ALEX

"What the hell happened to you?" Luca asks as I walk through the hospital car park.

I'm really not in the mood to talk. So I glare at him and grab my car keys. Athena looked stressed so I'm hoping bringing Rayen will calm her mind as we wait for Sloane to wake up.

He will be heartbroken once he finds out his favorite aunt is in hospital. I don't even know how to break the news to him. Hell, I don't know how to tell him Athena is his mother. I'm still trying to find a way to explain that.

"I just saw Zayan and the whole clan walk into Athena's room. Aren't you missing out on the party?" Luca asks, and I halt my steps, turning to face him.

"What?"

He laughs, "She must have told you shit that bled your heart for you not to notice."

I lock my jaw.

"Pick up Rayen from his daycare and bring him here. Also-" I pause, stepping closer. "I want you to keep an eye on Athena. I don't trust anyone else to protect her."

Luca raises a brow, the playfulness fading,

"Do you have someone you suspect may be after her?"

"I do. But I'm not sure. I'll look into it once Athena is okay and Sloane stabilizes. Right now, they're my priority. Have Ryan organize a few of your men to stand guard on Sloane's door, too."

He nods. "Understood."

Luca Alessandro Russo might look like he was born in a suit and tailored charm, but underneath that easy grin and playfulness is a man carved by war and violence.


He trained in multiple countries, fluent in five languages, and capable of killing with anything as innocent as a leaf. He's more than just my best friend.

once known in military circles as II Generale Fantasma

whispered in elite

when Luca goes silent,

it's his loyalty that makes

to stand beside my family without turning the blade the second I turn my back. I also know that with him protecting Athena, nothing can hurt her. That's why even last time, I assigned him

says, and I

“Keep an eye on

I turn and rush back inside. I'm

not going to let him back in just because he

he made about marrying her made me fucking furious but I let him off because of

my wife. At first I thought he was just being close with no harm but

Isabelle asks as


a problem?" all heads turn to me. But my gaze Is

her spine is still straight like a fucking

she holds her

mine and

edge of my

fixed on

in," I say, keeping my tone level as I set

to

widen, her lips

Rayen?" she

Should be here soon. He doesn't know anything yet.

bring a child to a hospital

him fully now. "You better keep the knife where I can't see it. Trust


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