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“...to repeat, our breaking news this lunchtime...the Prime Minister has been rushed into hospital from his original home in Deathfall. Police have confirmed that he is in a critical condition following a suspected home intrusion after an official visit to Trinity College. His wife was out of town and was safe, and has since been notified of her husband’s critical condition. No further information is known at this time…”
The room erupts into conspiracies and my jaw slackens. I stare at the Trinity and eventually McKenzie looks at me. He gives the tiniest nod of his head and my heart stops.
They did this.
For me.
My eyes widen in shock and he scowls at me, pressing a finger to his lips for me to keep quiet. Why? Surely he isn’t keeping secrets from the others?
I frown before my brow creases in concern. Shit. What did he do? How did he do it? Will he be able to get away with this? I know the boys have hurt people before, but there’s a difference between what they do, and taking revenge on the most high profile politician in the country.
I long to ask Zie exactly what happened, what he did. If The General will recover. Why didn’t he kill him outright? I would have if I were in Zie’s position. But then again, The General isn’t my father and Zie doesn’t know everything he did. Perhaps if he was aware, The General wouldn’t still be breathing.
Then my stomach lurches and my lunch threatens to resurface at that thought. I grab the edge of the table to steady myself as my knees begin to quake.
Axel flicks his attention from the TV back to me without a word of comment on the news, and the other two follow his lead, as always. They take their seats and Axel raises a brow for me to do the same. I collapse back into my chair.
The enormity of what Zie has done, for me, slams into me with enough force to steal my breath away. The only thing that scares me more than the thought of McKenzie getting caught for this, is what he might want in return payment from me as a thank you.
“Where were we?” Axel asks, as if he doesn’t know exactly where the conversation was heading before the interruption.
I can’t believe he isn’t going to comment on the news. Zie clearly wants me to keep quiet but someone has to say something.
It’s hypocritical if I ask if he’s okay or express concern because the Trinity know me well enough to know that I don’t give a fuck, but it’s still his dad. If I’m pretending that I didn’t know Zie did it, I would at least ask…
“Are you okay?” I whisper to Zie.
“Me? Never better,” he mutters darkly, making a shiver run down my spine.
“The question is, are you?” Kaiden asks pointedly.
“Never better.” An awkward silence settles over us. “So, business?”
“We were asking about your mum. What happened there?”
“I don’t want to talk about it, so if we’re not here to talk about whatever this mysterious ‘business’ is, I need to go.”
“I’ll find out, either way,” Axel warns. “About all of it.”
“Good.” I get to my feet. “Maybe when you find something, you can let me know.”
“Stay.”
“Why?”
“You need to move in with us.”
“I’m sorry, what?” I blink, stopping in my tracks and turning to gape at Axel.
“You heard me.”
“I did. But I have no idea why you’d be suggesting something so outlandish. I can’t stand you, if you haven’t noticed.”
“Sit down and I’ll explain.”
Axel never offers to explain anything. Ever. Curiosity wins out and I sink back into my seat.
“Talk then.”
