Chapter thirty nine

“I have nothing to offer. I came here in need of your help,” Luciano tried to keep his real intentions hidden.

“I am the last person on earth you should ask for help. You betrayed me. All favors for you ended when you took away what was mine.”

“I am here asking for her life, Zio. You owe me that much after what you did to me and your brother.”

“Stop it! It is enough! You have been hiding Keirah from me for two weeks now. That is more than enough courtesy on my part.”

“She is an innocent person. A person not from our world. So, innocent. She does not deserve this.”

“Stop beating around the bush. You would not be here if you did not have the codes. Give me the codes, then maybe I will think about letting you go.”

“I swear I do not have the codes. And Keirah does not have the codes either. I tried to squeeze them out of her in all the ways possible, but she does not have them.”

“You think of me, stupid? That I do not know what I am doing. That I would spend my resources and time on