Page 18 of His Forbidden Obsession

I tried to keep my face neutral. I was normally damn good at it, but I was rattled, and my brothers knew me too well.

“Ooh. I think we’re about to hear something juicy,” Rafe said.

Dante glared at me. “What happened?”

“I don’t have to tell you every move I made. You know what’s up with Dimitri. We’ll get our weapons within three days. I’m going to bed.”

Dante grabbed my arm as I headed for the stairs. I snarled as I turned around. “Let me go. I’ve had a long night.”

“I could’ve had a long night too,” Rafe said. “But I was sitting here, bored off my ass, waiting on you to get home. Now I find out you’ve been fucking some hot guy in Dimitri’s house, and I want to know who it was.”

Dante rolled his eyes. “You’re such a kid. That’s not what he’s hiding. I don’t give a damn if he fucked some guy at a party. I don’t have time to keep up with either one of you in that area.”

“Maybe you wouldn’t be so damn critical if you were getting enough yourself.”

I’d had it. “Both of you shut up and get out.”

“No,” Dante said. “Something happened, something that’s got you worried. I want to know what the fuck it is.”

I sighed and sank down onto one of the stairs.

“Shit,” Rafe said. “Are you all right?” He sat down on one of the lower steps. Dante remained leaning against the banister.

“I fucked Niko, Dimitri’s son.”

“Oh my God, what were you thinking?” Dante yelled as Rafe slapped my thigh and said, “Damn, go you.”

Dante growled. “Rafe, shut up. This is not something to celebrate. If Dimitri finds out⁠—”

“We’ll have to kill him,” Rafe said. “Would that be so bad?”

Suddenly, he was an idiot again. “Have we taught you nothing?”

He rolled his eyes. “I know, I know, it could start a war. We could get hurt, and you think you have to be our protector.”

“Don’t,” I yelled. “I fucked up once. I won’t do it again. I lost my control tonight, but Dimitri won’t find out, and everything will be fine.”

“I want to hear a little more,” Dante said.

“I thought you didn’t want any details,” Rafe teased.

“I don’t mean about how good the sex was.”

“Was it good?” Rafe asked.

I glared at him, and he slumped against the wall.

“Dimitri pissed me off, and so did the others there. They have absolutely no standards, no concern for anyone. Dimitri is forcing Nikolai to make an alliance with the Ivanovs.”

“So Remington was right about that.”

“Yes, Nikolai is engaged to Alina. He’s being used as a fucking pawn, and so is she.” I considered saying more, but I was afraid we wouldn’t stop Rafe from killing Dimitri if I did.

Dante shook his head. “We cannot get involved in their family business.”

“I think he’s already involved,” Rafe said.

Dante glared at him. “Could you be serious for one fucking second?”