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“You want me to work with you?” Her attention shifted between Theo and me. “Then answer the question I asked before we arrived. Yes or no?”
We remained quiet, neither of us saying anything, only staring at her.
How the fuck could she expect us to let her go?
Anger flared in her blue eyes. “Exactly as I believed. Well, since I am the true Angelos, I have a directive that I expect everyone to follow.”
“And that is?” Theo stepped around me and waited.
“I want the Angelos interloper, his mistress, and his possessions removed from my parents’ room and placed anywhere but near me.” She stalked up to Theo, rage burning all over her face. “You want me to run this family. I’ll do it, even if it means running it into the ground.”
I grabbed Nerine’s wrist before she could move away.
She jerked her wrist and lifted the other arm as if to deck me before I caught it.
I held her hands captive and leaned forward, saying in a low voice so only she could hear, “We did all this to give you back your birthright, not to punish you. We fucking love you.”
“All I want is to have a choice.”
“Stop thinking like a damn child, Nerine,” Theo snapped, moving behind her. “You’re the same damn age we were when everything went down. You’re too smart not to understand how things have to go.”
“Apparently, I’m not since I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
I allowed her to tug her hands free of my hold, and she glowered at us as she cocked a hand on her hip.
“What heir of any family has a choice? Did your father have a choice? Did Drakos? All these months, and you’re still thinking like a victim. What the fuck did we do all this for?” Theo gripped the hair on the back of his head.
“Calm the fuck down,” I ordered Theo, knowing this situation drew too much attention.
He rarely lost his temper in public and having him unleash it on Nerine in the open meant trouble. Our secrets had to remain quiet, for all our sakes.
And, of course, Nerine couldn’t keep her mouth shut. “It looks as if it was for nothing. It is useless talking to you about anything. You don’t listen to me. I am finished with you and you bossing me around. Go suck a rotten egg and leave me the hell alone. We are done with this conversation.”
She turned and rushed into the house.
Maybe everyone would chalk it up to emotions of her seeing Andraius and the wedding-gown incident.
“The hell you are finished with anything. This conversation is far from over.” Theo stalked behind her, following her into the mansion.
Fuck me.
Taking a few deep breaths to calm my nerves, I glanced at some of the soldiers, who all grimaced.
Yep. This was bad.
Slowly I surveyed the men and then internally sighed in relief. They were all part of the originals and loyal to Nerine. They’d kept our secrets and would continue to hold them.
After a deep, calming breath, I asked, “Where’s Andraius?”
“We moved him to a more secure location as you ordered,” one of the soldiers responded.
“And his mistress?”
“Returned to her apartment.”
“Keep everyone away from Nerine’s section of the house. I need to defuse this situation before she kills Theo.” I shook my head. “I hate playing peacemaker.”
“It sucks to be on the other side of the table for once,” I heard someone whisper but couldn’t decipher who said it.
