Chapter 5

Mateo

As soon as the door is closed behind me, Greg stands from the floor, dropping a bag of no-longer-frozen peas. "What the hell happened here?" I snarl, my eyes narrowing on him.

"Nyx, that fucking bitch." He growls back.

I roll my eyes, "I don't think she's going to be a problem anymore."

He cocks his head to the side, a confused look on his face. "I don't even want to know." He shakes his head and picks the peas up from the floor.

"I want this place locked the fuck down." I say over my shoulder as I reach the stairs.

"You got it, boss!"

When I reach the bedroom door, I hear the girls giggling on the other side; bringing a small smile to my face. Opening the door, I see they're laying on the bed next to Enzo. He's the first one to look my way and speak. "They really suck at pretending to sleep." He chuckles.

"What happened?" Luna asks, sitting up and pulling the blankets to cover her chest.

"Nyx showed up at the restaurant and stabbed Karrion." I close the door and walk toward the bed.

"She did what?" Aurora gasps.

"He's alive and pissed." Rubbing my hands down my face, I kick my shoes off and sit on the edge of the bed, facing away from them. "I tried to get her out of there, I promise I did."

"Mateo Tomasso Rossi," Luna scolds, jumping off the bed to stand in front of me, "Tell me you didn't leave her there to be killed!"

"He didn't give me a choice, Luna. It was either leave, or get myself killed."

"Where did I leave my phone?" Aurora mumbles, checking the night stands and dresser. Once she finds it, she taps the screen a few times and sits it on the dresser. The ringing sound fills the room before it goes silent.

"Hello?" A man's voice booms through the speaker.

"Where is my friend?" Luna shouts, putting her hands on her hips.

"Oh shit, one second please." He drawls. "What's your name?" A rustling sound comes through the speaker.

"Fuck yourself." We hear from Nyx.

"I'm sorry, Fuck Yourself is a little tied up right now. She's gonna have to call you back."

"Karrion, let me talk to her!" Luna demands.

"I'm fine, Luna." Nyx moans. Internally, I roll my eyes.

"Nyx, are you fucking him?" Aurora asks, leaning closer to the speaker.

"No," she squeals as a loud slap rings out, "He's fucking me."

"Ok, thanks for calling." Karrion laughs, "Let's catch up over coffee soon. Just us girls."

The line goes silent and we all exchange confused looks. "Well, that can't be good, right?" Rory questions.

"If there's anybody in this world that could fuck their way out of trouble, it's Nyx." Enzo jokes, earning another internal eye roll. Everyone has their panties in a wad over this bitch, and I don't understand it.

"I'm exhausted, I'm going to sleep." I pull my shirt over my head and kick my pants off before climbing in bed. "We'll figure out what's going on with Nyx in the morning." Enzo rolls to the side, giving me a quick kiss "I love you, Lorenzo."

"I love you, Teo." He responds, before settling on the other side of the bed.

Aurora crawls up my body, kissing along my jaw. "Goodnight, I love you." She whispers against my lips.

"I love you too, Peach." I kiss her before she slides off of me and lays her head on Enzo's chest.

He tilts her chin up to kiss her. "I love you." She smiles up at him.

"I love you." He grins and grabs Luna's arm. "I love you, Goblin." He pulls her face down so he can kiss her.

"I love you." She smiles against his lips, then kisses Aurora as well. "I love you, Peach. Goodnight."

"Goodnight, Luna. I love you!" Rory replies.

Luna climbs over them to snuggle in against my chest. "I love you, Daddy." She beams and kisses my nipple.

Wiping her hair from her face, I kiss her forehead. "I love you, Baby Girl."

As per usual, Enzo's snores are the first to fill the room, quickly followed by both girls. I'm always the last to fall asleep, needing to make sure everyone I love is safe before finally closing my eyes.

I'm startled awake by the sound of wood breaking. I try to sit up and look around, but my wrist is handcuffed to the bed.

"When I find those two, they're going to be sorry." Enzo shouts. "I'm fucking tired of being tied to beds."

Laughing, I jiggle the restraints. "I can't say this has ever happened to me before."

He digs through the nightstand until he finds the key to the cuffs. Once I'm free, we quickly dress so we can go find the girls. If they locked us both up, there's a great chance that they're off to do something they know we wouldn't approve of.

"Mornin' boss." Travis drawls once we reach the bottom of the steps.

"Where the fuck have they run off to this time, Travis?" I snap.

"They said they were meeting Rae for brunch. They left a note on the counter, boss." He pulls the paper from his pocket and hands it to me. Holding it in front of me, so Enzo can read too; I quickly skim the letter before folding it back up and putting it in my pocket.

"Why the hell would they handcuff us to the bed if they're only going for brunch?" Enzo asks, just as puzzled as I am.

I pull my phone from my pocket and call Aurora. She answers on the third ring.

"Good morning, my love." She chuckles, "Did you sleep comfortably?"

"I slept just fine, Peach. Waking up to the headboard being broken was less than ideal, though."

She giggles before responding. "Sorry about that, it was just a prank."

"Pranks are usually funny." I grumble. "There is nothing funny about waking up cuffed to a bed when your girls are hell bent on pissing off a psychopath." Laughter is all I hear through the speaker. "Are you drunk, Aurora?"

"OOPS, gotta go. We'll be home in a bit. Love you!" Luna shouts over Aurora's laughter.

"Those are YOUR girls." Enzo shakes his head.

"I can feel my hair turning gray." After walking into the kitchen, I open the fridge. "How do omelet's sound?"

"I'll cut the peppers and onions." His smile drops as he looks at his phone. "The tracker shows they're at Ihop."

"Who the fuck drives almost two hours away for brunch?" I slam the fridge closed and grab my keys from the hook with Enzo right behind me. "They're up to something, let's go find out what it is."