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“Are the Black Vipers taken care of?”
Aside from that mishap with the Black Vipers, Angel seemed to be doing well as crime lord. She saw the fear and dread on Gavin’s face when he got the call because it was history replaying itself. Another cousin filling his shoes nearly gunned down. Gavin had spent some nights out with Angel. She didn’t question him at the time because she knew he was ensuring his cousin’s well-being. Whatever Angel needed, they’d provide. The fact that Angel was willing to take on the underworld after witnessing the damage Steven wrought on the city was mind-boggling. She shouldn’t be surprised, though. He was a Roman and ruling was in his blood, same as Gavin.
“It’ll take some time before they’re contained,” Gavin said.
He bit into an apple and continued to talk, but she was distracted by his fitted jeans. He should dress down more often. He wore a soft gray shirt that clung to his biceps. He looked more like a bodybuilder than a CEO. Maybe when Blade came home, he could babysit Nora, and they could box …
“Is Blade doing something for Angel? Is that why you won’t tell me where he is?” she asked.
Gavin tossed his apple core and shook his head. “You’re obsessing.”
“I learned from the master,” she retorted.
“If only you were this interested in my whereabouts.”
“Seventy percent of the time, you’re at work. Ten percent, you do underworld stuff, and the other twenty, you’re with us.” She grit her teeth when he dug in the fridge for something else to eat. “You know, it’s not fair that you guys can track and spy on me anytime and you won’t even tell me where he is.”
The sound of the front door closing shut her up. Seconds later, Blade entered the kitchen with a black bag slung over one shoulder.
“He leftlast night,and you didn’t tell me?” she snapped at Gavin.
“Christ,” he growled. “What does it matter?”
“It matters because we could have been attacked, and I didn’t even know he wasn’t here!”
“You know,” Gavin drawled. “I know how to use a gun too.”
“That’s not the point.” She walked up to Blade and smacked his chest with her palm. “And where were you?”
Blade looked from her to Gavin and back. “What the hell?”
“You just take off without telling me?”
Blade dropped his bag and went to Nora who was going wild in Gavin’s arms. Blade held the baby against his chest and ignored Nora’s attempts to kiss him. Lyla took in his appearance. Like Gavin, he was dressed down. Dark jeans and shirt with an army green jacket. He got a haircut, and while his normally stony expression was still foreboding, something was different about him.
“Where have you been?” she asked.
“Why?”
How many times did she need to repeat herself? “You’ve never left me before.”
Blade flicked a glance at Gavin before he said, “You weren’t in danger.”
“How would you know? You weren’t here!”
“Lyla.” Gavin’s tone was chiding as he built two massive sandwiches.
Blade frowned. “Did you have an episode today?”
She crossed her arms. “No!”
“Then what are you so ticked off about?”
“I should know when you’re going to leave me.”
“Why?”
“Because.” Both men were staring at her as if she lost her mind. “You’re my constant.”
