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My feet move, taking him with me toward the stairs leading back to my rooms and Willow, but my phone rings in my jacket pocket, stilling me.

I pick up the call, barely able to push out the name I need.“Willow?”

But it’s a male voice that answers, with an Irish accent.

“I told you it would be one of them, Rafe, and you wouldn’t know who.Or when.I remember you knelt for her once, when I asked you.Do you remember that?”

Fucking Konnor.

The handset cracks in my fist.“I do.”

“Good.”He draws the word out, the epitome of control, showing me who holds the cards.“I wonder what you will do now?”

Because it sure as fuck is not me.

His next words throw bile into my mouth that doesn’t subside for a long fucking time.

“Can you guess who you lose today?”

Chapter Eight

The Weight Of An Absent Heart

Willow

Iwake alone in thebed I supposedly share with my husband.I know he is a busy man, but I am officially over waking up alone.The stress of this entire trip is wearing on him and the fact that I had four of his father’s ex-capo’s jointed and added as wedding favors hasn’t helped the situation.

He did say that I could handle the situation however I wanted.Did he actually think I was going to be logical in my approach to this?That I would sit down and calmly speak to the men who were ruining their family’s lives?If so, my dear husband clearly doesn’t know me as well as he thought he did.

I should probably do something to make these last few days easier for him, but I’m not sure that is within my purview.I certainly don’t want to make it any worse.My thoughts are scattered as I try to find a solution to the newest fiasco I inadvertently created.Not that I didn’t get the damn message across.Everyone is officially on notice and terrified of not just me and Rafe but also of Suzan and Eduardo.Which was exactly what I wanted.

I hope that the two of them are enjoying their short honeymoon.They can only be away for five days, and I hope they are making the most of that time.

“Fuck it,” I sigh into the empty room before rolling out of bed.

Padding across the thick carpet, I make my way into the bathroom to grab a shower before facing the day.The warm water helps to clear my mind and I finally know that I can’t undo what I have done.All I can do is make sure that the effects last.

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