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“I saw it when she was in the nightgown,” he clarified.
“This isn’t freshly cut, and based on what we know thus far, I’m pretty fucking sure this was cut off of Star’s friend.”
Taking a breath, I dropped the piece of skin back into the box and snapped its lid shut.
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
“The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club.” She laughed and propped a hand on her dainty hip. “I’m seriously just kidding; I’ve always wanted to say that.”
I withheld a groan and propped my elbow on the table, resting my chin in my hand. We’d been at this for what felt like forever. Bella was a ball of energy. The girl did not hold still. But she was a great teacher, for the most part.
I didn’t want to say she may have also been a smidge out of her mind, but the girl may have been a smidge out of her mind.
She pulled out the chair across from me and sat down. “Hey, no jokes and being honest, you’re going to do fine. There’s really nothing to it. Sir Lucifer just wants you to be busy until your… big day.”
That was easy for her to say. She was born and raised as Savage royalty. I’d abruptly stepped into it. Luce conveniently left this out of his ultimatum.
“What big day?”
“Nothing major.” She smiled sweetly.
The door that led to the back patio slid open and she looked over my shoulder.
I twisted around as the three guys came in from outside, their skin damp and toasted from the sun. Luce’s eyes came instantly to mine.
There was a box in one of his hands and a red envelope in the other. He used his foot to pull out the seat beside me, then sat down. Cam took the chair on Bella’s left, and Ice sat one over from her right.
I had a feeling I’d just been thrust into the spotlight.
“This came for you.” Luce slid the envelope across the table so that it was in front of me. It said my full name, but there wasn’t any sign of who sent it.
“From whom?”
“It’s not A.R.C?” Bella asked.
I shook my head slowly. “Those envelopes are all white, and the Cardinal stamps them with an angel emblem.”
I pricked the flap and pulled along the seam, tearing the red paper in the process. A small notecard was the only thing inside. Luce read it before I did, sharing a look with Ice and Cam.
“I don’t get it,” I said after reading the same thing three times, finding it hard to believe.
Here’s a gift. See u tomorrow.
Quaker Arena at five.
ASMODEUS
“Let me see.” Bella reached for the notecard. I passed it to her as my mind reeled, looking at Luce when he placed his hand on my knee.
“Asmodeus?” Bella read out loud. “Do you know him?” she asked, her voice dipping an octave.
Everyone watched the two of us. Her face looked as if had gone paler than it already was, alerting me to the fact that I was blatantly missing something.
“Asmodeus is my Amo.”
“Your Amo is Creed.”
My mind raced to figure out who she was talking about but ultimately came up blank as I was still processing that my brother was alive and not at A.R.C.
