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It’s Maddoc’s ex. The one who betrayed him with Austin McKenna.
It’s Sienna.
I’ve got no idea why she’s here—whether Austin sent her or she just wants to fuck with me—but I’ve got no intention of showing any weakness in front of her.
I get to my feet and take a page from Logan’s book, putting on a stoic face that’s as blank of my true emotions as I can manage.
She’s standing in the doorway, just staring at me, and I lift my chin defiantly and tell myself I’ll wait her out.
It’s a lie.
“What the hell do you want?” I finally ask, crossing my arms over my chest. “What’s going on?”
Sienna smirks and steps into the room, closing the door behind her and leaning back against it. “What’s going on is Austin taking all your money.”
My inheritance. Money I never expected to have, that forced me to leave the only place I’ve ever felt safe. Money that almost got the people I care most about killed.
For a moment, I almost hate my… William Sutherland for leaving it to me.
But I still don’t want Austin to get his hands on it. Not when I know what it will mean for the Reapers.
Sienna wants me to react. I can see it in her face. I won’t give her the satisfaction, though. Besides, I signed up for this. Iofferedit to him. And I’d do it again, because it saved my sister and my men.
“It might take a while for him to access everything,” Sienna says, her voice getting sharper. “You should get comfortable.”
I file that fact away. I don’t have a plan yet. I’ve got no idea what Austin intends to do with me—not my money, butme—and I’ve got no intention of making whatever he comes up with easy on him. But all I can do for now is collect all the information I can and hope it gives me an advantage in the future.
And Sienna still hasn’t answered my first question. “What are you doing here, Sienna?”
She gives me a long, silent look full of pure venom. “I always thought it would bemehe married,” she finally spits out when I don’t react.
I’m not sure why it catches me off guard when her gloating mask drops to show the fury underneath. Maybe because, to me, marrying Austin is a punishment worthy of the dankest hell, and yet here she is pissed off about it… or maybe it’s because I’m not blind. She’s notjustpissed off. Under that, she’s jealous, and a little hurt.
I’ve got no sympathy.
She doesn’t deserve it.
Not after what she did to Maddoc.
But… maybe I do have a little bit of involuntary empathy.
Sienna isn’t the first woman to want more from her man than she was ever going to get, or feel betrayed by him when he shows her he cares about something else more than her.
Before I met the Reapers, I thought that was the only kind of man that existed. But I was wrong.
Sienna could have figured that out too, if she hadn’t been a shitty person who betrayedmymen.
Remembering how vulnerable Maddoc was when he finally opened up to me about what happened between the two of them kills the brief moment of empathy I just had. Instead, I pull on the armor I’ve worn for years and lash out at her with a saccharine smile, flipping my hair. “Austin’s type is obviously women who inherit a ton of money. Maybe you should have triedthatif you wanted him to put a ring on it.”
Sienna’s eyes flash. “Iam his type. Austin fuckinglovesme! He doesn’t give a shit about you, or your money.”
I raise an eyebrow, calling her on that steaming piece of bullshit with a single look.
“He only cares about it for the good of West Point,” she snaps, stalking toward me until she’s right up in my face. “It’s not about you. Hewouldwant to marry me if he hadn’t gotten wind of that stupid Sutherland inheritance. Do you know how much time he put into tracking you down? How many of West Point’s assets went into chasing after you?”
She’s about an inch taller than me, and I lift my chin to hold her gaze without flinching. “Too much.”
She narrows her eyes, and for a moment, I think she’s going to slap me. Then she backs off a little and smirks. “That’s right. Too much. You’re not worth it.”
