His Twisted Heart by Ellie R Hunter
Chapter Thirty-One
Victoria
Pulling into the club, the prospect closes the gates as I park in my usual spot.
I catch sight of Mom storming into the bar, and I frown. Mom’s never angry.
Climbing out of the truck, I grab my purse and run into the bar where chaos is erupting. Mom’s yelling, Grandpa’s swinging his gun toward Luca, my dad standing with his arms crossed over his chest, and my brothers advancing slowly like predators to prey.
What the hell has happened? Alannah’s trying to talk to Grandpa, but the hell if I know what she’s saying.
Spying Emma sitting with Aspen and Penelope, I head over and sign, “What’s the hell is going on?”
Passing Penelope over to Aspen, she signs back, “They’re saying it’s Luca’s fault you lost your hearing because he broke your heart in Mercy. Pope wants Luca to pay for it.”
Oh, no. No, no, no.
How did my mom find out about what happened? Luca would never tell a soul. He doesn’t tell his business to anyone.
Spinning around, my skirt twirls around my ankles, and I nearly trip over the fabric in my haste to get between Luca and Grandpa.
I go to shove Grandpa’s arm down, but it doesn’t budge. This is embarrassing. Everyone’s staring. My cheeks heat with humiliation, wishing I hadn’t come to the club today. Trying to lower his arm is useless, so I step back and sign, “Don’t hurt him. He’s not worth it.”
Only his eyes move to track to my movements, but it works. He lowers the gun, and I manage to breathe.
“It’s his fault,” he mouths to me.
“No, it’s not.”
It’s taken a long time to see it myself, but the fault lies with the two guys fucking around with their guns. I should’ve seen Luca doing something terrible to hurt me coming.
“Please, Grandpa, leave him alone.”
The dirtiest smirk takes over his lips, sending a shiver of fear from my head, down to my toes. He jerks his chin over my shoulder, and I slowly turn to find my brothers fighting with Luca. You’d think two on one wouldn’t be a fair fight, but Luca’s holding his own.
I look to Cas to stop this, but all he does is move closer, keeping his eye on the punches being thrown. Sara hovers on the edge of the crowd, her fear of fighting shining as bright as her beauty. Cas allows the fight to continue for another minute before giving the signal for Zach and JJ to break it up.
They pull Luca and the twins apart, and Mitch steps in to hold Mason back when he goes for Luca in Zach’s arms. Luca spits out a mouthful of blood, but there are no visible injuries I can see. Mason has a cut under his eye, and Myles’ lip is busted.
I’ve seen all three of them fight many times, a few of them with each other, but I’ve never been the reason why. To be fair, the twins never need a reason to fight.
An arm wraps around me, and I shrug away from the touch, more concerned with making sure no one else tries to fight. I don’t need anyone’s pity, especially not a bar full of brothers.
Cas moves into my line of sight and calls for order. I move closer to him so I can read his lips.
“This is the only time fists are thrown against one another. Next time… well, don’t let there be a next time.”
He looks at me, his eyes full of pity. Great. Slowly turning around, everyone is staring, sending out even more pity.
I have to get out of here. I make it halfway across the bar when Luca blocks my way. Sara comes to his side, holding onto his arm, and guides his face around to look at her, but he jerks his head back so he can glare at me.
I watch his hands. “If only they knew the whole truth.”
I make sure my family isn’t watching. They’re the only ones around here who would know what he was saying.
A warm hand squeezes my shoulder, and I tear my eyes away from Luca to see Angel at my side.
“You okay? Do you want me to get you out of here?”
I love how he can read me, knowing here is the last place I want to be.
With one last look around the bar, I see my family arguing amongst themselves, and Luca is now focused on Sara.
“I’m good. See you later,” I sign.
I want to be alone, and I want to be at home where I’m going to stay forever and never come back here to face everyone who heard what went down today.