Chapter 41: Wake Up Call
Max studied Salvatore’s face for a few minutes before his eyes went wide. "You’re a genius," he whispered, the awe in his voice easily heard.
Salvatore simply shrugged his shoulders before turning his attention toward the front.
"Dis be getting old," sneered Dimitri. "What’s with de crazy?"
"Not cookoo as in crazy, cookoo as in the bird. They be a brood parasite where they lay their eggs in other birds nests. That way, they don’t have to care for their babies; everything is done for them," smirked Max, his eyes flashing for a second.
"Are you calling my Pet a parasite?" demanded Désiré, clearly not impressed with Max’s explanation of Ronan’s idea.
"No," grunted Luca, nodding his head in approval of the new plan. "We’s let Alicia do all de hard work so dat Short Stack has a home when she comes back."
"If she comes back. Dis ain’t like normal times. There be no promise of her safety," pointed out Dimitri. "I’s finally figured out why some people kidnap deir woman and lock ’er in the basement. The second I’s find my Kitten, she’s never leavin’ again."
"Well, that escalated quickly," chuckled Luca, adjusting his backpack into a more comfortable position. "But I’s can’t say I disagree."
"We’s learn how to protect what’s ours better. Alicia knows this world, ’as ’ad visions forever about it. Follow ’her for now until our woman comes back. Agreed?" grunted Max, looking around at the men he considered his brothers.