rled the steaming cup straight at Jemma, sending a

er hands flying to her cheeks as the pain

orway froze in terror before rushing f

er face, her cries growing louder. "My fa

in made the servant blanch in ho

oasted about was now ruined, mottled wit

lease, let me help you," the servan

herself, but she remembered Anna still needed to marry into the White family. She sw

to have dinner tonight, no

to support the sobbing Jemma

off the last sliver of light an

cold, sharp smile curved her lips, and a

ng of what she had planne

attic, shoved aside broken boxes, and presse

assage to a secret room tucked away beyond a

oment Anna climbed up, he set the glass aside and said, "Back in trouble, I see? I keep tel

"Cade's not sharp enough to have orchestrated everything back then. Whoever gave him orders is st

rrying you off to the White family as a pawn. Do you

ed cold. "Being married off is actually a step up. With

d by since the crash t

s final moments never f

rength shielding Anna, her voice frail as she begged, "Hide your

er burnt palm, refusing to le

ching Cade and his precious fa

gnation in his voice. He reached for his phone and added, "You should know your last pa

id it across the table. "You have three mon

he picture an

man's striking features-a sharp jawline, strong profile, and

u can get me on him,"

mantled two of their empires all by himself. Plenty have tried hunting him since then, but after that, he disappeared completely. No one's glimpsed hi

look. "You really think I can track down someone with nothi

e's nobody else in the group with our eye for faces. I have to

aw with her thumb, considering. "If t

a sparked a match and held it

eading as the picture curled and blackened. "Russell family, y