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

𝕆𝕟𝕖 ℍ𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕕 ℕ𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕖𝕟

"Xerxes was pissed that his mom made him stay in the hospital after he clearly said he wanted to go home. Let her tell it he was whining to get his way as he always did as a child. To his parents, this was a sure way to make sure he healed the way he was supposed besides trying to plot to bring down Hana and Bruno.

"Hey, cousin," Jocelyn said, all happy as she walked into the room with his babies. Xerxes's head tilted to the side, looking behind her because he knew damn well Riley didn't let her leave the house with his children.

"Where's my wife?"

"Back at the manor. I told Ri I was coming to see you, and she asked me to bring the twins to cheer you up."

"Of course, she did. Give me my damn child...."

"Not happening, X. You know you can strain yourself like that," Jj said, walking in the door behind Jocelyn, smirking. Xerxes stared at him for a moment before speaking.

"What the fuck are you doing here?"

"Grumpy much?" Jj laughed, taking Xylia from Jocelyn as Raven and Jazz walked in. Raven quickly took Xavier. "Your Queen called, and we came. Shit, bro, you nearly gave me a fucking heart attack....."

"Right doesn't do that shit again, X. You could have died. Seeing you with all those tubes hooked up to you wasn't fun. I couldn't even look at you like that," Raven said, sitting on the edge of his bed as she sat Zavier in his lap. Seconds later, Jazz sat on the other side of him, pinching X's arms hard.

"Shit, Jazz!"

"Don't you ever fucking do that to me, again. You scared me half to death, godbrother. I can't lose anyone else." Jazmine pouted near tears. Xerxes stared at her for a moment before nodding and talking back to Jj.

"I thought I was fine... Riley told you about the plan? I need for you....."

"Xerxes, your ass ain't order to anyone at this moment. I'm talking to you as a Don and not family right now. Your ass is in no shape or form to be yelling orders. Let Riley and us handle this. The funeral is tomorrow, and everything is in place, but your ass will be staying right here," Jj said, making Xerxes look at him like he was crazy.

"You can boss your people around like that, but you ain't about to boss me...."

"Stop bitching, bro. J is right. Your ass ain't leaving this bed. I bet you can't even fucking walk without being in pain. Let Riley, Caleb, and me handle this shit. We have the Berg, Stevens, Yang, Abdullahi, and Bianchi's. Plus, the Scotts and Canadian's what you need to do is rest. Ma said, you can come home by the end of the week, and I think Aunt Ode and Uncle are staying until then. I don't know about the rest," Elijah said.

"We all are here, bro, the whole fucking Berg family. Those bastard are dying tomorrow, and that's a promise," Jj said, making Xerxes nod. He hated that couldn't help. This was his fucking battle, and he was confined to a damn bed.

"Don't you do that shit," Elijah said as he pulled Raven from the bed before she had a chance to see what was going on. It made her look at Elijah like he was crazy as Jj started to laugh.

"It nothing, Karesta. Xerxes's eyes started to change colors. He does that when he is showing his emotions. You never know what you going to get unless you know what the colors mean. Right now, he's upset." Jj said, making Raven look back at Xerxes.

"Cool, does he do that a lot?" Raven asked, all interested as she stared at Xerxes, looking back at her like she had lost it. Jazz laughed, making X's eyes shoot to her.

"Yeah, let them tell it he's crazy. Xerxes never learned how to express his feelings. I mean, he cried like a child and was a big ass crybaby as that...."