Next in Line (Monarch of the Kohler Mafia) Book 5 of the Köhler Series

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Once Xerxes got himself together, he and Riley walked back into the house. Soon as they stepped foot in the living room, everyone's eyes were on him. X knew they were staring at his eyes, trying was it safe to say something dumb.

"You good baby brother?" Talia asked, breaking the ice. Xerxes nodded as he went to sit in the far-left corner of the room. Riley was right behind him, sitting down in his lap.

"Heav or Veah set me up an appointment with one of you first thing Monday morning," X said. Both look to their father then back to him.

"Grandma Barb has someone coming in to work with you. Dad thinks it would be best if it's someone that won't be biased."

"You mean someone that will actually tell y'all that I'm crazy?"

"Xerxes, you are not fucking crazy. FUCK! I wish everyone would stop saying that shit," Peyton said, stomping away. Everyone looked at one another, shrugging their shoulders.

"She's right. Adriel isn't crazy, so all of you can take your stupid fucking theories and shove them where the sun doesn't shine."

"Okay, enough about what I am. We came home early for a reason. Gen, you and Vince need to check our security. Kayden claims they been watching us," Xerxes said as Genesis looked up at Lucas then back to him.

"That impossible. No one can break our firewalls, and if anyone tried, it would set off an alert to all of our phones," Gen said, grabbing Vince by the arm pulling him to the IT room. Making Lucas get up rubbing the back of his neck as he sat next to X and Riley.

"You sure you good, bro?"

"I don't want to talk about it. Have you two set a date yet?" Xerxes said, avoiding Lucas's question. His brother stared at him for a moment nodding his head.

"Two months from now. Gen's excited. Even more excited when I told her it could be in that blush pink color she likes so fucking much."

"You in pink that I can't wait for," Xerxes said, chuckling, making Lucas shake his head. "You know you have to wear it too," Luke said with an eyebrow raised and a smirk.

"That doesn't bother me at long as my future sister-in-law is happy," Xerxes said, causing Riley to smile and kiss him on his cheek. At that, every moment, Gen sent him a text telling him to meet them in the IT room.

Xerxes lifted him and Riley from the chair. She wrapped her legs around him like a baby and refusing to get down. X just smiled, kissing her cheek walking them to the room with Gen and Vince.

"Riley, why... You know what, nevermind. Xerxes, we have a problem," Vince said, pointing that the computer screen. "X, we don't know how that could have happened. I promise yo­­..."

"How do we fix this?"

"Rebooting the systems... but that would make us vulnerable," Genesis said, chewing on her bottom lip.

"What you mean by vulnerable Gen?

"Well, Vin and I kind of linked all the security into one. So, if we shut down this, everything in all of our houses shut down too. That means no panic room, bulletproof wind...."

"Gen, wait! What if we activate everything before we shut down the system? Force a lockdown and a hard reboot at once?" Vince said. Genesis thought about it for a moment, then started to type.

"That may work."

"Good because I know that's what they want us to do...."

"Or be scared to cut the switch. Adriel, they are planning an ambush," Riley said. Xerxes nearly dropped her thinking. They were after their babies.