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“Now go,” I call out.

Molly grabs her coffee off the table and hurries away. I look back and up at Peri.

All I can do right now is wonder when he’s finally going to kill me.

ChapterFifteen

PERILOUS

Everyone has secrets.Everyone has some dirt they don’t want someone else to dig around in. And to me, that’s what makes Annika so interesting.

A secret war within theLegion? And it all hinges on my pet-like loyalty to Luc and the throne. Trust me, thinking about that makes me want to fucking vomit.

In some ways Luc figures he has me by the balls. The task he had me complete and what I had to do—who I had to kill—he knows he’s fucked with my head. He’s not wrong. It’s just that he didn’t completely break me. Not yet.

And now Annika is mine. I chose her before I knew who she was. Mypet. And is someone going to tell me what to do with my new toy?

I sit on the floor of the bedroom, listening to the soft sounds of Annika breathing as she sleeps. An eventful day for both of us. One that has come and now gone.

The screen of my phone lights up my face as I stare at her father’s name.

Holom Alistair.

Hedge fund bullshit kind of guy. The kind of cliché you’d expect to see within theLegion. Tons of money and power but never really a face that many would recognize. That’s how they like it.

Same could be said for thebroods. We may be younger and bigger and look the part of the kind of bad boy fantasy that some women get off on, but the reality is that we are trained to kill and aren’t afraid to do so. You don’t get anywhere in life without your hands getting dirty or bloody. Which means Annika’s father has some blood on his hands too.

I try to rationalize what the fuck could be happening in which Luc would want to hurt Holom so badly. Either Holom fucked up or Luc is looking for more control. When you slow down and think about it…

There’s a reason why Luc sits on the throne. He’s manipulative. He’s a step ahead. He knows who he is and he isn’t afraid to show himself in certain capacities.

Think about this for a second.

Imagine if Holom Alistair is a good father. Or a decent father. Or a man that feels emotion toward his only child. Remember that part. Annika is an only child.

Mother isn’t in the picture.

Even if Holom is a shitty father by any standards, he’s at least present. He offers up his money as his show of love. That allowed Annika to live the life she’s had so far.

Think about how to bring a rich and powerful man down to his knees. How to break his soul. How to get to his heart. How to shatter his mind.

Through his only child. His daughter…

Now I’m not going to blow smoke in anyone’s face and claim I know shit about psychology, but that feels deep if you ask me. That feels really fucking deep.

Annika goes missing, which is very convenient for Luc to have happen. And Luc being the person he is, it’s only logical to just jump at the idea of having Annika foundandkilled. Imagine what that would do to Holom.

Turn him into fucking mush. Especially if Luc has pictures of his dead daughter. Her fucking throat slit ear to ear. Her eyes open, no existence of life at all.

I look up from my phone to the figure in the bed. The bathroom light is on and the door is partially closed, leaving enough light so that I can see Annika sleeping.

At the same time, if I bring her back alive, then what? What the fuck will Luc do then?

Holom will be thrilled. I’ll be a fucking hero to him. But a traitor to Luc.

If Luc is going rogue here, it could cause some issues in the Legion.

Luc’s father…

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