Page 251 of Romeo

I leaned forward. “How deep?”

Zeus didn’t answer immediately.

Hades spoke quietly behind him. “Zeus.”

“I heard him.”

“Then fucking answer him.”

Zeus cursed under his breath. “Dakota said Kronos wasn’t just along for the ride. He confirmed Kronos had been working with George and Devlin Scott.”

Mimic’s mouth twisted. “Shocking,” he muttered.

“Mimic,” I warned.

“What the fuck do you want me to say?” Mimic asked, finally raising his voice. “He raped my old lady when she was a kid. You think I’m sitting here hoping somebody clears Grandpa’s fucking name?”

Silence slammed across the room.

Even Zeus didn’t immediately come back at him.

Mimic flattened both hands on the table and stared at the phone. “He hurt my old lady. He knew my mother was being used and apparently did fuck-all about that too. He sold Aspen to a man who beat the fuck out of her. I don’t give a shit what blood says he was to me.”

Hades spoke first. “He’s got a point, Zeus.”

“I know,” Zeus said tightly.

Mimic sat back.

I let a few seconds pass before asking Zeus, “So where are you with it now?”

Another silence.

Longer this time.

When Zeus finally answered, his voice had lost most of its fight.

“My father wasn’t the man I thought he was.”

Mimic snorted softly, but there was no humor in it.

Zeus heard him, but this time he let it go.

“He lied to my mother,” Zeus continued. “Lied to me. To the club. Every fucking time I think I know where the bottom is, somebody digs up another layer.”

Hades’ voice came quietly through the speaker. “That’s enough for tonight, brother.”

Zeus didn’t argue.

That told me how close to the edge he actually was.

I let the silence breathe before asking, “What about Zephyr?”

“Still alive as far as we know,” Zeus answered.

Nav finally spoke from the far end of the table. “I’m working on him.”

“You find anything?” Zeus asked.