Page 28 of Chaos
A few seconds later, Serena walks out. Her hand entwined with Odin and the others flocking around her. They are all smiling and laughing, making my blood boil. They shouldn’t be touching her like that. Only I should. The urge to pull my gun out and shoot them rises, but I push that feeling down.Need to make a good impression, and killing the Kings would do the opposite of that.
I take a deep breath, waiting for them to notice me. My eyes never leave her. She looks stunning even in a baggy sweatshirt and jeans. If anything, it makes her more beautiful. Her hair is down, and she isn’t wearing any makeup, not that she needs it. I noticed one of her arms isn’t in the sleeve of her shirt, and my hackles rise.What the fuck happened?
Odin is the first to notice me. His smile instantly falls, bringing a sense of pleasure through me. Serena notices the change in him and looks to see what caused it. Her stunning pale green eyes meet mine, and she beams at me. She tries to let go of Odin’s hand to come to me, but he holds her tighter. An animalistic growl tears through me as he holds her back from me.
Midas looks like he is thinking the same thing as I am, shoot first and damn the consequences. Zeus, on the other hand, looks worried. My guess is he is worried I will tell his friends our little secret. I wouldn’t say he and I are friends anymore, but we have a mutually beneficial arrangement. He gives me some information I need, and I do the same for him.
“Well, well, well. If it isn’t the big, bad wolf.” Midas remarks.
I give him a menacing smile as I stare back at him. “And the three little piggies he plans to devour.” I retort.
Midas sneers at me, readying himself to pounce if he feels obligated to. Serena looks between the four of us, confusion marring her beautiful face. I attempt to wipe the sneer off my face, but that is harder than it should be. Midas, on the other hand, doesn’t. He continues to stare me down like I am the anti-Christ that is here to take everything from him.
If only he knew.
I hold my hand out again, hoping she will take it.
Finally, Odin untangled his finger with hers, and she placed her hand in mine. I pull her close for a hug, squeezing her tight against me. Finally, the crawling feeling disappears and I feel like myself again.
She bristles in pain, and I immediately pull her arm’s length away to see what the problem is. Serena grabs the sore part of her arm, attempting to soothe the ache. Without thinking, I pulled the collar of her sweater down and examined her bandaged arm.
“Darling, what happened?” My voice is laced with worry. I look at the three assholes behind her, thinking they did this to her.
I swear I hear Odin mutter under his breath that I should already know what happened to her. How the fuck would I know when I haven’t seen or spoken to her since the party I crashed.
Serena sighs before stepping closer to me and resting her head against my chest. I held her closely, making sure not to squeeze her again, impatiently waiting for someone to tell me what the hell happened.
Her voice is quiet as she recalls what happened, not leaving out a detail,I hope. She tells me about someone breaking into her home and shooting her in the arm. The sudden urge to track that fucker down and put a bullet between his eyes is overbearing but the only thing keeping me present is her in my arms. This feels so right. I have never felt like this before.
I glare at the three of them, but my gaze stays on Zeus the longest. Why the fuck hadn’t he told me about this? Well, I can guess why, but still. I am livid.
I need to call Michael and have someone tail her, making sure she is safe. Someone to be her bodyguard when I can’t. So many turbulent thoughts run through my head, I can’t latch onto one.
“I’m alright, Dante. Just need to keep it in a sling for a while so it can heal.” She tries to placate me. I smile at her, pretending that I don’t feel like going on a murder spree in her honor.
“Ti prometto che ucciderò l'uomo responsabile di tutto questo.” The words slip from my lips, but I mean every single one of them.
“Well, if you are done. We have plans.” Midas barks before grabbing Serena and pulling her away from me. He tucks her under his arm and smugly smiles at me. Before I could do anything, Serena got on her tiptoes and whispered something to him, making him sigh and nod his head.
Serena beams at Midas before kissing him on the cheek. Jealousy coursed through me, wishing it was me she was kissing. Even the most innocent kiss like that should only be for me. She quickly rushes over to Odin, giving him a small peck on the cheek as well. When she walks to his Zeus, he barely notices. His eyes are on me, examining me like I am a puzzle to figure out. Good luck with that. Without taking his eyes off me, he bends down and kisses her on the lips. A clear challenge in his eyes.
Not the time to rise to the bait, Dante. Get your shit together.
Serena walks over to me, making her choice to go with me. I give the Kings a smug smile before I clasp her hand in mine. She looked up at me with such adoration, my broken heart seemed to start stitching itself back together. I leaned down and gently pressed my lips against her temple. My eyes are on Midas, watching as a vein starts to protrude from his forehead, and his jaw is taut.
“Why don’t you go wait in the car. I have some things to discuss with the others.” I whispered into Serena’s ear. She glances at the three men across from us, worry in her eyes. “Don’t worry, darling. I won’t hurt them.”
She looks deep into my eyes, seeing the truth in my words. She says goodbye to the Kings before I hand her the keys to my car and point out which one it is. We all watched her walk away. I am loving the way her ass shakes in those tight jeans.
When Serena gets into the car, we all face each other again. The tension is so thick in the air around us. You couldn’t even cut it with a knife. You would need a chainsaw at this point. Not that I would mind having one right now. It would be easy to cut them all into pieces and drive off into the sunset with Serena.
I just need to come up with a way to make her see I’m the right option.
“We will play nice for today, but I will never let you have her,” Midas says as if he could read my thoughts.
“I can play nice, Midas. But trust me when I say, she will be mine. Sooner or later, she will see I am the better choice.” I retort.
Midas scoffs before storming into the driver’s seat of her car.
