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“What are you having?” I asked him as I moved to the bar in the corner

“It’s a little early—”

“You’re , after being disrespectful and willfully irritating Yet here I a that drink?” I asked him as I poured myself a brandy

“Brandy is good,” he replied, holding out his hand I handed hi to sit in the chair as he took the other one

Sitting in silence, I drank staring up at the portrait, realizing it was going to change Not because of him… But because of me It was only e Soon, it would need to change to o I never thought about it before It never occurred to e until now, that the structure of e Dona sat here often… I wondered if that hat she was seeing

I wasn’t sure how long we sat quietly I didn’t mind the silence, but apparently, he couldn’t take it anymore

“Despite everything else, I will take care of her,” he said sternly, breaking my concentration I looked over to him, somewhat surprised by his statement

“Of course, you will,” I replied and he seemed surprised by mine “You don’t have a choice Your life, your country, anything else you care about depends on hoell you treat her I would have thought you weighed all the risks before hter and sister of the most power mafia in the history of the world”

“Hubris seelass to

“One your fa “Of all my family members, I’m least eloquent I don’t have a speech or wisdom to share with you… And even if I did, I’d rather not speak with you at all The sight of you upsetsto do ho you are… But who my sister is to me”

I paused, drinking and he didn’t say word, thankfully

“Do you have sister?” I asked him

“Half-sister but apparently she doesn’t count” He grinned I didn’t find anything funny in the least

“Then you don’t understand e are feeling,” I spoke for Wyatt, too because I knew he’d be broken even more so by this

He shook his head “In all honestly, no I understand she won’t be in the city But it’s not as if she’s disappearing for all time It’s not like she won’t be able to call or video chat—”