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IVY
Itry to stop my voice from shaking.
“Rose,” Seb replies. His voice rasps through the tinny speakers of the phone. “Where are you? I’ve been worried sick.”
Stephanie gives me a pointed glare indicating for me to hurry and get to the point. If I deviate, she’ll fill my body with bullets quicker than she’ll let a mark shoot her up with cum. I know Stephanie enough to know she’s not bluffing.
“Rose?” Seb asks again. “Are you still there?”
Hearing his voice makes my knees weak. His voice is full of concern, and he sounds desperate, full of hope. On our first date, I didn’t know the secret he was hiding. Why did he have to be a Duke? Our relationship would never have worked around my job, but everything could have been different.
Bram’s hulking presence looms behind me. I don’t need to see him to feel the desperate energy coming from him. His need to be reunited with the men he sees as family.
“Bethany gave me your number,” I say.
“Are you okay?” he asks. “We’ve been trying to look everywhere for you. Just tell me you’re safe.”
“I’m…” My voice trails off, and I swallow, fighting the urge to tell him where to find us. If I did, I’d be dead before he got into his limousine. “Yes, I’m safe.”
Stephanie waves her gun to chide me along like a murderous musical conductor.
“I know what Callen did,” Seb says. “He should never have made you do that. We know it’s not your fault, and you didn’t know what you were doing.” Little does he know, I exacted Callen’s revenge willingly and felt zero remorse for the pile of bodies left behind. “He’s left the Dukes now. You don’t have to worry about him any longer.”
He and Freddie see the best in me. They don’t know therealme. When I met Seb and reunited with Freddie, I knew I was living a pipe dream. I should have killed them both before I started to care about what might happen to them…
“We need to talk,” I say. Stephanie nods in encouragement. “Can we meet?”
“Yes,” Seb says eagerly. “Give me a time and a place, and I’ll be there.”
“I…” I stammer. “I’ll text you later.”
“Okay,” Seb says. “And Rose?”
“Yes?”
“You know we’ll do anything to protect you, don’t you?” he says, making my icy heart melt. How would he react if he learned the truth? Would he be willing to save me, then? “The Dukes protect those they love.”
I open my mouth, words threatening to spill from my lips about where to find us, but Stephanie snatches the phone from my fingers. She hangs up, leaving a deadly silence.
“I’ll take it from here,” she says.
“Hey!” I yell as she turns to leave. “What about the rest of the supplies? We had a deal!”
“You’ll get them later,” she replies. “After we’ve killed Sebastian Montgomery.”
Dread twists in my stomach.
“You bitch!” I scream.
She laughs. “Is that the best you’ve got?”
“What would Alaric do if he ever found out how many men you have slept with before you killed them?” I sneer, hitting her below the belt. “Does he know about your little kink?”
Her furious stare burns into me like an inferno; only I don’t shy away from her. She doesn’t scare me. I’ve got nothing left to lose.
“This is why you’re here, Ivy,” she counters. “You’ve lost sight of who you are. We trained you to be a loyal killer, and now? You’re not one of us, not anymore.”
She storms away. Provoking her won’t help, although knowing I rattled her is satisfying.
