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Chapter 17
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The Devil’s Contract Chapter 20
CHAPTER TWENTYEVELYNIF YOU OPEN THAT DOOR, YOU'LL FIND OUT WHY THOMAS WAS REALLY KILLED.I read the message three times.Lucian read it once.Then held out his hand."Phone."I pulled it against my chest."No.""Evelyn.""It's addressed to me.""I know.""Then why would I give you my phone?""To trace it."Daniel turned from the front seat."I can do that without taking it."Lucian looked irritated.I smiled."Technology. Amazing.""This isn't funny.""No. But your face is."His expression didn't change."Daniel.""Already working."I handed Daniel the phone.He connected it to his tablet.Andrew leaned forward."Who besides Thomas called you Evie?""Family. Martin sometimes.""Gabriel?""I never met Gabriel.""His recording."I nodded."But whoever sent this says Thomas made them promise."Lucian looked at Andrew."You?""No.""Martin?"Andrew shook his head."He would've called.""Adrian?""No," I said.Lucian looked at me."Why are you so sure?""Adrian enjoys making an entrance.
The Devil’s Contract Chapter 19
CHAPTER NINETEENEVELYN"Catherine."Victor said Lucian's mother's name like it was nothing.Like he hadn't just accused her of murdering my biological father.Lucian didn't move.Neither did I.The speaker crackled above us.Finally, I found my voice."You're lying."Victor laughed softly."I wondered which of you would say it first."Lucian stepped toward the speaker."My mother killed Gabriel?""Yes.""Why?""Ask Helena."Every head turned.Helena went still.That was enough.My stomach dropped."You knew?""No."It came too quickly.Lucian heard it too."Careful."Helena's eyes narrowed."Don't threaten me in my own archive.""Then answer her."I stared at Helena."Did Catherine kill my father?""I don't know."I laughed.Not because it was funny.Because apparently that sentence was contagious.Victor's voice filled the room."She's protecting Catherine."Helena looked toward the speaker."And you're manipulating her.""Both can be true."I hated that he was right."Victor."He w
The Devil’s Contract Chapter 18
CHAPTER EIGHTEENEVELYN"Victor Hale isn't Victor Hale."The words didn't make more sense the second time.I stared at Helena's phone.Adrian was still on speaker."Then who is he?"Silence."Adrian.""I don't know."I laughed once."Of course you don't."Lucian looked at Andrew."You do."Andrew's face tightened."No.""You knew Gabriel. You knew Blackthorn. You knew Victor.""I knew the man calling himself Victor Hale.""That isn't what I asked."Andrew looked toward Helena.She didn't help him.Good.I was tired of everyone protecting everyone else's secrets."Who was Victor before Blackthorn?" I asked.Andrew rubbed a hand over his face."I never knew his original name.""But Gabriel did.""Eventually.""And that's what got him killed."Andrew hesitated."Possibly."I pointed at him."No."He sighed."Yes. I believe that's what got him killed."My stomach twisted.Gabriel had discovered who his own half brother really was.And died for it.Thomas had spent years burying that truth
The Devil’s Contract Chapter 17
CHAPTER SEVENTEENEVELYNThe drive to Westchester took forty-three minutes.I knew because I counted every one of them.Not intentionally.My brain had simply decided that if it kept track of something ordinary, like minutes, it wouldn't have to think about the fact that we were driving toward a property owned by Blackthorn.Or that Martin's phone had somehow appeared there.Or that March 17, 1983 was apparently the day Blackthorn recruited my biological father to protect Lucian's mother.Or that Lucian and I had kissed again less than twenty minutes ago.That last one was especially inconvenient.I looked out the window.Lucian sat beside me.Close enough that our knees occasionally touched whenever the SUV turned.Neither of us acknowledged it.Daniel drove.Andrew sat in the front passenger seat staring at the dark road ahead.A second security vehicle followed behind us.Three more men were already heading to the property from another direction.Lucian had wanted six.I had asked
The Devil’s Contract Chapter 16
CHAPTER SIXTEENEVELYNThe alarm began to scream.Lucian moved before anyone else.One second his hand was in mine.The next, he was in front of me with his gun drawn."Daniel.""Already on it."Daniel pressed two fingers to the earpiece at his collar.Martin slammed the laptop shut.Andrew stared toward the ceiling.The alarm continued.Loud.Relentless.Completely unnecessary considering everyone in the room was already terrified."What does that alarm mean?" I asked.Lucian didn't look at me."Interior breach.""Inside the house?""Yes.""Wonderful.""Evelyn.""I'm coping.""Cope behind me."I stared at the back of his head."We discussed this."His shoulders tightened.Even now.Even with someone apparently wandering around his house uninvited, I could practically see him forcing himself to remember.He turned."Will you please stay behind me until we know what's happening?"That was better."Yes."Lucian blinked."What?""I said yes.""You agreed.""Don't sound so shocked.""I am
The Devil’s Contract Chapter 15
CHAPTER FIFTEENEVELYNLucian stared at the photograph.So did I.There was no mistaking us.His hand at my waist.Mine twisted into the front of his shirt.My face tilted toward his.His mouth on mine.A moment that had belonged to us for approximately sixty seconds before Victor turned it into a threat.Now I know what he has to lose.Lucian's hand tightened around mine."Daniel.""I know."Daniel was already working on the replacement phone.Andrew leaned over the front seat."When was it taken?""Less than two minutes ago.""From where?"Daniel enlarged the photograph.The angle was high.Across the street.Maybe a second-story window.Lucian looked through the tinted glass."Keep moving."The SUV pulled away.Two security vehicles followed.I looked at the picture again."Delete it."Lucian took the phone from Daniel."No.""Why?""Evidence.""Of my terrible judgment?"His eyes lifted to mine."Is that what you think it was?"I regretted the joke immediately."That's not what I m
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