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Mira lets go of my hand and moves to stand in front of her brother, and I’m trying my best not to pick her up and throw her over my shoulder while hauling her sexy as fuck ass out of here. “I want to be a part of your plan to find Nunzio.”
Maximo scoffs. “That’s not happening, Mira.”
“Why not?”
“Because this is Dark Sovereign business,” Alexius chimes in, and she practically decapitates him when she cuts her glare in his direction.
“Dark Sovereign business? Tell me, Alexius, how finding the man who tortured and raped me—not you, me—is Dark Sovereign's business and not mine?”
He sighs. “Mirabella—”
“Tell me how catching the man who used me as bait for some sick fuckers to hunt is more Dark Sovereign business than it is mine?”
“Okay.” Caelian rises to his feet. “Everyone just calm the fuck down.”
Isaia leans his head back. “Caelian, shut the fuck up, man.”
“You shut the hell up.”
“I swear to God, I will kick your ass so hard you’ll think it’s fucking Tuesday.”
“It is Tuesday, you dumb fuck!”
Glass shatters in an ear-piercing explosion that silences everyone instantly, and Mira stands at the edge of the table, her chest rising and falling as she stares at the broken ashtray she just threw across the room.
“You can all bicker and fight and threaten all you want, but it won’t change the fact that this baby is mine. No matter who the father is, the baby is still mine. And in the end, I will be the one who makes any and all decisions when it comes to this matter. Not you.”
Alexius gets to his feet, his authority reaching every corner of the room. “We have a way of doing things.”
“I know the rules of this world, Alexius. Better than you think. I know that if he’s the father it will force us into some twisted, fucked-up alliance with that family. That he’ll be untouchable and never pay for what he’s done.”
Alexius shoots me a warning look, a silent way of telling me to get a grip on my wife, but clearly, my brother has forgotten that there is no getting control over Mirabella.
“I also know the Dark Sovereign isn’t what it is today without breaking a few rules,” she continues. “This family does what needs to be done even if it means bending the rules to our benefit.”
Alexius narrow his eyes. “What are you saying?”
“I’m saying that a paternity test will be done…afterNunzio is dead.”
Alexius stares at her for a moment, then slowly moves his gaze toward me as realization dawns on him. “If we find out he’s the father after we’ve killed him, there’s no alliance.”
I nod.
“There’s no risk of losing the respect of others,” he continues. “And zero risk of potential new enemies because of it.”
“Brilliant!” Caelian exclaims with a huge smile on his face. “That’s fucking brilliant.”
“It’s risky,” Isaia chimes in. “Especially since he knows she’s pregnant.”
I shake my head. “It only means we have to find him faster.”
“Fuck, yeah,” Caelian exclaims. “And plant some lead in his skull right after we pull his spine out his ass.”
“You’re not killing him.” Mira’s voice rings through the room, stunning everyone speechless.
Alexius leans with his hands on the table. “Excuse me? You just said—”
“I know what I said.” She stalks closer to him, her jaw firmly set, her eyes haunting, cold and fucking beautiful. “You’re not killing him.”
