n pounding out a frantic rhythm on the ro

rong war," Aria whispered,

ght of a decade of hatred falling suddenly away. "If your

her mind racing. "It was a shield. They were tryin

e. "We have to get back to the estate. My servers are more secure tha

t's just

my life hating a woman who was

the horizon a battered purple and grey. The house was

nected Aria's drive to a huge,

yping furiously at the keyboard.

elt a presence behind her. Luca was standing a few fee

quietly. He reached out, his thumb

n was different, not from the clinical examin

me about the SEC inve

you were the one cleaning the money. If

d n

lur. "Now I think someone else has been using Hale accounts

athed. "He's been th

security was the one who let those

two heirs of empires, stand

rust anyone

e between them disappeared. "The contract says one year, Aria.

ace up to him. For a second, the space between them was charge

enly emitted a hi

s op

the screen. She was pale and frightened. "If you're watching this, I'm already dead. And Luca's father is likely next. To my daughter, Aria... I'm

s looking at the doorway. Standing in the doorway was Luca's younger brother, Julian. Julian was holding a silenced p

the gun at

see if she looks as good in