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“Gianna, darling. Come down and meet your new stepfather.”
Six
LUCAS
Gianna stops pulling us to the back of the bar at the sound of a shrill woman’s voice. It’s like nails on a chalkboard, and even I can hear the disdain she puts into every syllable spoken.
I grind my teeth as the hairs on the back of my neck react to the situation around us. I glance at Gavin, who looks confused, more than drunk, thank God. All he does is shrug his shoulders and look at Gianna accusingly.
“Staying or going?” I whisper to him.
“You jump, I jump.” I nod and retrieve my gun.
Gianna has managed to walk to the balcony edge, and she’s just been staring at the scene downstairs. When Gavin goes to approach, I shake my head at him.
No one knows we’re up here with her, and it gives us an advantage.
“Gianna, lure them up here.” She stiffens at my whisper but nods slightly to indicate she heard me.
I point at the left corner, and Gavin takes up his position. I back to the right and aim at the entrance of the stairwell. I can take the first nine people coming up, then Gavin can get nine more. After that, we’re fucked.
“Mother, what are you doing with him?” Mother?
What the fuck is going on?
“Hasn’t Daiki told you?” Gianna laughs and looks over her shoulder at the dead man.
“He didn’t get to speak much on account of me cutting his throat. Why don’t you share?” Rapid Japanese is spoken, but her mother speaks over it, making it hard to make out.
“You killed your betrothed? You stupid girl! What was the point in raising you as my own, you learned nothing. Well, I guess it’s a funeral instead of a wedding, Haru darling.” Jesus, this lady is a fucking psychopath.
“Raise me as your own?” Gianna questions, her face red.
“What was I to do? Vincenzo showed up with you one night, saying he had to fix a mistake he made. He’d fucked one of the whores he was selling, and the new owner demanded a refund for damaged goods. Your father cut you out of your mother and brought you home to me to raise. You know how he was. Family overall bullshit. I WAS HIS FAMILY! And after all the years I sacrificed for him, he left everything to you. The bastard child of a sex slave. He finally saw how wrong he was underestimating me. It was written all over his face when he died. I watched the lights leave his eyes just like I’ll watch yours.” I hear footsteps coming up the stairs and ready myself.
“You just sealed your fate, you fucking bitch.” Gianna throws a knife as the first head appears on the stairs.
I fire and then hear Gavin doing the same. He’s picking them off from behind as they climb up, so I grab Gianna and pull her down and out of view.
She scrambles away from me and goes behind the bar.
“I’m out!” I turn in time to take another man down who made it up the stairs.
I glance over the balcony and see the woman who was talking on the ground with a knife in her thigh. Haru Yakimoto is standing above her, looking right at me.
How do I always find myself in war zones?
“Fun club, Gavin. Next time I pick.” The idiot laughs at me, and Gianna reappears with a shotgun.
She looks over the balcony and yells down at the remaining people.
“Congratulations. Give my regards to my father in hell.” Then she unloads all six shells.
When my ears stop ringing, I look and see the downstairs bar destroyed.
“I need to redecorate, anyway.” She places the empty weapon on the bar and then pours herself a shot of whiskey.
“Boss?” A woman’s voice comes from behind us, and I turn with my weapon drawn.
