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Chapter Twenty Nine - In Trouble

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ELLIE

The drive back home was quiet, too quiet. So quiet that I could hear every inhale from him, every exhale that left him.

The party had been unlike anything I'd ever experienced and I had no intention of ever willingly attending such an event again.

As Lorenzo had instructed, I ignored Nikolai's presence, though it had taken every ounce of self-control I possessed. Every time I caught a glimpse of him across the room, my hands would shake with the urge to march over there and demand answers. To scream at him about Elijah, about the pain he'd caused.

But I didn't. I stayed glued to Lorenzo's side like the good little accessory he'd wanted me to be.

The memory of those people, those conversations, made my stomach churn all over again. Human trafficking. Underground fighting rings. Murder for hire. And they'd discussed it all like they were talking about stock portfolios or vacation plans.

These were the people Lorenzo associated with. The world he lived in.

The world I was apparentl
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