Kissing the Killer: A Bad Boy Mafia Romance (Barone Crime Family) (12 page)

“Fuck, I want to see that face when you come,” he said. He pulled back and spun me around. Before I could say anything, he hooked my legs under his arms and lifted me up into the air. I wrapped my hands around his neck as he lowered me down onto his cock.

“Oh shit,” I gasped. He kissed me hard as he started to fuck me, pressing my back against the tree. The bark was rough against my shirt, but that only made me so much wetter. He held me there, supporting me with his strong arms as he fucked my pussy, dropping me down and lifting me up, his hips pressed up against me.

I moaned loudly, unable to stop myself as he fucked me deeply like that, kissing my mouth, grunting along with me. I took his thick cock in my tight little cunt, letting him slam deep between my legs.

I felt the orgasm building again, pulsing in my pussy. He growled as he fucked me deep and rough, slamming into my tight cunt, his big cock filling my every inch.

“Come for me, girl,” he grunted. “Come on this big dick.”

I couldn’t stop myself. I felt the orgasm break like a river over my whole body. I began to tense and shake as he fucked me relentlessly. The orgasm rolled through me, bowling me over and washing away my mind, filling me with blissful pleasure. I was amazed by how easily he filled me and fucked me and made me come, but I could barely think.

There was only his cock and my orgasm, rolling through my body.

“Fuck. That face you make as you come,” he said. “Tips me over the fucking edge.”

I felt him thrust harder, deeper inside me. He tensed as he came deep inside me, and I moaned, imagining his white-hot cum filling my little pussy.

Slowly his thrusts ended, and he put me back down onto the ground. I leaned against him as he leaned against the tree, panting, trying to steady myself.

“Holy shit,” I said.

“Yeah,” he grunted. “I agree.”

We got dressed then, even though I didn’t want to be apart from him, not for a single second. When we were done, I pressed myself against his chest and he held me.

After a few minutes passed, he spoke softly. “We should get going,” he said.

“Yeah,” I answered. “I guess.”

“They’re probably looking for us. No need to freak them out too much.”

“Okay.”

He pulled me back and smirked. “Don’t worry. I’m with you.”

“Yeah. I know. Come on.” I walked off, back toward the house. He caught up with me, grinning to himself.

I was glowing from the orgasm, practically floating on air. I couldn’t believe how he made me feel, every single second I was around him.

He was right. Things were going to be okay, because he was here and he was staying.

W
e weren’t exactly confined
to our room after that, but Kasia strongly suggested that we didn’t leave the room or run off again.

Apparently, when I lost my guard, the whole compound went into lockdown mode. When we showed back up an hour later, they were pretty fucking pissed. Emma was apologetic, but if we weren’t really prisoners, why the fuck did I care?

But she wanted this to work out. She believed in these women. I had to admit that I was starting to see that they might not be so fucking bad. Maybe they even had our best interests at heart. But I didn’t like not having any power, didn’t like being confined to the room.

Before I lost my guard, I did see the things Emma had mentioned. Except where she saw nice women waiting alone in their rooms, I saw strung-out junkies in detox, suffering through the shakes. This place was more about getting these women clean than anything else, and I suspected we had more freedom than any one of them did.

I couldn’t believe this place even existed. It must have been a logistical nightmare to keep it a secret, and I had to admit that I understood why they wanted to keep us from running off. If we spilled the secret, then all this hard work was for nothing.

Emma and I ate in bed together and stared at the television until we both eventually fell asleep early, so beyond exhausted.

I had a dream. In that dream, we were back in the Voodoo room. Emma was wearing a long, flowing dress, and she kept smiling at me. Every time I tried to reach for her, she kept running away. The room got longer and longer, and she got farther away. I looked back and saw Louisa Barone following me, wearing a black mask and laughing. She began to fire a gun, loud cracks and pops.

I jolted awake. I sat in bed, breathing deeply and listening. I heard the cracks and pops again and realized that I wasn’t dreaming.

Those were fucking gunshots coming from outside. I heard yelling, and Emma began to stir beside me. I slipped out of bed, getting my clothes on.

Emma sat up. “What’s happening?” she asked.

“Stay here,” I said.

“Wait, Brooks.” She started to get up.

I quickly walked over to her. “Listen. Hear that? Those are gunshots. I think this place is under attack.”

“Who would attack this place?”

“The mafia. I’m guessing they finally found it.”

“There’s no way. Why now?”

“I don’t know. But I have to check it out, and you need to stay here.”

“I can’t. I’m coming.”

“No, Emma,” I said. “You might die out there. I’ll be back as soon as I know what’s going on.”

She stared at me and wanted to argue, but finally she nodded her head. “Okay. I trust you.”

“Good.” I kissed her once, quickly, and then turned and went to the door.

The handle was locked. I sighed and knocked. “Hey!” I called out, but nobody answered.

