“That’s not what it appeared prefer to me.” I grabbed the hem of his underwear, yanking it up over him to cowl his privates so Aster didn’t have to take a look at it.

“I swear,” he stammered once more, “I used to be solely getting a style. That is my first time, I swear it,” he repeated himself.

My eyebrows furrowed. “You are not mendacity to me, are you?”

He shook his head, and sweat started to glimmer on his bald prime. “N-no.”

It was unusual to see the beefy, tattooed man sweat. James was a effectively skilled, devoted guard. Somebody I might like to have at my again. However sadly, he was too loyal to my father, and his weaknesses too straightforward to take advantage of. Brooke was one in every of them.

“As a result of should you’re mendacity to me, should you’re not as loyal as I assumed you have been, then Nero wouldn’t—“

“I am not!” He squeaked out. “I swear, Coulter. You already know me. You already know I am loyal.”

He sounded genuinely fearful now, which was precisely the place I wished him to be. I stared him down, drawing out the second, then leaned all the way down to look immediately into his eyes. “Then show it.”

“Something.”

“Inform me what my father did with the nice physician’s pocket book, and I am going to consider you.”

His eyes widened and his head violently jerked backwards in disbelief, confirming that he knew the place it was. “You are loopy should you assume I’m going to let you know that.”

A chilly calmness washed over me. I raised the gun and put it to his head. “Check me. See how loopy I’m.”

There was now true alarm in his eyes, however, as I stared him down, he hesitated. He’d identified me for a very long time, believed that I used to be way more prepared to offer him leniency than my father.

That was altering, however he didn’t know that.

“Give me an out.” Licking his lips, his eyes went to Aster, who was leaning over us, giving him her greatest menacing look. It was spectacular. “I do know you wish to save her, in any other case she wouldn’t be right here.”

I dug the gun in harsher. “Are you fucking threatening her? As a result of in case you are, I’ll blow your brains out.”

“No!” He threw his arms up in give up. “That’s not what I meant, I swear.”

“You could have three seconds to inform me the place it’s earlier than you die, and Raven turns into an providing on the negotiating desk with Nicholi.”

I might by no means, ever, in my life, put his younger sister in that place, however, by the panic in his eyes, he didn’t know that. He was extra afraid that I might damage her than for his personal life.

“Three, two…” I rapidly start the countdown.

“High quality,” he growled, “however get that gun out of my head, and let me pull my pants up, for fucks sake.”

I lowered the gun, holding it by my aspect, and took a step backwards, giving him room to decorate. Whereas he was pulling up his pants, I tugged Aster into my aspect protectively, holding her shut. I used to be taking the prospect that James would seize her and use her as leverage towards me.

When he was achieved dressing, he confronted me with extra confidence. “You already know Nero will kill me when he finds out. It is solely a matter of time.”

“You knew it was dangerous to work with him.”

His face darkened. “That wasn’t even my selection.”

I crooked an conceited smile at him. “Humorous. It wasn’t mine, both.”

His scowl deepened as we stared one another down.

“High quality,” he barked when he noticed that I wasn’t backing down, “however, like I mentioned, I a minimum of want an opportunity. Give me time to get Raven and myself out of right here.”

“You could have three hours.”

“That’s not sufficient time!”

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