Page 41 of Vow of Darkness
I start to run towards the car he’s in but Rocco pulls me back.
“You will die,” he hisses into my ear. “And your death will be for nothing then.”
Leo starts shooting at the security guards and they fire back. I watch as Leo gets shot in the arm. He will die if we don’t leave right now.
“Get back to the car!” I shout. I glance at Giovanni in his car, smirking at me. This motherfucker thinks he is going to win. But I can’t get to him. I’ll be killed.
Rocco grabs my arm and shoves me towards our car. Leo is still firing at the guards while his arm is bleeding.
I make it into the car, as do Leo and Rocco, and I drive away from the mansion. Giovanni’s guards give chase.
“What the fuck were you thinking?” Rocco shouts. “Giovanni knows we know where he lives now. He’ll go on the move again. You wanted him dead. You! You fucked this up, Gabriel.”
“I know,” I growl, keeping an eye on the cars behind me. I need to ditch them. “But I saw Giovanni and I… I just had to kill him. I wasn’t thinking.”
“No, you were not.”
“They’re getting closer,” Leo says, motioning to the cars behind us. “You have to lose them.”
“I’m trying.” I pick up the pace until I can put some distance between us. My arm fucking hurts from where I was shot. My blood is seeping onto the nice leather of my seat. Fuck.
What was I thinking? I wasn’t thinking. I lost my fucking mind when I saw Giovanni and now I fucked everything up.
I make it into the city with the cars still following behind. At the first red light, I run through it, putting cars between me and Giovanni’s men. I pick up my speed even more until I lose sight of them.
I don’t stop driving until I make it back to my mansion. Giovanni doesn’t know where I live. He won’t find me here.
He won’t find Aurora.
I slam on my breaks, causing Leo to slam against the backseat.
“The fuck?” he mutters.
I get out of the car without a word.
“Gabriel?” Rocco asks, following behind. “You’re bleeding. You need to get that looked at.”
“I’m bleeding too,” Leo says. He stumbles out of the car, gripping his arm.
“That’s because you were firing at those guards and being an idiot.”
“Gabriel is the one who started it. I was just following him.”
Rocco sighs. “Gabriel –.” He reaches out for me but I jerk away.
“Just go home, you two. Stay safe. I know I fucked up. I don’t need a lecture.”
“We’ll find Giovanni again,” Leo says. “I’m sure of it.” But even he doesn’t sound convincing to my own ears.
“I just need him dead,” I growl.
Rocco places his hand on my arm. “We’ll get him. But you can’t lose your cool next time or you’ll be dead and I like having you as a boss, despite you being younger than me.”
“I know.” I don’t say anything else as I storm inside my house. Rocco and Leo can get themselves home.
In this moment, I know I need to see Aurora. I went into her room the other day to find her touching herself. The reason I went into her room in the first place was because I just wanted to see her. I couldn’t get myself to admit that though.
I need her.
