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For him, I would hand my soul to the devil. I would give up my morality for savagery.
“Okay…I’m not sure what you consider new information. This is all over someone named Tillie, right?”
As soon as I said that name, I felt a spark of tension. Cali had looked from Romero to me; he didn’t look away for even a second.
“All I know is that Vitus is looking for someone named Zane, and that he has something to do with Tillie.
“ You may know where this Zane is because you and Tillie were closer than she and Vitus?
“Also, Beth told me this, and she’s dea—gone,” I hurriedly added, choosing my words carefully out of respect for Arlen.
The room was too silent once I was finished.
Cobra moved his hands from my shoulders to around the front of me and gently squeezed.
“Who’s Zane?” Cali asked Romero at the same time Arlen asked why her sister was at the prison and not in Centriole.
“Rome,” Cali began.
“Zane is Tillie’s son. She had him when we fucked around off and on.”
“Did you know where Beth was?” Arlen was asking Grimm.
I made a point of studying the table, feeling all sorts of awkward witnessing other couples argue.
“What the fuck does that mean?” Cali asked, clenching her fist around the baby monitor.
She sounded equal parts hurt and pissed off. Had I known this would have upset her, I’d have worded it differently.
“You’re okay, babe,” Cobra leaned down and whispered in my ear, sensing my growing discomfort.
“Cali, don’t start this shit,” Romero snapped.
“You did all this because of her? Why are you stil
l keeping things from me? Fuck you,” she snapped right back, launching the monitor at his head before walking out of the room and straight out the back door.
“You two are fuckin assholes,” Arlen laughed humorlessly, pushing away from the table and going after Cali.
Silence reigned.
I looked up, hearing a heavy sigh, seeing Romero sink down in a chair. Grimm hadn’t said a word.
“He’s not my kid,” Romero said after a minute. “He’s Vitus’. But I helped her hide him. He hasn’t pulled his ‘alliance’ yet, even knowing we took Blue. He doesn’t know we’re aware Beth is dead and so is…” He looked at Cobra and trailed off.
“We leave in a few days. We’ll take the city and Vitus. I have scouts inside looking for Zane, but so far he hasn’t been located.”
“So all Vitus wants is his son?” I spoke up. Now things made sense. I’d known he had have of been after something highly valuable to concoct this scheme.
Not much would beat out his son.
“He wants his son, and he wants my kingdom. He isn’t going to get either.” His words dripped contempt.
In that moment, I understood that for this beef, Vitus wanted the girl and the kid, while all Romero wanted was to win, as painfully as possible.
I didn’t see where Cali came in.
“She loved her too. The bitch was good at playing people but I knew her too well for it to work against us. Beth wasn’t half as smart. Thank fuck she’s dead.”
