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“Coffee for four, hot chocolate for one,” Keir answered, the kid nodding and rushing off iht in and ere finally left in silence
“It was likely the Lachs,” Killian explained softly, “but don’t speak ure out who’s ”
“Fair,” I said with a sigh “But I still don’t get why uess we haven’t been a secret,” I reasoned onout a huff of annoyance
“Exactly Anyone as trailing us likely saw you,” Keir agreed
“That explains the shooter,” Dani said, and all three guys pro to her
“Excuseaway the truth beneath his calm exterior
“So I didn’t want to mention it in front of the cops, plus, it’s not unusual for me At first, I assumed Eros had sent them, but this one was different than the others,” I said quickly, shoving a ridiculously big bite of French toast into my mouth to buy myself time
“Hold on Your grandfather has been sending people into our city to try and kill you?” Keir clarified, his icy tone sending a shiver down my spine that nearly cracked my facade “And you didn’t think to mention it?”
“Keir… I’m from a Fa deal I kill them, and he sends cleanup; if he didn’t, you’d know about the for their reaction There is no aet me out of this one
“We’re co back to that, Baby Girl Let me just assure you that you aren’t off the hook about that little detail But back to the current issue- whoever followed you today How do you know they weren’t his?” Kyrell asked
“Eros lives for power, right? He tends to attract the kind of folloant the same Each month, his lackeys taunt me I’ve been threatened with rape, torture, you name it They always talk, always taunt, always make themselves known I know they’re there before they fire the warning shot, and this time it wasn’t like that They were stealthier Dani noticed theave up the chase pretty quickly And it was just before the police arrived, so I’ hoever did the store’s dae They probably heard the alarot us,” I explained The vein in Keir’s neck was bulging so badly at this point, I half-expected it to explode
“When I find out which one sent the was issued through gritted teeth, his hand gripping his glass so hard it shattered, re-creating the incident fro it up and tending to his hand without a word When the lass, and the waiter ran out
“This city is ours,” Killian said finally, breaking the silence “How dare he”
“I’ve told you a bit about me, but not much You don’t even know the half of what Eros is capable of,” I explained, the words just slipping out “Hell, you don’t know half of what he’s put h”
“I can attest to that,” Dani added angrily, s her fork into her food