Chapter 0814 Nina

I was dozing lightly on the couch, one hand resting on my swollen belly and the other under my head. It was a particularly hot and humid evening, and even with the windows open and the breeze coming in, I couldn't seem to find relief.

It wasn't the heat, though, that was keeping me awake. The sun was already coming up, but I had hardly slept a wink that night. Enzo was on his mission to the warehouse with the others, and there was no sleeping with him gone.

No, not after what had happened with Mila. There was no way in hell I could sleep easily after I had already lost him once. So, I had spent the night tossing and turning on the couch, barely paying attention to old movies on the television and always keeping my car keys in sight, just in case I needed to run to his rescue.

With a strained sigh, I carefully rolled over and let out a soft groan. "Goddess, you're gonna be big like your father, aren't you?" I cooed softly to the baby in my belly.

I was just going on seven months along, and already I felt like I was about to burst. I imagined that the baby would be tall like her father. Although, the thought of that made me smile.

My smile faded, however, when the sudden slam of the front door jolted me out of my reverie. Blinking blearily, I sat up just as Enzo stormed into the living room, with Matt hot on his heels. The look of thunderous fury on my husband's face immediately set me on edge.

"Enzo? What's going on?" I asked, my voice laced with concern as I struggled to my feet. "Is everything okay?"

Rather than answering, he simply strode over and slapped a crumpled piece of paper down on the coffee table in front of me. The anger rolling off of him in waves was palpable. "Look at this," was all he said, his voice a low growl.

Frowning, I sank back onto the couch and grabbed the note, quickly scanning the messy scrawl.

"Thought you could pull one over on us so easily, Enzo? -J"

J?" I asked, lifting my gaze to glance back and forth

his jaw working. "I don't know. But clearly the Schreibers were expecting our raid on

kept our operations as close to our chests

writing again. "But whoever this 'J' person is almost seems

frowned, pinching the bridge of my nose wearily. J... J. I didn't know anyone with that initial, aside from Jessica, of

yet, whoever this 'J' person was seemned to know Enzo; or at least, they knew

me what happened," I finally

stalked over to the fridge and pulled out a bottle of beer despite

the top of his bottle and took a swig. "Everything except for this

"Everything

disheveled hair. "They must have caught wind of our plan and cleared out before we could get there. Left that damn note mocking us, and now we're back at

their careful planning and preparation... for nothing. The Schreibers,

once more and Daphne darted inside, out of

lock of red hair out of her face. "But it's empty too, Enzo. No signs they were ever

a bitch!" Enzo's hand came slamming down on the table,

a reminder of the destruction Mila had done on his brain. His shoulders

arms around his rigid torso from behind. "Hey, it's okay.

a humorless laugh, still refusing to turn

face. My arms

silent, suddenly finding great interest

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