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“Chloe, TT, and I are not going in any house until we’ve gotten answers.”

Moni blinked. “Excuse me?”

Chloe looked at the ground.

TT squeezed Snuggles.

Moni placed her hands on her hips. “Guys. . .what’s going on?”

Jo put her view back on me. “Who killed our father?”

Moni made an uneasy sound on my side; the sort of sound that said she lost all her words and was very fucking close to passing out.

So. . .they know that he’s dead. . .

Chapter nineteen

An Unexpected Arrival

Lei

I walked further away from Moni and her sisters.

Chen followed.

What the hell could Dima be coming here for?

A cold wave crashed over me.

Why today? Why now?

My mind raced with thoughts of anger and suspicion.

Tension built in my chest.

In our world, every move had a motive, every action a consequence. Nothing was ever simple, especially not when it came to the Diamond Syndicate.

What’s your plan Marcelo? Do you think Dima can save you from me? Dima couldn’t even save Chanel’s husband from me.

The memory of killing Chanel’s husband was seared into my mind, a twisted blend of rage, satisfaction, and the lingering scent of blood.

A biker gang called the Coffin Cheaters had battled in the West against the Killer Crows for years. The Jones didn’t want the Syndicate stepping in, for some sort of territory-pride bullshit reason.

Blood spilled.

Lives were lost.

To finally keep the peace, they married Chanel off to Pedro, the Coffin Cheaters so-called leader.

It was a sick joke, really. A desperate attempt at unity and a thorough fuck you to my love for her.

The moment they wedded, I decided that Pedro would be living onborrowedtime. I didn’t know when I would kill him, just that I would eventually.

The man was filth. He never respected Chanel, never honored what the marriage was supposed to represent.

On the night that I killed him, Chanel had been mourning her brother, Romeo. Pedro should’ve been there for her, but instead, he was in some shitty hotel, screwing two chicks like the piece of trash he was.

When I got word of it, my blood boiled.

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