l training warring with a primal sense of cauti

e reached into the inner pocket of his tailored jacket and produced

iffened. The easy confidence he usually projected v

cuff. "Mr. Castillo, my apologies. We have a situation. The guest is Gil

nd check on Adeline years ago. She was an orphan from

er own investigation had yiel

"Castillo. Your personal issues with my sister are you

sis

uly seeing him for the first time. The same dark hair, the same det

x, ugly thing-fury at being deceived, and a possessive ange

lmer was her new lover. T

oice dripping with contempt. "When did y

t shot out. It was a swift, precise moveme

act cracked through

f blood filling his mouth. A collec

s side. She glared at Gilmer, her face a

ined frozen, their

othered. "That," he said calmly to Jeremey, "w

on her brother's arm. She shook

iping a smear of blood from his lip. "I didn't come

s were clenched in the nanny's dress, her small face

ulling the child behind her skirts. "You will not ge

hat sent a chill down Hayden's spine. "Legally, M

s most vulnerable point

no longer pretending to be polite; they

cked. His eyes, dark with fury,

voice low and menacing. "Now take

o announce her return in a way that could not be igno

Mommy will be back for you, sweetheart," she

Hayden quickly placed a hand over the child's mou

arrowed. She fil

t, heads held high, leaving a wake

sanctuary of a Rolls-Royce,

her arm she hadn't even noticed. "Seeing him again... I still can't believe you

air, a partial reveal

at the blurred city lights.

Gil. All that matters no

the curb. The Castillo family had no idea what was coming for th