he academy archives to collect my gradu

camera my father had left me before he died. My fingers

daughters of Capos and Soldiers-Mia's new entourage. The tallest

oudly. "Parading around for years just to get t

tightly, my knuckles

, Dante, Silas, and Enzo were walking wi

tched them roughly yank on my dead father

, we should stop them." She took a step forward,

m out, instinctively shieldin

ressive demand for absolute obedience. The girls let go of my

at me. His eye

ed, his voice dripping with disappointment. "Do not take y

my spine ramrod straight. The chill in my

ting down the minutes until my departure,

d the lock, showering the

, escorting Mia as if she

ght up to me. "Wher

sked, keeping my voi

manded. "The one she lost today. Yo

tight. "Stop lying. We know yo

ive me a chan

and started tearing my living

ers, leaving a trail of senseless destructi

ed them

y. My suitcases were already

hort, mocking laugh. "Staging a dramatic exit

her movements carefully calculated. She pulled out the silver moonstone pend

ce and pulled out the necklace. She held it up,

one and looked at me, he

have just said so. I would have given it back. You di

ust put there yours

of her without hesitation. He clearly had no int

der, landing on my still-lit computer screen. Enzo's hard drive was still

eighteenth birthday vid

N

immediately stepped in

e you the hard dr

oken. "Forget it. I don't want you

ucian's expression darkened instantly. He reopen

he video, then delete your ow

gs." I reached out t

nd my back. His grip was brutal, his large fingers digging mercilessly into

force us to get physical," Enzo wa

-every single memory I had left of my dead parents-and pressed the del

ou will never appear in any of the Obsidian Synd

threw it hard against my chest. "

. He thought that threat would scare me. He thought

the phone in my

mored extraction vehicle

rip on the handl

ther argument. They thought they h

that the countdown to losing