I stepped back and then kicked the door, hard, just above the handle. It buckled. I kicked it again, and it snapped open, a small spray of wood flying out into the hallway.

I glanced back at Emma and then stepped out into the hall.

It was empty. Our guard was gone, and every other door in the hall was shut tight. I guessed they were all locked, and most of these thin junkie girls couldn’t break a door down. I moved silently down the hall, heading toward the window that overlooked the front of the house.

Dark cars were parked out front, and I saw the flashes of guns firing off. I guessed that downstairs the guards were holding these men at bay, but I couldn’t imagine they’d hold them for long.

I needed to get a better look at the situation. If there was any way we could escape from here, it needed to happen now while the fighting was still going on. Otherwise we were going to get slaughtered with everyone else in here.

I couldn’t let that happen.

I quickly moved toward the stairs and peered down. I couldn’t see any of the fighters, but the sound of gunfire was rattling up the stairwell. I slowly moved down, keeping myself low and light as I peered over the bannister.

I quickly took in the situation. The women were arrayed along the first floor, firing out the windows. The downstairs was riddled with bullet holes and destruction, and shrapnel and bits of wood and glass flew around the space.

The women looked like they knew what they were doing. They were competent and not panicking as they returned fire. There were other women moving around the space, handing out ammunition and dealing with any minor injuries that popped up.

I slipped down the steps and pressed myself against an inner wall as I moved toward the back of the fighters. Nobody bothered to look up as I made my way toward the back of the house. There were fewer women back there returning fire, since the brunt of the attack was coming from the front.

“Brooks.”

I looked over and saw Kasia sitting in an easy chair, a bandage on her head and shoulder. I made my way over to her, keeping low.

“Got hit?”

She nodded. “Just a shoulder wound. Can’t fight though.”

“Let me see.” I moved her bandage and took a look at the wound. It went straight through her, which was good, but she wasn’t going to be using that arm anytime soon. I pressed the bandage back down.

“You’re okay,” I said.

“I know.” She frowned at me. “I need you to do something for me, Brooks.”

“I’m not fighting,” I said. “I’m not showing my face to those guys out there. They know me.”

“Not that. I need you to get the girls out.”

I frowned. “Why me?”

“We can cover your retreat. You’re the only person here with the skills to pull this off.”

“Send one of your fighters. I’m getting Emma and we’re getting the fuck out of here.”

“Brooks.” She grabbed my arm, her face serious and intense. “We’re going to get overrun soon. Once that happens, I can’t protect everyone. I think the fighters can get away, but the girls upstairs? They’ll be killed or captured and put back into slavery. You can stop that.”

“How? If you haven’t noticed, you’re surrounded.”

“They’re weak in the back,” she said. “We’ll concentrate our fighters there, get you some space.”

“Then what? Run around the woods?”

“There’s a van hidden deep in the forest toward the road. There’s a path that’ll take you right to it.”

“How do you know they haven’t found that already?”

“If they have, we’re all dead. You have to try.”

“Fuck,” I said, looking around.

This was not what I wanted. I didn’t want to be responsible for these women. I was a fucking hit man, a killer. I wasn’t the type of person who saved the lives of innocents.

But then again, I was. I’d saved Emma and I was working to keep her alive. Maybe it would be easier to sneak through the lines with just the two of us and find that van, but would that be the right thing?

“Guns,” I said. “And a vest, if you can spare one.”

“No vests. But here, take mine.” She nudged a rifle toward me. I grabbed it, checked the clip, chambered a round, and then slung it over my shoulder. She handed me extra ammunition, which I shoved into my pockets.

“The key to their doors?” I asked her.

She made a face. “Their doors aren’t locked, Brooks. Only yours. We didn’t trust you.”

“Can’t say I blame you.”

“Please, Brooks, save the girls.”

I stared at her, torn. Maybe I could get Emma, sneak away with just her. We could probably make it in all this chaos.

“Okay,” I said. “Fuck, okay. I’ll try.”

“Good. I’ll give the orders. Go.”

I stood. “Don’t die, Kasia. You’re going to owe me big for this.”

She grinned at me. “I’m tough to kill. Now get moving, killer.”

I turned away and went back through the house, staying low. Kasia began to shout orders as I moved back up the stairs, dodging bullets and broken wood as I went.

What the fuck was I thinking? My only responsibility was for Emma. She was the only person I cared about, the only one I wanted to survive all this. Now, though, I’d decided to take on a bunch of strung-out junkie girls.

There was no way this would work. We were going to get mowed down. There were just too many of us.

When I got to the top of the stairs, I stopped, surprised by what I saw.

Emma was gathering the girls out in the hallway. She was dressing them in black, or at least making them wear black. The girls were actually listening, or at least as much as they could.

I counted twenty plus me and Emma. It was a big pack, but Emma seemed good at communicating with them. The girls that were too strung out were being supported by other girls. I quickly walked up to Emma.

