Chapter One

Mia

The decision from my father comes late at evening, waking me from a useless sleep.

“I would like you to return to the home. Rapidly.” That was all he stated earlier than hanging up on me and leaving me questioning simply what the hell was happening.

Arriving at my childhood house—if a large castle-sized property might be referred to as that—I used to be left with a wierd feeling of foreboding.

My father’s assembly was being held in what I preferred to name as a child the ‘scenario room’ with not solely himself and my mom, however his internal circle consisting of his underboss, consigliere and caporegime.

“What’s happening?” I requested as quickly because the door was closed behind me.

“We now have a scenario,” Ian, my father’s caporegime, stated.

“Yeah, I gathered that.” Grabbing a seat on the desk, I lowered myself slowly into it.

There wasn’t a lot that would rattle my household like this. Many of the different syndicates inside the metropolis revered the O’Neil household, as our repute had been constructed over the a long time of my father being on the helm.

So no matter was happening needed to be dangerous. Actually dangerous.

“I would like you to step in to your sister’s marriage ceremony.” My father leaned over the desk, his brows pulled collectively tightly.

What?

Immediately, my palms started to sweat. “What occurred to Amanda? The place is she?”

“She’s…” He trailed off.

She’d been at her bachelorette occasion in Cancun for the previous two days with a complete crew of troopers there to ensure she was secure. What the hell might’ve occurred in lower than a weekend?

“Abraham,” my mom stated. “Inform her. She must know.”

My gaze darted between them, worry hanging deep inside my coronary heart.

Whereas I didn’t essentially see eye to eye with my twin sister, who’s a mere 43 minutes older than me, that didn’t imply I didn’t care about her security. If one thing occurred to her whereas she was away, on the one trip I’d determined to not go on, then I used to be by no means going to forgive myself.

“She’s lacking.” It was probably the most dreaded sentence my father might’ve uttered. “She managed to slide previous our troopers and sneak out final evening in some unspecified time in the future. She hasn’t been seen since.”

Oh god.

I leaned over the desk to blink a number of occasions, prepared my tears to not fall.

“She’s been utilizing her bank cards, so we all know she’s secure. She’s simply been one step in entrance of her guards. All of her pals have been cooperating in serving to us monitor her down.”

“Why would she do that?” I lifted my head again as much as ask. “This—”

My phrases died immediately on my tongue. I couldn’t precisely say this wasn’t like her, as a result of primarily based on her monitor document, it completely was. My sister was a flight danger and all the time had been.

No quantity of accountability given to her from our dad and mom was ever going to be sufficient to cease her from doing silly shit.

That was why I used to be so shocked when she agreed to this organized marriage our dad and mom had arrange. I couldn’t for the lifetime of me think about her settling down and coming out a number of youngsters. Not when her occasion days had been clearly lengthy from being behind her.

“Her pals admitted to encouraging her to fulfill up with a neighborhood faculty boy,” my mom went on, sighing. “They helped her give our troopers the slip.”

After all they did.

“So, what does that imply for the marriage?” I requested.

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