Page 158 of Lady Killer

His words sent me reeling. “What do you mean, not yet?”

Lips still pursed, Alister looked from the phone to me. “He said you lied last night, and now, she is going pay the price.”

The taste of bile rose in my throat. This couldn’t be happening. Not to Autumn.

“What else?”

Alister shot a dirty look over my shoulder as I blinked away tears.

“What?” Nixon appeared next to Everest and me. “What else does the message say?”

Alister stared down his twin, saying nothing.

“Out with it, Ali. She deserves to know.”

Alister clenched his jaw tightly.

“Autumn is dead, unless Luz does what the killer wants.”

“What? Of course, I’ll do it. What do they want?”

“No.”

“No?”

“No,” he repeated impassively.

“You can’t just say no!” I sputtered. “It’s not your decision to make!”

“No.”

“Alister, what does the killer want?” Lucian’s tone brooked no argument.

Alister leveled his brother a dark look. “She is supposed to go to a location, alone. She’ll receive further instructions once she’s there.”

“Where?” I demanded.

“You aren’t going.”

“I am if it saves Autumn.”

“You’re not—‍”

“Alister, the location.”

“Lucian,” he said, “she cannot go.”

“Give me the location or give me the phone. Your choice, brother.”

Alister scowled before throwing the phone over my head.

“Hey!”

“It’s a latitude and longitude, somewhere northwest of here,” he said, ignoring me.

“One of the men can scope it out. When does he want her there?”

“One hour.”

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