Alex couldn't help but smile when Diana and Karter started bickering. They were surrounded by guns pointed at them, and yet they somehow managed to cut all of that out and focused only on each other.

Luciano's face expression almost made it worth it. It was a 'I-can't-believe-that-this-is-the-leader-that-has-cornered-me-like-a-rat-against-a-wall.' But he knew that Karter was like this only with Diana.

When one of the guards cleared his throat and they snapped at him immediately, Alex thought he was going to burst out laughing and would have to be carried out of the basement.

When Diana finally gave in and dragged Em out of the basement, Karter looked to him and his order rang in his head.

"Go with Diana. Protect her."

Alex shook his head. He knew that Karter would need him more here than she would. Karter looked furious.

And that's when a bullet hit him, Alex. Out of nowhere. It only hit his arm but the pain flared through his entire hand. He had been shot before but you never really get used to it. Before he could do anything, the firing started on both sides.

Immediately a group of guards covered up Luciano from all sides and formed a protective barrier around him.

Pussy. Alex heard Karter yell out.

The fight didn't last long. It was a quick one, considering that there were only twenty people in Luciano's gang and more than a hundred on Karter's side.

"I should get a look at that." A voice spoke behind Alex.

Alex had never met her before. "You new?"

"Nope. Been a part of this mafia for a year now." She replied as she took my arm to check the wound. If she meant for the statement to hurt him in any way, it didn't.

A year back, when Karter found out about Diana being alive, he had started hiring more security guards. Alex had been busy with... other missions.

The girl had made him sit down on a ledge at the corner of the basement. She dressed his wound "as best as she could" as Alex looked at his best friend whoop the asses of those who tried to hurt his sister.

Luciano somehow had escaped with one of his men. The rest of them were either tied up in a corner or injured and were lying on the ground.

As far as he knew no one was dead.
Once Karter took over his father, he had made sure to get an oath from everyone to never shoot to kill until unless really needed.

Though Karter was really good at it. This wasn't the job for him. He was someone who should have been able to go to college, get a job, and settle down. He didn't ask for any of this. But he never complained.

The Mafia was dumped on to him as a five-year-old boy. That couldn't have been easy.

"What's going to happen to all of them?" The girl spoke as she finished bandaging his hand.

"What about the bullet?" He asked.

"There is no bullet in your arm." She replied.

"What?"

"There is no bullet in your arm. It must have gone through you."

But Alex was standing in front of the men. If it went through him it must have hit someone else.

He was standing in front of...

Oh fuck.

He looked at Karter.

And there he saw it. There was blood on the back of his shirt.

"He needs medical attention right now. Get the medic." He whispered to the girl.

The less attention this got, the better.

He walked up to Karter, who was giving orders to treat anyone who was injured.

"Hey, Karter." He said

"Hey. How's your arm?"

"Good. We need to talk." He gestured him to come along.

Once he walked alongside him Alex told him his assumption. The blood could easily have been anyone else's. But he needed to make sure.

They left the basement and entered a guarded room. Karter removed his shirt to reveal a clean entrance for the bullet.

"How did I not feel it." Karter muttered.

"It is possible the rush of adrenaline hid the pain as you didn't take in what actually happened. A lot of people live longer because they are in shock." The doc replied.

"Will he be okay. Did the bullet hit anything important? "

"Excuse me. I'm very important." Karter muttered again.

"And very stupid," Diana said as she barged in.

"I thought the room was guarded." Karter said.

"Oh, you mean the two who just bought my fake tears and acting to meet my really stupid idiot of a brother?" She said.

Karter decided not to reply to that.

"You need surgery. I think you should go to a hospital." The doctor replied.

"I'll take him." Alex said.

"What will you tell the surgeon?" Diana asked

"That he was really stupid and somehow shot himself with the gun." He replied

"Yeah, they'll buy that."

"Really?"

"Yeah. Surgeons just want to cut into people. They don't really care why." Diana replied.

Alex laughed.

"I heard you got shot too." She said.

"Yeah. It was the bullet that hit me that hit your brother."

"So, you're both dumb." She stated.

Alex didn't have to reply to that as Em walked in.

"Is he going to be okay?" She said her face full of worry.

"Yeah, I will," Karter said as he kissed her on the lips.

Diana looked at him and raise her eyebrow.

When did this happen?

Alex shrugged.

But they looked good together.

"Alright, that's enough lovebirds." Diana spoke. "He needs surgery."

Alex looked at Diana. The only girl he ever properly liked. And now that he thought about it...

She ruffled his hair as they entered an ambulance.

"Take care of my brother." She said. "I'll clear things out here and come to the hospital."

Alex nodded.

He had liked her.

Now he loves her.

He loves her like a sister. And he will protect her with his life.

Heyyy.

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