Chapter 9 Rein, You've Been Shot

The drive was quiet and Rafiq’s interest in the conversation between his boss and the Evander heir grew. “Where shall we head next, Sir?”

Looking from the rearview mirror, he saw Delian sitting deep in his thoughts while trying to decipher a feeling he can’t shake off. “I feel like I’ve met them all before.”

“Sir Rein and her Marine friends?” Rafiq asked. Ever since Delian went face to face with that captain of theirs, his demeanor quickly reverted to his business-like self.

The mafia heir’s mind drifted back to that night at Lou’s bar after the fight with the Swedes. “There was another person with us that night. I heard a man say something along the lines of, “Don’t kill him.’ But I’m not sure.”

Rafiq replied, “You were pretty beat up, Sir.”

Delian scratched his chin in frustration. Why did he have to forget such crucial details of that time? Still, he had his suspicions. “I think the man that approached me and Eirene was Rein.”

“You think Sir Evander has a connection with your