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“After we investigate his death, don’t you mean?” Xander brought her focus to him.
She stared at him. “Someone killed him. I’m fine with it. Let’s bury him and move on with our lives.”
“No matter how happy you are with the outcome, we must find out who circumvented our security and attacked him in your library.”
“No one bypasses your security without detection, am I correct?”
“Yes.” The irritation on Xander’s face made it very clear the calm version of him had left the building and the one he rarely showed Nerine was about to appear. “Only an insider can circumvent it. Especially for your library.”
Something flashed in her eyes as if saying without words, “Are you so sure about that?”
The passageways.
She’d used them to get into the library. But how the fuck had Andraius? There had to be more, ones that weren’t on the old schematics of the mansion.
Fucking hell. Why hadn’t I thought of checking the room we locked Andraius in for any openings?
Too late to wonder now.
I was a fucking idiot. We’d put her in danger again.
“You act like you had extra precautions placed on this room.”
“You like to slip your detail, so I had to find alternatives to alert me when you decided to venture out.”
“As in?”
“There are sensors on all the doors, walls, and windows, including noise vibration alerts.”
Surprise flashed across her face, and then she pursed her lips. “Well, it looks like the latter was defective since Andraius made it into the room.”
“No, he had insider assistance.” Xander’s gaze swept over the men around him, conveying his intent to question everyone.
We’d always trusted the originals, but now a grain of doubt swept in. We couldn’t risk missing anything, not when there were too many unknowns.
“Have you questioned the men guarding his room?”
“They are your old team, Nerine.” Xander cocked his head to the side, a crease forming between his brows. “They would never betray you.”
Heat flared in her blue eyes, making me want to shake my head. This wasn’t the time or place for this.
“Then how did he leave his room without you knowing?”
“I’ll find out once I conduct my investigation.”
She licked her lips. “Good luck with that. Let me know what you discover.”
She circled Xander, and just as she attempted to pass me, I lifted my hand, blocking her path and forcing her to collide with my arm.
“Where are you going?”
She kept her face forward. “To move my things out of the rooms the dead man over there forced me to share with him for the last five years.”
“Not a chance.” I leaned down. “Until we clear the house, you will stay in the security center with Theios Alex.”
“You don’t give the orders, Theo. I’m the Angelos now, or were all those conversations we had you blowing out hot air to fill the time?”
Energy crackled between us, as it always did when she challenged me.
