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But the shock she was in when she realized it was me, that wasn’t fake.

Whether she knew it or not, she was after me.

And I intend to do whatever it takes to get the truth.

As Conan steps through the door, I step out of the way.

“Take her to room five.”

My cock twitches. Fuck.

“You got it. Enzo is on his way, Dec. He just called me.” I look up at the blinking monitor in the right corner of the room.

He’s known as the best hacker in the country for a reason.

I wave at him through the camera and smile.

He knows something, or he wants to know something.

She has his attention as much as she has mine.

Finn looks at me warily as Conan lifts her into his arms.

“Careful,” I grit out, and Finn shakes his head.

“I don’t know what spell her pussy put you under for five years, but keep your fucking head. No cunt is worth our empire, brother,” Finn tells me, and I clench my fists.

We lost our father for this.

We lost ourselves along the road.

Selling our souls to the devil gave us a one-way ticket to hell.

Chapter 59

CHARLOTTE

Song, F E R A L, Bad Omens

The soft drizzle of the melted chocolate dripping from the fountain in front of me only reminds me of the consequences of losing.

Like everything else here, it’s extravagant. A fountain, which settles on a pool of chocolate, could probably fit six people. I wonder what the purpose of this room is for?

It smells delicious, a dark chocolate, and yet, I don’t have an appetite. Fear of death usually takes that away.

The chair scrapes along the floor, and he turns the back towards me and straddles it.

I don’t react as he tilts his head, his gaze roaming over my body.

Our silence hangs heavy in the air.

When his eyes meet mine, it’s a blade through the heart.

There is only one man that walks this earth who I could never destroy.

The man who altered my life with one night. He was the light to my darkness, a memory that's kept me from being six feet under.

Except, as I stare into his striking blue eyes now, the light has gone out.

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