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"Good morning, Little Storm." Aspen says, turning away from her to adjust himself.

"Good morning, Little Fury. How did you sleep?" Blaze asks Ember.

"Better than I thought I would. Thanks to someone" She says with a sexy smirk.

"Good morning my Little Deity. Would you like some coffee?" Ezra says.

"Oh god yes, coffee sounds amazing right now." She replies as she sits down beside me. I place my hand on her thigh, drawing circles with my fingers and sliding my hand up and down.

"How do you take your coffee?" Ezra asks her with a smile. I can tell he knows I'm doing something by the way she is squirming in her seat.

"Just the Caramel Macchiato creamer that's in the fridge please." She replies back, with her hands together in front of her, like she is praying. She can get on her knees and pray to me, any day.

"So, what are you guys’ plans for today?" She asks all of us.

"I'm going to continue tracking your sister's phone, and I wanna go to her hotel room to see if she left a laptop that I can get into." I tell her as she takes a sip of her coffee and then looks at Blaze.

"What about you, Blaze?" She asks.

"I'm going to talk to a few buddies that are in some of the other families to see if they might know anything." He replies with a smile.

"Aspen and I are going to talk to our buddy Ozzy to see if he has heard anything about Iris' kidnapping." Ezra states as he finishes his coffee.

"What about you, Ember, what are your plans?" I ask as I finish my coffee.

"Vee and I have had tickets to this baseball game for a long time. So, I'm going to be gone all day with her."

We all just look at each other and then back at her.

"Do you think that's a good idea? After finding out your sister was kidnapped." Aspen asks.

"Yes, I can take care of myself. I must have something they want. Or else they would have taken me instead." She snaps at Aspen.

"Love, no need to get sassy." Ezra says to Ember as he walks over to her. Places his hands on her shoulders and pulls her into a hug. She goes stiff and looks uncomfortable for a minute. Once she relaxes into his embrace, he continues to speak.

"We just wanna make sure you are okay. You are the Mafia Don, we are your bodyguards and your hitmen. You are the Boss now, we are going to want to protect you now more than ever." Ezra states.

Chapter fifteen

Ember

Iwoke up this morning in my bedroom at my parents house and felt happy for the first time in a long time.

Then it hit me, both my parents were dead, and my sister had been kidnapped by some psycho. I still have no clue who took her, and the guys are trying their best to find out who it was. That turned my mood sour. Just thinking about Iris being missing, I know we didn't get along once I hit fourteen. She just stopped talking to me after everything happened with Dmitri. But still, she is my sister.

The guys have been gone all day, but Onyx has been around and checking in on me every hour or so to make sure I don't need anything. But he left right after Blaze got home to run some errands. Ezra and Aspen will be gone until the morning. I spent today just reading Stolen Base by Sirina Shadows. It was recommended to me one night when I was on the phone with my childhood best friend, Niko. His boyfriend Caden overheard me telling Niko that I was in a reading slump, and he said, and I quote, "You need to read Stolen Base, Bitch," as he snapped his fingers. He does remind me a lot of Onyx, it's weird, like they could have been twins. Then, the next day, it was at my door from Caden and Niko. I didn't even have the chance to go buy it.

Right as I finish the book, Blaze yells from the kitchen. "Ember dinners ready."

Getting off of the couch and walking to the kitchen, I get a whiff of something amazing but can't put my finger on what it is. "That smells amazing, Blaze. What is it?" I ask.

"Oh, it's homemade lasagna." He replies with a proud look on his face, dishing up some and putting it on a plate with some garlic bread. Then puts the plate in front of me.

"You make this from scratch?" I mumble around a mouth full of food, pointing at the lasagna with my fork.

"Yes I did and the garlic bread is homemade as well." He says with a huge grin on his face.

"Do you like it, Little Fury?" He asks with hope filled, ocean blue, puppy dog eyes.