“We need to go,” I said.

“We’re not leaving these women,” she said fiercely.

I grinned at her. “You think I’d do that?”

“Maybe. I’m not sure.”

“I won’t lie and pretend like I hadn’t thought about it, but Kasia down there was convincing, so we’re all making a run for it.”

She frowned at me. “Really? You’re going to help these women.”

“Better fucking believe it. Tell them to get their shit together. We leave in two minutes.”

Emma nodded at me, determination etched on her face. She went back to the group of girls and began to explain what was happening. Word rippled out in several different languages as the girls finished pulling on their darkest clothing.

It was a sad fucking bunch. Twenty skinny, young girls, all of them terrified. At least three of those girls were being actively supported by others, too strung out to run on their own. And there wasn’t a single common language between everyone.

But watching Emma talk to the girls, I thought we might have a chance. She was incredible, explaining with body language and her hands, or using another girl to translate wherever she could. Somehow she managed to get the girls loosely lined up, dressed in black, and ready to go.

“Did you explain to them what’s happening?” I asked Emma as she came over to me.

She nodded. “We’re making a run for it.”

“We’re going out the back. Once we’re outside, if they want to survive, they can’t stop moving and they can’t get separated from the group. Can you get that across?”

She nodded. “Okay.”

“And, Emma.” I pulled her close to me, speaking into her ear. “Keep yourself alive. Please, whatever you do.”

“I will. You too.”

I let her go and nodded.

Emma went back into the group and explained the plan. Once word was sufficiently passed along, I motioned for them to follow.

We made our way downstairs, back down into the fighting. There were fewer women firing out the front as we made our way through the house and back into the kitchen. Kasia was on her feet, looking pale but determined.

“Ready?” she asked me.

“Are you?”

She grinned. “You’ll like what we have in store for you.”

“Where’s that path again?”

She pointed. “Straight back. It’s a bit overgrown now, but if you head for that tree with the forking arms, you’ll see it.”

“Got it.” I looked at Emma. “Tell the girls.”

As Emma relayed the next message, I scouted out the back window. There were fewer men back there, probably mainly meant just to keep us pinned inside as they slowly pushed in through the front.

Which was good and bad. It was good that the back was left weaker, but they did expect us to try to push out from there. The men in the back were likely farther in the woods, waiting.

Kasia was stalking along her fighters, cheering them on. Emma finished communicating with the girls, all of who looked fucking terrified as all hell.

I held up my weapon and steadied myself.

“Okay!” Kasia called out. “Brooks, you ready?”

“Roger that,” I said.

Kasia got this wicked fucking grin on her face. “Girls, light it the fuck up.”

Suddenly the fighters all began firing at once. Kasia held up her hand, keeping us in place as we gathered at the back door.

“Now!” she yelled.

Three fighters appeared at the windows with shoulder-mounted rocket launchers. I stared at them, shocked, as they fired the rockets out into the forest.

Explosions concussed the whole area, laying low trees. A fire raged out in the forest, and I could hear men screaming.

The fighters doubled down on their firing, filling the air with lead.

“Go, go, go!” Kasia yelled, throwing the door open.

I was the first one out. I had my rifle up, aiming forward, running like all hell. I could feel Emma and the girls on my heels, moving just behind me.

The backyard was a short slope of short grass. There was about twenty or thirty feet of open air before we got to the burning woods.

Bullets began to bite the air around me. I fired at the muzzle flashes I saw, but I couldn’t stop, couldn’t slow down. I went straight for the forked tree, searching for the path.

And I found it. The fires were raging on either side of the path, since clearly the fighters had aimed away from our escape route. I spotted a gun thug and fired a few rounds into him just as I burst into the forest and onto the path.

I heard some girls screaming and yelling. I looked back and noticed one had stumbled and fallen.

“Fuck, come on!” I yelled. I spotted another thug and filled him with lead, his body exploding with red.

I turned and went back, pushing the other girls forward along the path. I grabbed the fallen girl by the arm and lifted her up. The girls that had been helping her along were both dead.

I didn’t have time to help them. I threw the girl over my shoulder, grunting under her weight, and then stood. I moved, gun up, following Emma and the girls.

It was total chaos. I fired my weapon, but I wasn’t sure if I hit anything as bullets continued to rain down around us. We followed the path, running like hell, and soon enough the sound of clattering gunfire began to recede into the distance.

We weren’t safe yet, not by a long shot. The thugs were likely coming after us. I caught up to the main group and moved through them, carrying the girl on my shoulder. Emma nodded at me as I took over the lead and continued down along the path.

The forest was deep and dark. The only light we had was from the half-full moon up above us. We were lucky that it was a clear night at least as we picked our way along the path. It was narrow and barely used, but I was able to follow its twists and turns through the thickets and the pines.