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I preferred our other way of , in the dark, with his men in their cars, where I could disappear

DownerI should follow him

In every room, there were men

The kitchen The dining room

I was getting déjà vu froirls

Downer led me to a back office, also reminiscent of Carloni’s ho in the corner with a phone to his ear He turned, seeing er He went back to his conversation, and I glanced around the room

Noting the exits

A largefaced a pool and backyard that was tiled, with another poolhouse on the side, and a fence going all around the yard

If I had to make a run, that wasthere would be the blind spot in their whole security syste the front of the poolhouse and there was another perched on top of the poolhouse, sweeping the backyard

Yes That was the blind spot

“Raize! Welconed off froardedto the side His eyes narrowed “You look irritated”

Downer snorted

I ignored both, asking, “Why did you call me here?”

The feeling in the roorew more tense, more alarmed

Downer had been grinning, and he was still grinning, but it was fading His eyes were alert, trained onhim back

A feeling shifted in ut

So me

Was this how Ash felt? When she just knew the answer?

I hoped not, because this feeling sucked I didn’t like it

“There was a hit on Morales”

My mother? “On only Morales?”

The answer flashed in Roman’s eyes first “Your mother was killed, too I’m sorry, Raize”

My mother

I almost rocked back

I should’ve been expecting it A part of me had been I kneas a irlfriend Her tiured it would be a bloody end, but hearing it—that was another matter

“My sister?”

“We don’t know Our reports say that she ith Estrada so she’s probably alive Or we can hope”

“But if he did that? Took over the Morales Cartel?”

“Then he’d come for me…”

“How?” That word gutted out of me