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"She needs you, Bexley. She needs you here, doing as you're told and protecting her from a distance."
I don't turn to look at him. Instead, I close my eyes and speak what's on my mind, no matter how much it hurts. "I can't stay here and watch her be his."
"You have to. Cade is… Cade is a liability. He—"
"You think I don't fucking know that?" I bark, spinning around and pinning him with a look that most would cower away from—only Marcus doesn't so much as flinch. "Do you know what he's done to me? To Alex? To Mia?"
"Yes."
"They locked us underground and gave us a fucking hallucinogenic…"
"The vault. I know. It's a standard initiation task."
"A standard—the fuck?" I run my hand through my hair. "This is fucking crazy. He's out of control."
"And that is exactly why you need to see this through."
I stare at him, trying to read the truths that are hiding in the
depths of his eyes. "What aren't you telling me?"
His lips part but no words come out, not for long seconds. "This is bigger than you think. You need to play your part. We all do."
"I fucking hate these games, the lies… the cryptic secrets. Why can't you just tell me everything? I'm on the inside now." I drag my shirt aside, showing him my fucking brand that will forever remind me of this fucking disaster.
"I know, Son. But it's too dangerous for you to know everything. You have to trust that Q knows what they are doing. You have to take your place and do as they wish."
"And what the fuck is that? I haven’t even spoken to them outside of bullshit ceremonies where someone brands me or draws my fucking blood," I seethe.
"You will. You will be invited to a meeting soon enough."
"Great," I mutter, less than excited about the prospect.
"You must play your part, Bexley. Protect her."
"She hates me. She won't let me near her ever again." I blow out a long breath as I finally fall back into the chair opposite Marcus.
"You can do it from a distance, for now."
I stare at him, waiting for him to say more, but he never does. "You want me to accept this, don't you?"
"We don't have a choice, Bexley."
"Someone needs to take his power away before he really hurts someone."
"It's not that easy. He's the only Kingsley heir. Without him—"
"Yeah, I get it. But I don't fucking like it."
"Trust me, no one does. Just… please, Bexley. Don’t make this any harder than it needs to be.”
"Why does everything have to be a fucking game?"
"It's life, Son. And you are the Easton heir. Life as you know it will never be the same again.”
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Mia
