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"What did you do, Cisco?"
"Let me put it this way, Noelle. You will marry Villanueva and you won't try any of your tricks. If you behave, I might behave, too."
"You had something to do with his disappearance, didn't you?" she whispered, hurt radiating from her voice.
"Will you behave?" he fired back, neither denying nor confirming. But to Noelle, that was confirmation enough.
"Yes," she uttered in a desolate voice. "I will behave."
"Good. He will be alright, too."
With that, he turned around and left.
Noelle's eyes connected with Yuyu's before she averted her gaze, not wanting to see the pity reflected there. Instead, she mechanically did as told, getting ready for her wedding.
She might never know for sure if her brother had anything to do with Rafaelo's disappearance, but he knew he was well capable of doing such a thing. And as long as there was even a one percent possibility that he did it, Noelle wouldn't take any chances with Blue's safety.
When everything was packed for the departure, the entire family went to a private landing strip where a jet was waiting to take them to Mexico.
Sergio Villanueva was the owner of a vast strip of land in the northeastern part of Mexico, in the state of Tamaulipas. Though he wasn't officially the governor of the region, from what Noelle had understood, he was the unofficial leader.
The flight took some five hours until they touched down in Mexico.
An entire entourage was waiting for them when they landed, yet the groom was nowhere to be seen.
"Señor Villanueva will be greeting you at the wedding. It is not good luck for the groom to see the bride before, is that not so?" the man who'd introduced himself as Fernando said politely as he greeted them.
Six Jeeps waited for them. Two to accommodate everyone and another four to act as security.
Noelle trailed behind Cisco and Yuyu, not deigning a reply even when Fernando directly addressed her, which earned her a harsh look from her brother. Still, she couldn't find it in her to care if she was polite or not. She'd already agreed to go through with the wedding without a fight, and that was the most she could do considering in her mind she'd already killed everyone in sight, making sure they suffered just as she was suffering on the inside.
"Noelle, are you alright?" Yuyu asked her as they got into the Jeep.
The terrain was arid and dry, the weather warm even though it was the end of December.
Noelle shrugged, turning her head to glance out the window of the Jeep.
The journey to the hacienda was long. On the way, Noelle made sure to memorize all landmarks, thinking that information might be useful in the future. Though it looked like a desert, there were a few buildings around, including some pyramid-like formations they passed by, as well as what looked to be tiny villages, all scattered along the way to the hacienda.
"This all belongs to Señor Villanueva."
"Including the villages?" Noelle suddenly spoke.
Fernando gave her a nod.
"Everything within a hundred and fifty miles radius belongs to him," Fernando explained. "He is the master here and everyone worships him for it."
Noelle frowned. She could have understood if peoplelovedhim for it, but worship seemed to be quite an unusual term to use.
"What business is he in?"
"Noelle!" Cisco reprimanded her.
Fernando merely laughed.
"She is to be the wife of the master. It is alright if she is curious."
Noelle gave him a tentative smile.
