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The Devil’s Contract Chapter 22
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWOEVELYN"The necklace."My hand stayed at my throat even though it wasn't there.Thomas's necklace.Small gold pendant. Thin chain. Nothing remarkable enough for anyone to steal.Nothing remarkable enough for me to question."You've had Catherine's master key for seven years," Margaret said.Lucian stared at me."Where is it?""Safe.""Which safe?"I looked at him."My apartment."His expression changed."The apartment you no longer live in.""I still own it.""The apartment that's been empty since you moved into my house.""Yes."Lucian closed his eyes.I knew that face."No.""I haven't said anything.""You're about to suggest we go there.""Obviously.""No."I folded my arms."You were doing so well."He took a breath.Then tried again."Will you please allow Daniel's team to clear the apartment before we go?"I smiled."Yes."He blinked."See? Asking works."Andrew walked past us."I can't decide which one of you is training the other.""Neither," Lucian and I sa
The Devil’s Contract Chapter 21
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONEEVELYNMargaret was gone.That should have made everything simpler.It didn't.I stared at the last message on my phone.MARGARET DIDN'T BETRAY LUCIAN.SHE BETRAYED CONRAD.AND THOMAS DIED HELPING HER DO IT.Lucian stood beside me, perfectly still.Which I was learning was worse than when he was angry."How long has Margaret worked for you?""Fourteen years."I looked at him."Before Thomas died.""Yes.""Before you started watching me.""Yes.""Before—""I understand the timeline."His voice was sharper than necessary.I stopped.Lucian closed his eyes."I'm sorry.""You're allowed to be angry.""Not at you."Progress again.Daniel entered the hallway carrying a tablet."We pulled the exterior footage.""And?""Margaret left through the service entrance at 1:16.""Alone?""Yes.""Vehicle?""None."I frowned."She walked?""Camera loses her at the south gate."Lucian looked at him."Phone?""Left in her room.""Passport?""Gone.""Cash?""Unknown."Andrew came down
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
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