Hidden Away [Mafioso Book #2] (SAMPLE)

Chapter VIII: 3 A.M.

*Thats Arsenio on the multimedia in his pilot uniform*

"Reena," A voice hissed over her followed by the shaking of her shoulders.

Startled, Serafina sat up in bed, blearily looking around her room as her vision adjusted to the darkness of the interior. Salvatore stood beside his twin's bed in a pair of sweatpants and hoodie, bracing his knees and looking at her expectantly.

"What?" She pouted and rubbed her eyes, looking like a petulant child with her disheveled hair and half-open eyes.

"No, please be a bit louder, I don't think China heard you," He snared as she glared at him.

"What?"

"It's 3 a.m."

"Okay? So?"

"And we're not grounded anymore, and to be honest, I could use with something to eat about now," He resumed suggestively, her face lighting up with realization. "So...what do you say?"

"Yes," Serafina grinned and got out of bed, pulling on a cardigan and her shoes before following her twin brother out the room, ensuring to have their phones on them before bounding down the stairs with her hand in his. The moment the guard's backs were towards them, they slid out the door and into the dark, getting into the BMW, Salvatore starting the car and driving off, a Range Rover close behind.

The drive was a quick one and they were soon at their destination. Getting out of the car, Salvatore locked the car with a beep and took hold of her hand as they walked across the street and into the apartment complex. They rode the elevator to the 8th floor before stepping out on the landing.

The hallway was desolate and quiet while they made their way to the apartment door, unlocking it, they maneuvered their way into the dark and stood before the bedroom. Slipping out of their hoes, the door opened noiselessly as they grinned at the sleeping figure on the bed. Counting to 3, they both jumped on the bed with a scream.

Soon 2 more voices joined into their screaming as their shrieks morphed into frightened ones rather than the deliberate ones they had begun with.

The lamp suddenly turned on as the twins jolted back at the sight of 2 faces. A girl with beautiful blonde waves sat before them, her hair tousled with a long face and fair complexion, her grey eyes looking at them with panic and fear as she clutched the sheets to her chest, her breathing erratic and uneven. The second face was that of their elder brother, his black hair standing up in odd angles with his blue eyes wide, staring at the twins in disbelief as his face was red with either anger or something close to it.

"You two!" He sighed, covering his face with his hands and shook his head at their antics.

"Bro, you didn't tell us you had a girl over," Salvatore stated. "Hi, Angelica," They grinned in sync, waving at her as if though they hadn't just given her a heart attack.

"She lives here now,"

"Oh! The next milestone," The twins spoke n sync once more. "Mom would be so happy,"

Arsenio only rolled his eyes at them before kicking them off the bed, both of them whining in indignation.

"Let me guess, you two suckers are hungry." He sighed, knowing his siblings too well as they grinned and nodded in confirmation. "Alright, give me a minute and I'll join you two in the kitchen,"

The two left the bedroom and settled onto the barstools of the counter, swiveling in their seats and waiting for Arsenio to join them and make breakfast for them.