moment I walked in the door.
Jeremiah sucked in a breath and narrowed his eyes. "Is that true? Are you–"
Orsino, the second-oldest of the alphas, glared at me, and I wasn’t sure if he was about to shoot me himself. “Your brother probably asked you to get close to Jeremiah to see how he could use him against us. Is that right?"
Fuck Orsino and his business sense. He and my brother were cut from the same cloth, so of course they would come up with the same sort of scheme.
"It wasn't like that. Not now, anyway.”
Andro’s eyes narrowed even more and I could almost feel his hate from across the room. “Now that you've been caught? Did you think we wouldn't know everything about the Mennetti family? Give me one good reason why I shouldn't put a bullet through your brain."
Jeremiah stepped between me and Andro.
Andro flinched, and his gun was immediately pointed toward the ground rather than at his brother. “Jeremiah, whatever he's told you, you can't trust him. I'm sorry this has happened, but you need to let him go. We'll take care of this."
I grabbed Jeremiah’s arm to turn him to face me. I needed him to see me, to look in my eyes so he knew I wasn't lying.
But before I could, his brothers were on me. Louie pulled Jeremiah away while Andro and Orsino wrestled me to the ground. My gun fell to the floor, and Andro kicked it away. Not that I was going to use it on them anyway.
Orsino pulled me to my feet and then held my arms back while Andro landed a hit to my jaw and another one to my stomach.
Fuck, it been a long time since I’d been in a fight. I struggled to pull air into my lungs. The only thing holding me up was Orsino.
Jeremiah was in tears, and it was all my fault that he was begging for mercy. "Stop, you're hurting him."
I was finally able to gasp out the words I never wanted Jeremiah to hear. "My brother did send me after Jeremiah. To seduce him. But it wasn't like that.”
