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The dick that he wasn’t currently touching

How the fuck was that even possible?

Like me, it took several minutes for Jace to recover froer free of le of li or touching, just clinging

And the only words I could e to muster in my exhaustion were, “You win”

Chapter 23

Jace

Some of the pain in my chest eased as soon as I felt Caleb wrap his arms around me from behind The funeral had ended nearly an hour earlier, but I’d stayed behind to watch the round I’d insisted that Caleb go with the others to the lodge for the wake, saying I’d be along shortly

But it had ended up being harder to leave than I’d thought

So it didn’t surprise me in the least that Caleb had returned for me

It had been Caleb’s idea to ask the owners of the lodge my family had once owned to allow us to hold the wake there They’d been very acco and Caleb had been the one to ith theements

The trip to Ger with a representative froements for my sister’s body when there’d been a flurry of excite police captain had co into the room the representative and I had been in He’d studiedtime, like he couldn’t believe I was there, then he’d announced that Ivan Petrov had been shot in the head by an unknown assailant while in the parking garage of his office building All four of Petrov’s bodyguards had been taken out as well

While he’d spoken to lish, he’d conversed with the representative in Gerh to understand what he was asking

How long had I been with her and had I left at any time or made any phone calls? When the man had asked to see my phone, I’d readily handed it over

Although suspicious, he’d left us alone after that I’d played duht questions about who Ivan Petrov was But the officer had said he’d have to get back to ation had been concluded He’d calledloaded onto Ronan’s plane I’d only half-listened as he’d explained that Ivan Petrov was the primary suspect in my sister’s murder I’d faked my surprise and subsequent confusion about the man’s death and then had thanked the officer for all he and his department had done to find my sister

I hadn’t le word of any of it

It hile at the airport waiting for the plane to go through its final preparations before takeoff that a black SUV had rolled onto the tarotten out of the front seats I hadn’t recognized the one to shake his hand

It’d been the least I could do to thank hi justice for my sister

While I’d been thanking him, Ronan had opened the back door If it hadn’t been for the eerie silver eyes, I wouldn’t have recognized the young ht that Petrov wouldn’t kill him for his betrayal, but I had no doubt he’d suffered every second of every day after having been returned to the otten Silver settled on the plane and he’d fallen asleep, Ronan had toldman had refused Ronan’s offer to exaet Silver on US soil and take hi, he’d lost it and tried to get off the plane while it was still taxiing It was only after I’d promised him on Willa’s life that ouldn’t take him to the hospital that he’d settled somewhat

I’d tried to talk to Silver a few ti returned to Petrov, but he’d barely spoken to me It was only when I’d shown him pictures of Willa on my phone that he’d shown any kind of emotion I’d explained that the plan was to stop in Vermont for the funeral and then continue on to Seattle in a couple of days, but Silver hadn’t acknowledged the inforful way

We’d gotten hie, but hadn’t seen much of him He had shown up for the funeral, but he’d remained on the outskirts of the sotten a ride back to the lodge with someone, because I’d been too preoccupied to make sure