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Chapter 23

❖Gabriel❖

"Shit."
That's the only thing River can say. The others are silence, waiting for me to explode.

My focus is completely on the name and picture that are showing on the screen.
Tom Wards. The fucker that has hurt my angel.

"Gabriel." Elliot tries.
"Don't." I say with force, unable to hide my anger.

"É un morto che cammina."
"Gabriel we need a plan first. You can't just marge into their territory and kill him. That would be a suicide mission." River tries to argue. He is always the one who keeps thinking straight.

"So, what is the plan?" Nicolaas asks.
"I don't know. I can't focus right now. We'll make a plan later today." My voice sounds low, dangerous, signaling te guys to stop asking about it.

"What about Anna?" Aro asks. "What do we tell her?" Joel finishes his brothers thoughts.
"Nothing!"The twins automaticaly take a step back at the force of my voice.
"We don't tell anything to her." I try to controle my voice a little more. "At least not yet. I don't want her to worry about things we might be able to control."
"I don't think it's a smart plan to keep this from her Gabe." River says.
"And I don't think you have a saying in this. I will tell her when I think the time is right. So for now, everyone keeps their mouth shut. Understood?!"
The guys nod slowly.
"Go back to your work. We've wasted enough time. Sbrigati!"
All of then jump back in action and I walk out of the room.

"Raphael!" I call to him and he follows me to the hall.
"I need you too warn the man. Tell them the Batstva has made the first move and that they need to be ready to answer.
In two days we will have a meeting at the warehouse and I expect everyone to be there."
Raphael hesitates to answer and I lift my eyebrow, waiting for what he is going to say.
"I have date with Christy tonight."
"The you better get the fuck out of here and start doing what I told you to do!"

I walk away, not waiting for his reaction. Knowing that if I would stay, I would end up hitting him straight in the face.

I make my way out of the house, needing to get this anger out of my system and there is only one place where I can do that.
The shooting area at our warehouse.

❖Anna❖

As soon as I finish cooking the guys walk into the kitchen.
"Do I smell..." Aro starts "Bacon!" Joel finishes and in the blink of an eye the twins are sitting at the kitchen table.
"Well, someone is hungry." I say while softly giggling.
"We skipped breakfast this morning." Nicolaas explains as he also sits down at the table. "So you are our saving angel." He says with a wink.
"Luckily for you guys, I made a lot." I start to set everything on the table I can practically see them drool over the food.

"Where are Gabriel and Raphael?"
"They..." Elliot starts, but he gets silenced by Rivers look. "Had to do something."
"Okay... I guess we'll just leave something for them then. Digg in."

The rest of the meal is quite. There is an uneasy mood hanging around the table. I don't know w hat happened this morning, but it got into these guys pretty hard.

After brunch, the guys decided to help me with cleaning.
"Before I forget." I say as I put the last plate back in the cabinet. "Can someone drop me off at school tomorrow? I have an exam and I'm not sure how to get there from here."
I notice the quick, slightly panicked look the guys give each other before answering me. "Maybe you should ask Gabriel about that."
"He isn't here, so I'm asking you."
"Anna," Nicolaas says, "ask Gabriel."
"Fine." I answer, not really happy with the outcome, but clearly they don't know what to say.