chapter 7

The compound was on full lockdown the next morning. Guards doubled at every gate. Cameras swept every corner. Leo stood in the war room shirtless while a doctor changed the bandage on his grazed side. The wound stung but it was nothing compared to the ache in his ass from riding Kai last night.

Kai sat across the table cleaning his guns. His shoulder was bandaged too. Fresh blood had already seeped through the white gauze. He looked calm but Leo could see the tension in his jaw.

The Don slammed a folder on the table. "The Morettis are gathering at their main stronghold in Jersey. We hit them tomorrow night. Full force. No mercy."

Leo nodded. "I am going."

The Don looked at him hard. "You stay behind the lines. You are the heir not cannon fodder."

Leo opened his mouth to argue but Kai spoke first. "He goes with me. I keep him alive."

The Don stared at both of them for a long moment. He knew. Everyone in the room probably knew by now. The prince and his bodyguard were fucking. But nobody said it out loud.

"Fine," the Don said. "But if he dies Kai your life is over."

The meeting broke up with detailed plans. Routes. Timings. Who would lead which team. Leo and Kai stayed behind after everyone left.

Leo walked around the table and stopped in front of Kai. "You are hurt. Maybe you should sit this one out."

Kai stood up slowly. He towered over Leo. "I do not sit anything out. Especially not when they want your head."

Leo reached up and touched the bandage on Kai's shoulder. His fingers came away with a small smear of blood. "Then we do this together. And after we win I am fucking you until you cannot walk straight."

Kai grabbed Leo's wrist. "You talk too much."

He pulled Leo in and kissed him rough. Teeth clashing. Tongues fighting. Leo bit Kai's bottom lip hard enough to draw blood. Kai shoved him back against the table and lifted him onto it. Papers scattered everywhere.

Leo spread his legs instantly. "Here? Now?"

"Shut up."

Kai yanked Leo's pants down just enough. He slicked himself with spit and pushed inside in one brutal thrust. Leo gasped and gripped the edge of the table. Kai fucked him hard and fast right there in the war room. The table creaked under them. Leo moaned loud with every deep stroke.

"Harder," Leo demanded.

Kai gave it to him. One hand around Leo's throat squeezing just enough to make stars burst behind his eyes. The other stroked Leo's cock rough and fast.

Leo came first spilling over Kai's hand and onto his own stomach. Kai followed right after burying himself deep and filling Leo with hot cum.

They stayed locked together breathing heavy. Kai rested his forehead against Leo's for a second. Almost tender.

Then he pulled out. Cum dripped onto the table. Leo watched it with a satisfied smirk.

"Clean that up before someone sees," Kai said as he fixed his clothes.

Leo laughed. "Make me."

Kai gave him a warning look but the corner of his mouth twitched.

They spent the rest of the day preparing. Weapons checks. Final briefings. Leo insisted on joining the combat team. Kai did not fight him on it this time. They both knew they worked better together.

That night the tension was thick. They barely slept. Instead they fucked twice more. Once slow and deep in the shower where Leo rode Kai under the hot water until they both shook. Once rough and desperate on the floor because neither could wait to reach the bed. They switched roles each time. Leo making Kai take it and beg. Kai pinning Leo down and breeding him until Leo sobbed with pleasure.

By morning they were sore exhausted and wired.

The convoy left at dusk. Ten armored vehicles. Heavy weapons. Leo rode in the middle SUV with Kai right beside him. Their thighs pressed together the whole ride. No one in the car said anything about it.

They hit the Jersey stronghold just after midnight. The place was a fortress disguised as an old factory. Guards everywhere. Spotlights sweeping the grounds.

The attack started with explosions at the front gate. Chaos erupted. Rossi men poured in shooting. Leo and Kai moved with one of the lead teams.

Gunfire cracked through the air. Leo stayed low and fired back hitting two guards. Kai covered him perfectly dropping anyone who got too close.

They fought their way inside building by building. Blood sprayed the walls. Men screamed and fell. Leo took another graze to his arm. He ignored the pain and kept moving.

Halfway through the main floor they found a locked room. Kai kicked the door in. Inside were crates of guns and drugs. And three Moretti lieutenants trying to burn documents.

Kai shot one instantly. Leo took down the second. The third raised his hands in surrender.

"Talk," Leo ordered pressing his gun to the man's forehead.

The lieutenant laughed through bloody teeth. "You think this is the end? Your father has been playing both sides. There is a rat right at the top."

Before he could say more Kai put a bullet in his head.

Leo stared at the body. "What the fuck did he mean?"

"No time," Kai said. "Keep moving."

They pushed deeper. The fighting got uglier. Leo watched a Rossi man get his throat cut right in front of him. Rage boiled over. He emptied his clip into the attacker.

Kai grabbed him and pulled him behind cover. "Stay focused."

They reached the top floor where the Moretti boss was supposed to be hiding. The door was reinforced. Explosives took it down.

Inside the boss was not alone. He had six guards and a woman who looked like a secretary but held a gun like she knew how to use it.

The room exploded into violence. Bullets flew. Kai took down three guards in seconds. Leo shot the woman when she aimed at Kai. The boss tried to run for a back exit.

Leo chased him. Kai followed right behind.

They cornered the boss in a small office. He raised his hands. "Wait. I have information. Your bodyguard. He is not who you think."

Kai froze for half a second. Long enough for the boss to pull a hidden gun.

Leo reacted first. He tackled Kai out of the way. The bullet meant for Kai hit Leo in the side instead. Pain exploded through his body. He hit the ground hard.

Kai roared and emptied his entire clip into the Moretti boss. The man dropped dead.

Leo lay on the floor blood spreading fast under him. His vision blurred. Kai dropped to his knees beside him pressing hard on the wound.

"Stay with me," Kai growled. His voice cracked. "Do not fucking die on me Leo."

Leo tried to smile but it came out as a grimace. "Told you. I protect you too."

Medics rushed in. They loaded Leo onto a stretcher. Kai never left his side. His hands were covered in Leo's blood.

In the ambulance Kai held Leo's hand tight. "You idiot. Why did you do that?"

Leo whispered weakly. "Because you are mine now. Same as I am yours."

The last thing Leo saw before everything went black was Kai's face twisted with fear and something deeper.

Something that looked a lot like love.

Back at the compound the doctors worked on Leo for hours. The bullet had missed anything vital but he had lost a lot of blood.

Kai paced outside the operating room like a caged animal. When the doctor finally came out and said Leo would live Kai almost collapsed with relief.

He sat by Leo's bed all night. When Leo finally woke up hours later the room was dark. Only the machines beeped softly.

Kai leaned forward. His eyes were red. "You scared the shit out of me."

Leo reached for Kai's hand. "Worth it. Now get in this bed with me."

Kai shook his head but climbed in carefully avoiding the bandages. He pulled Leo against his chest.

They did not fuck. Not yet. Leo was too weak. But Kai held him tight and whispered against his hair. "Next time you take a bullet for me I will kill you myself."

Leo laughed weakly. "Liar. You would fuck me first."

Kai did not deny it.

Outside the room new reports were already coming in. The raid had been a success but the Morettis were regrouping fast. And the words from the dead lieutenant still hung in the air.

Your father has been playing both sides.

A bigger betrayal was coming.

Leo closed his eyes and pressed closer to Kai. "Tomorrow we find the rat. Together."

Kai kissed the top of his head. "Together."

But as they lay there tangled in the hospital bed the real war was only beginning.

And their obsession with each other was turning into something neither of them could control anymore.

The next attack would test everything.

And this time someone close was going to die.