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I’m grasping what it takes to be king, and it has a shit ton of killing.
Good thing it’s what I’ve done all my life.
“Do you want to talk about Cernach?” I ask Damien when we get into the unmarked car we drove to the club.
He shakes his head. “It’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make. Marrying Riona will keep us alive.”
“Do you plan to tell Pippa?”
He winces at her name and shoves his bloody gloves into a plastic bag to dispose of later. “She ended what we had a long time ago.”
“If you don’t want to do this, I’ll find another way.”
His jaw flexes. “There’s no other way, Antonio. We already have the firearms.”
Just as we’re about to pull away, the boy from the club pounds on my window.
I hit the button to lower it.
He sticks his head through. “Sonny knows where your secret cabin is.”
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The bedroom door swings open, and a silhouette appears in the darkened doorway.
I scream because it’s all too familiar.
So much like my sleep paralysis.
Is it paralysis … or is this reality?
It always takes my brain forever to figure that out.
Only this time, I can scream.
So that’s exactly what I do.
The figure takes a few steps toward me.
“Come on, Gigi.” The masculine voice is harsh yet gentle at the same time.
Weird. My sleep paralysis entity never speaks.
“Gigi!” He shakes me.
I blink, coming to my senses, and realize it’s not a hallucination.
It’s reality.
“We need to go.”
Leo.
I pull back when he grabs me. “What?—”
“We need to leavenow.” He snatches my hand and tugs me out of bed. “Yeah, I’m getting her in the car now, Antonio.”
“What’s …” I rub my tired eyes. “What’s going on?”
