"Hey,” he says, now on his feet. “What’s our motto?” “Don’t start with me right now. I don’t need this sappy, blast-from-the-past pact bullshit.” “Say it, Ridge.” Dragging my words lazily, I say, “We will reign.” “Damn straight, we will, and no one, I mean no one, is going to get in our way. No one comes between us. We’re brothers—me, you, and Lev.” “She did, though. She came between us. She’s right in the center.” I wave the knife toward the center of our room. “A big fucking elephant sitting right there.” “She’s nothing to me.”
