25. Luis
Chapter twenty-five
Luis
We finish up cleaning downstairs and Reyes takes the towels, throwing them in the wash. We stalk up the stairs and into her bedroom, seeing her sprawled across her bed, already passed out. Reyes and Damien let out a low chuckle.
“Once again, she’s probably sleeping like the dead. I’ll go get the ointment so we can add some to her back before we move her under the covers.” Reyes whispers, heading for her bathroom.
She hasn’t even stirred so she must’ve gone to sleep right after her shower. Walking up to the bed, I start pulling her shirt up slowly, she still doesn’t stir. Reyes goes to the other side and starts applying the medicine making Raven jerk slightly, but she never wakes up. Maybe she only sleeps this hard when we’re around? Putting a bandage over it, we lift her up on the bed while Damien pulls the covers up over her. We all take a step back just watching and listening to her soft snores.
“I’ll go use one of the guest bathrooms to get cleaned up.” Damien whispers, then walks out of the room. I’ve always wondered why she had such a big house, but lived alone. Maybe she wanted this to be her forever home? Something for herself that she never had? Reyes patting me on the shoulder pulls me from my thoughts.
“I’m going to do the same. You good, brother?” Reyes questions, giving me a half grin.
“Yeah, I’m more than good, brother.” I look at him and smile back. We both look to Raven, and I can’t help the smile that riddles my face as he shakes his head and leaves the room. Walking into her bathroom, I take a quick shower. Toweling off, I grab my sweats and slip them on before going to get in bed beside her. I freeze when I hear her phone begin vibrating non-stop. Picking it up, I see it’s from an unknown number.
Unknown: I told you to get rid of them or I would.
Unknown: You are mine to own, Sweetness. No one else’s.
The guys walk in and I look up at them. They both look at me, then to the phone in my hands, probably noticing the concern I know that’s written on my face. Fuck, I’m at a loss for words at this point.
“What’s wrong? Why do you have that look on your face? Wait, is that her phone?” Damien asks, his tone low and full of worry. Handing it to them, they look at the messages then back at me.
“Yeah, this shit has got to stop. Now he’s threatening her with us. We need to find this person and soon. I don’t understand what his motive is, but I’m not giving him a chance to get close to her again.” I whisper aggressively. Time for me to change out all her cameras and codes, whether she likes it or not.
“From now on, one of us is always with her. Period. I won’t risk her for anything.” Reyes demands and we nod in agreement. Climbing in bed, they follow suit. We will deal with this in the morning when she’s awake and we can figure it out together. This needs to end, she doesn’t deserve to live like this, not after everything she’s been through.
Kissing the side of her head, I wrap my arm around her middle, she lets out a peaceful sigh as her nose wrinkles at the movement. I close my eyes, finally drifting off to sleep with the one thing on my mind I’m scared to lose in this world, HER.
Waking up in a tangled mess of limbs, I look up at Raven who is staring at me in awe.
“What is it, Bella Ragazza?” I whisper, my voice still raspy from sleep. That just makes her face light up with the biggest smile,
“Don’t tell anyone, but I like waking up like this. With all of you. I don’t know, I’m just… happy, I guess.” She cheers in a low voice, leaning over to kiss me. Sliding my hand into her messy hair and deepening the kiss, she groans. Pulling away, she sits up and looks at Reyes and Damien, still asleep with their arms stretched out to touch her.
“Stay here, I’ll be right back.” I whisper and she gives me a small nod. Quietly going into her bathroom and getting what I need, I climb back into bed, sitting behind her as she turns her face towards me.
“What are you doing?” She questions, giving me a small smile.
“Shh, let me do something. Just turn around.” I reply, grinning back, watching as she’s doing as she’s told. Running the brush through her hair, I gently pull her head back and start braiding it. After I’m about halfway done, she whispers,
“When did you learn to braid, Sunshine?” Her tone full of curiosity.
“Hmm, that’s a secret for another day.” I quietly chuckle and she slaps my leg. Finishing up and tying the ends, I lean in and plant a long kiss on her shoulder.
“Come on Princess, let’s go make some coffee. We have a few things to talk about.” I murmur. Her brows furrow and the smile falls from her face. Fuck, I hate being the one to remove that smile I love so much. Crawling to the end of the bed, she gets off, reaching a hand out for me. Doing the same, I lace my fingers with hers and we walk downstairs. She goes up to the coffee maker to start it, then turns back to me with a questioning glance folding her arms over her chest.
“Don’t kill the messenger, first off. Last night you got another text. Now, before you say anything, I only looked at it because it kept going off. Wasn’t sure if it was important or anything. So here’s what we’re think–” I don’t even get to finish before she cuts in.
“First, I don’t care that you looked at my phone, but they sent another text, didn’t they? What did it say?” She inquires, seeming irritated already just as Reyes and Damien walk into the kitchen. Reyes hands her the phone and presses his lips to her forehead, causing her to blush.
Walking over, I pour her a cup of coffee and make it how I know she likes it before handing it to her. Throwing her phone down on the counter, she grabs the coffee and takes a couple of long pulls. Me and the guys share a knowing glance.
“Wanna hear our plan, Angel?” Damien coos in a soothing voice, rubbing her arms. Rolling her eyes, she takes another sip of coffee.
“Sure, please fill me in, because if not, I’m going on a stabbing spree.” She seethes, her attitude full force now.
“So we’re thinking, change out all the cameras and your codes, even to the gate. One of us will always be with you. I know that’s how it is now, but we will rotate out.” I declare, and she just looks at me like I’m insane.
“Y’all have businesses to run and jobs of your own. I don’t need a babysitter.” She retorts and I would expect nothing less from her.
“We aren’t babysitting you. You act like we don’t want to spend time with you anyways, this will just give us that time.” Reyes laughs and she just rolls her eyes again. Finishing her coffee, she sets the cup in the sink.
“Whatever, I’m going to get dressed. Whoever has babysitting duty first better be ready in ten minutes.” She huffs in annoyance and walks off. We all let out a full belly laugh.
“I’ll stay here and work on her cameras and stuff today, then go to the shop and catch up.” I state, pulling out my phone and ordering what I need.
“I’ll go to Osiris first. I got a few cars that need to be finished up.” Damien quips, then walks out of the room.
“I’ll go to the gym and help her train, then we can come to the shop unless Eddie has jobs for her. I’ll fill him and Zeke in on our plan while we’re there.” Reyes raps out, still drinking his coffee.
“Okay brother, I just ordered the shit I need and it should be here by lunch. I’ll have to go get my laptop in order to program it and set up the extra firewalls. No one gets these codes but her immediate contacts, and don’t let her text the code either. For all we know, he’s watching her phone too.” I inform, the command thick in my tone. He just nods in reply, finishing up as he walks out too. Let the motherfucking shitshow begin.