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“I don’t fuckinglike this at all.”
I pull my eyes from the work stuff on my phone to look at Hades, sitting next to me. We’re back in the gardens outside Ya-ya’s house. But today isn’t another birthday.
It’s Callie’swedding.
“What don’t you like, Hades,” I mutter in a bored tone, glancing back at my phone. I can feel him glaring at me.
“Jesus…do I really need to make a full list?”
“Just the highlights will do.”
He grunts. “How about the fact that our baby sister is marrying that smug, blonde, Captain America motherfucker who’s twelve years older than her?”
I mean, I’m notpleasedwith the idea either. But I understand completely why it’s happening, and it’s one hundred percent the best—in fact, arguably the only—way to sever Callie from our father’s contract with the Carvelis. Also, I know it’s making Callieabsurdlyhappy.
What with her enormous crush on Castle and all.
I need to carve out some time to explorehisfeelings a bit more, because I’m not sure if those feelings are reciprocated or not.
If they are? Well, maybe we’re past the point of me throwing him off a roof. But at minimum we’ll be having a strongly worded conversation.
And if that fails, there’s always plan B, aka off-the-roof.
“Hades, relax. He’s the head of the Kildare empire, a former Army Ranger with five years of combat experience, he spent ten years being bodyguard to Neve and Eilish, he’s saved the lives of…” I frown as I start to tick them off on my fingers, trying to remember, “I mean, basicallyeveryoneat this fucking wedding at least once, including said baby sister.” I arch a brow at him and shrug. “I’m really failing to see the problem here.”
Hades scowls, jabbing a finger to where Castle is waiting at the small altar with the Greek Orthodox priest Ya-ya insisted on, even if this wedding is all for show, for the sake of the Carvelis.
“That little shit is going to fuck our sister.”
“And what if our sisterwantshim to fuck her?”
“Dude, gross?”
I roll my eyes again and go back to my phone, sighing. “She’s an adult, Hades. Adults tend to have sex.”
“Okay, can we drop this?”
“You’re the one who brought it up.”
“Well, I wish I hadn’t.”
“Believe me, on that we can agree.”
Elsa takes a seat next to my brother, reaching over and giving my arm a quick squeeze as she does.
“What are you two muttering about over here?”
“Callie’s sex life.”
“Okay, why?”
“Can wepleasedrop this already,” Hades groans.
I already have. My fingers fly over my phone as I begin to nudge another piece of my plan into place. One trap has already been set. One brick wall to box her in has already been laid and the mortar has dried. The rest are rapidly getting higher.
Soon, she’ll have nowhere to run. Nowhere to hide.
No way to escape me.
