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“Radmir,” he corrects me.

I bite my lip. I’ve chewed at it so much I can taste blood.

“Radmir, I might be the only one who can help you get Ruvim back.”

He stands up, his eyes are dark and grey and threatening. He points his finger into my face and snarls when he speaks.“Don’t you dare say his name,” his voice so low it’s like a blade cutting against my heart.

I nod weakly. He will never forgive me.

I don’t know what to do.

Chapter 24 - Radmir

When Jade walks into my living room it’s like someone has dropped me into a pool of ice water.

My entire body goes rigid, my heart freezing in shock and my breath knocked completely out of my lungs.

At first I can’t tear my eyes off of her, and then once I manage to—I can’t bear to look towards her again.

I can smell the delicate scent of her skin, even though she isn’t too close to me. I want to reach out and touch her, I want to forget what she has done and pretend that all of it was just a bad dream.

But she had my brother taken. She orchestrated the entire thing and now he’s in danger. We might lose him.

I clench my jaw and fidget with my nails.

“What do you want,Jade?” it’s difficult—the shape of her name on my lips causes pain in my heart.

“I want to help.”

All I can do I laugh. “You want to help do you? How sweet. What would you like to do? Invite the Enzo’s over for dinner and have them take me in my sleep?”

I force myself to keep my eyes turned down. Away from her. I won’t let her tempt me, just the sight of her is like an elixir I’ve been dreaming of tasting again.

“Rad—“ she murmurs, her voice soft and warm.

“Radmir,” I correct her. We are no longer that familiar with each other. In fact, I have no idea who this woman is, only what she let me see.

“Radmir, I might be the only one who can help you get Ruvim back.”

In all honestly, this might be true. And her holding that over my head like a weapon infuriates me.

I stand up and step towards her, the warning and coldness if my words is not hidden in my voice. “Don’t you dare say his name.”

She nods, looking at me with desperation in her eyes.

I’d be desperate, too. If I’d done what she did and now, I would be pleading for my life.

She takes a slow breath and lifts her hand, then lowers it again. I can sense her discomfort and I have mixed feelings of enjoying it and hating it. I want her to know the pain she caused, but I also hate all of this. I can’t be this close to her without my heart reminding me of exactly how I feel about her.

How much I love her.

How much I wanted her in my life, and still do, but I don’t even know her.

It’s all too confusing, it’s too much.

I turn my back on Jade and walk towards the patio doors to stare out into the garden and try and clear my head. A low, angry growl rumbles through me when I can still see her reflection on the glass panel in front of me and I stare at that instead of the garden.

“Radmir, the Enzo family is really good at hiding, but I’m sure I can locate them. Or get in touch with them. I can reach out and we can find out where they are.

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