Page 63 of Heartless
Sienna paled.“I...uh.In theory, the surgery would be too taxing on my heart.”
“So, you would die?”
Tears filled her eyes.“I...I think so.I won’t help him, Edo.I promise.I won’t.”
He studied her, then on a curt nod, he signaled his men before getting to his feet.“Bene.”
I pulled Sienna up and tucked her to my side.When they turned to leave, she whispered, “I’m sorry for your loss, Edo.”
“Me too, child.”
Sile and I walked Zook and Edo to their cars.After they’d cleared the driveway, Sile grunted.“Born with a broken heart.We’re fucking going to Hell.”
“I’m the one who hurt her, brother.”
“But I’m the one who found her.”
Chapter Seventeen—It’s just a cold
Jake
Cam and Sienna had moved to the kitchen.As soon as Sile and I walked back in.Sienna, standing with her back to the sink and her arms wrapped around herself, tipped her frown up to Sile.
“Those two men with the bodyguards, they’re the...they’re dangerous, aren’t they?”
“Yes.But you’re safe, sweetie.”
At Sile’s response, she let out a trembling breath while looking at her socked feet.“So, I guess the rumors of super-rich Jake Rhodes with ties to the mafia hold some truth after all.”
My brother and I shared a quick glance before he said, “Our only ties are through Lenny.We’re not part of them.”
Blinking slowly at him, she whispered, “Oh.”
Cam edged closer to her.She’d mothered Sienna before, but like us, hearing how she’d thrived through a life that had thrown its first punch before she’d been born, had heightened her protective instincts.
Sienna, who’d just been ordered by a mafia boss to let the only parent she had left to die, was clutching the side of her cardigan tight around her body.Because she still had that fucking fever.
