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“Why did he post that?” Enzo asks, carefully.
“I uh, I broke up with him a few weeks ago. I think he’s just mad. It’s not really a big deal. I just thought—”
“Why did you break up?” Nico asks, his voice measured. I can see how pissed he is but he’s holding back. For my sake.
“Tell me the truth, my angel, before I slit his throat just for thinking he could say your name.”
Oh, shit. Okay. My core clenches. I’m not used to this level of possession and it’s both suffocating and intensely hot.
“H-he uh, he got mad sometimes. Like… too mad. Sometimes he would get… physical.”
Enzo grips my hips tightly while I watch the light drain from Nico’s eyes. It’s terrifying to see.
The brown turning black. The anger morphing into something worse.
Something deadly.
I wouldn’t wish Nico’s wrath on anyone. Not even…fucking Matt.
“I’m fine. I broke up with him and got away,” I say. “It just sounds worse than it is.”
Nico narrows his eyes at me, and I drop my gaze to the floor.
I don’t know why I’m defending Matt. He’s not innocent. He’s not good. He’s the result of indulgence and zero consequences. A predator who has never been told no. He’s not going to change, he’s just going to grow into a man who becomes something even worse.
Maybe, Christina, that’s why the Mafia exists. Maybe what they do isn’t what I’ve made it out to be. Maybe what they offer is… balance.
Nico turns on a dime and strides towards the door. The rage coming off of him is palpable.
“Christina, you will stay here. Do you hear me?” He calls out over his shoulder. “Do not leave this house until I return.”
I nod, even though he can’t see me.
“Enzo, with me.”
Enzo sighs and turns me in his arms, pressing my body against his tightly. “Don’t worry, princess. We’ll take care of you and this problem.”
He pulls back to kiss me, and then follows behind Nico who’s already across the room.
“Where are you going?” I ask, yelling after them. My heart races in my chest.
“To kill him.”
And with that, Nico slams the door.
What did I just set in motion?
12
Enzo
This fucking day.
Nico is ready to go to war, and I couldn’t stop him if I wanted to. At least with this situation, it’s warranted. The idea that this Matt asshole has laid hands on our sweet Christina in anger is wholly unacceptable.
He deserves to go to Hell, and we are certainly going to make sure he gets there. Today, if possible.
Killing scum that hurt women is one of the perks of my chosen profession. The fact that Nico needs his first kill in order to become a made-man and can do so by eliminating a worthless piece of scum from this world?
