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“But hedidchoose,” Carina replies.
Luca regards me. “Whydidyou choose the Alliance in the end?”
“Gideon is my brother,” I tell them. “But I don’t share his desire to avenge Stephen. I don’t even remember him.”
“That’s not enough of a reason,” Luca states. “You could have simply not chosen a side at all.”
“Sofia.”
Luca’s gaze snaps to mine. “You saw my sister?”
I shake my head. “The house I was in is Gideon’s. It’s where he lives. If she’s still alive, she’s there.”
“He let you see where it was?”
“I don’t think he expected I’d leave,” I say honestly, part of me wishing I could return and ask him the million questions I have.
“If that’s the case, he’s long gone by now,” Gunn says.
“But he may have left clues behind as to where he went,” Luca tells him. “Will you take us there?”
Nodding, I say, “The house is in Brookline.”
“He’s been in Boston this entire time,” Carina mutters to herself. Though she’s facing us, her focus is somewhere else altogether. “Near his sibling. Do you know what that means?”
“What?” Luca asks.
“Gideon has a vulnerability.” She lifts her eyes to mine.
“If you hurt him,” Lou hisses. “I will fucking murder you all.”
Carina turns to her. “I’m not talking about Rowan. I’m taking about Scarlet. If he was willing to stand down for his brother, imagine what he’d do for his little sister.”
“But she’s not—” I start.
“Not blood. She’s something more. He chose her to be his family. We all know this. Which means, she’s our new target.”
“How do we get her? She’s just as elusive as he is,” Luca remarks.
She zeroes in on Gunn and her lips curve into a sly smile. “We offer her something she’s dying to sink her claws into.”
“Me?” Gunn asks innocently.
“She was kind of fucking you with her eyes,” I mention.
“Yeah, I’m irresistible like that. Okay, I’m in.”
Luca stands and helps his wife up. “Lou made a deal with us. I expect you’ll uphold it.”
I glance at her. “Whatever she promised.”
“Good.” Luca comes to stand in front of me. “As far as the Alliance, we’ll need to take a vote when Noah and Arran return from Vegas. I’ll be in touch.”
* * *
After they all leave, Lou and I remain in the Duran house. When the police arrived at my home, conveniently once we’d left, they taped it all up and set it as a crime scene. It will be days, maybe even weeks before we can return.
“We have to keep up appearances,” Chief Jenkins told me when he called earlier. “You understand.”
