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Chapter 8

Author: Big Bad Monkey King
The third month of Theo’s time in Colombia, I received the first batch of reports from the farm.

“He’s performing well,” Silas said, sitting in my office. “Working sixteen hours a day loading and unloading cargo, never complains. The few times local drug lords have provoked him, he took down four men barehanded.”

“He’s a soldato,” I said, flipping through the files. “Manual labor won’t defeat him.”

“Sophie,” Silas suddenly said, “do you really want him to stay there forever?”

I looked up.

Silas’ striking gray eyes were calm as they gazed at me, but it felt like they were piercing through my soul.

“What are you trying to say?”

“What I mean is…” He slid a document across the desk. “Word from Colombia is that Isabella’s lover, the drug lord, is plotting a prison break. His target is revenge on the Lucas family.”

I frowned.

Isabella was already dead, yet her lover still dared to challenge us?

“She’s not dead,” Silas said. “The fall was faked. Theo’s right-hand man helped her fake
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