I’d already drafted an email—yes, modern-age correspondence—to Clan Gugi with the registration numbers of all the Indebted. Without removing Deana’s name from the list, I clicked Send.

Laurel’s gaze was heavy on me.

I scrolled through my contacts to Donald Duck and dialled.

“Miss Le Spyre,” the head of my financial team answered.

Four rings.

Unacceptable. But I’d deal with that another time.

“Roger,” I said coolly. “I’m making a large transfer. Here’s the account number.”

I smirked as he scrambled for a paper and pen, rattling off the number and account name. He read it back.

“Correct,” I replied.

“The amount, Miss Le Spyre?”

I surveyed the Indebted, smiling at them. “Five hundred and twenty-two million.”

“Usual currency?”

“Yes.”

He hesitated. “What should I file the transfer under, miss?”

I rolled my eyes. “Whatever you want, Roger. Hamburgers. Send me confirmation when it’s done.”

Hanging up, I descended the steps and perched on the bottom one. Closing my eyes, I tilted my face to the sun and waited.

There had to be more than five hundred Vissimo here, but I could have been alone with only the slight breeze lifting my hair. No one made a peep.

My phone buzzed.

I read the message and then typed the second number from Kyros into my phone.

I held it to my ear.

“Clan Gugi, Indebted division. You’re speaking with Sora.”

One ring.

That was service. Roger should take notes.

“Sora. It’s Basilia Le Spyre. My true mate, Kyros Atagio, contacted you regarding our recent sixth exchange.”

“Hold, please.”

Please have called. Please have called.

“Mrs Le Spyre, yes. We received his confirmation.”

I pulled a face at the Mrs bomb. He absolutely did that on purpose to mess with me.

She attacked a keyboard in the background. “We’ve also received your email with the codes of two thousand and thirty-two Indebted.”

“Payment was just put through,” I told her. “How long does clearance usually take?”