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Was his mom the target?
That made no sense. Not unless I was missing some critical pieces.
Oh, shit.
This was about me.
But why wait? Why come here?
Because Alessio was vulnerable. This was an impromptu trip. He didn’t have all his normal men. He depended on his mother’s staff to protect us.
“Alessio.” I couldn’t stop myself from shaking.
I told the guys to go. Did they know? Where were they? How far away?
No, they couldn’t come in. Not now. If they’d been able to take care of the Italians silently, they would have. Javier called me because he knew they were outnumbered. They couldn’t attack in their wolf forms, and they probably weren’t armed.
Fuck.
I was on my own. As Millie.
I told the guys to go because I wasn’t willing to give up our operation, and that hadn’t changed. I was in too deep to call it now.
“Our bags are packed. The helicopter is waiting. We need to leave.” Alessio held out his hand, and this time, I took it.
The men flanked us as we rushed from the room. I glanced over my shoulder, but Maria wasn’t coming.
“Your mom,” I panted as we jogged through the house to the kitchen where the doors to the deck were open.
“She’s staying.”
“Alessio! It’s not safe,” I cried.
I might have only known her for a day, but I didn’t want to leave her behind. Not when we knew there was danger.
“She’ll be safe. They weren’t here for her.”
And there was the confirmation.
“Where are we going?”
He squeezed my hand. “Home.”
The helicopter on the sand stirred up a storm that bit into my skin. I closed my eyes, letting him guide me and pull me up into the craft. Our bags already sat under the seats, and one of Alessio’s men slammed the door before backing away.
Seconds later, the copter lifted us off, leaving his mom to deal with the mess we created. The one I caused.
He buckled me in, then put headphones over my ears and adjusted the mic in front of my mouth before doing the same for himself. I sat in shock.
“Brazzi sent men for me?” I waited for him to nod and confirm.
“He’s had years to come after me, and he probably doesn’t care about my mom. Otherwise, he would have done something sooner. He clearly knew how to find her.”
I glanced out at the black ocean as it disappeared into the darkness. “Why?”
He didn’t answer, so I faced him and waited.He rubbed his hand over his stubbled jaw.
“I may have understated our feud.”
