His Tormented Heart by Katee Robert

Author:Katee Robert
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-5323-9808-7
Publisher: Katee Robert

Chapter 11

An hour later, the inner circle of the Island of Ys took their places in the main room of the hub. Six now, instead of their original four. All were uncharacteristically quiet as Amarante paced in front of them. Ryu studied his siblings’ faces, finding no evidence of wanting to turn from their course. Both Liam and Cami seemed just as resolute.

It should have made him feel better. This was what they’d been working toward for so long, after all. They couldn’t afford a stumble or second-guessing or anything that might draw them away from finishing this once and for all.

Like knowing that someone wanted to spy on them and keeping it to themselves. Like not sharing that Delilah was compromised.

Amarante stopped and turned on her heel to face them fully. “You’re not going to like this.”

Everything in Ryu went still, all his tangled bullshit over Delilah disappearing in an instant of perfect clarify. “What did you do, Te?”

She smoothed her hands down her red silk shirt. “We are going to have a summit, of sorts.”

“A summit.” Luca leaned forward and winced when the move pulled at his injury. “We agreed to plan together. Organizing a summit without talking to us? Are you out of your fucking mind?”

“You will cease reacting until you have all the information.” She didn’t raise her voice, but she didn’t have to. There were too many times in their past when her orders saved them. Even now, as adults, they responded to that tone. “I didn’t plan a summit. I am attending one.”

The distinction clicked into place. Ryu shot to his feet. “No. Absolutely not. You’re not leaving the island.” They all left from time to time. It was unavoidable, especially when hunting their enemies. But she wasn’t talking about a hunt. She was talking about putting a target on her forehead.

She shot him an icy look that had him dropping back into his chair. “We’ll never reach him without drastic measures. You’ve seen the facts, the schematics, the schedules. We could spent the next ten years trying to plan the perfect assassination, and it wouldn’t matter because he has enough enemies to be paranoid when it comes to his security.”

“We’ll find a way.” This from Kenzie, who’d been strangely silent until now.

“If we could find a way, Ryu would have done it by now.” Amarante flung a hand in his direction.

Everyone’s attention turned to him. He wanted to say something to contradict his sister, but he couldn’t lie. Not about this. “He’s protected himself from threats both physical and digital. I can’t get to him, and his travel schedule is so randomized, without someone on the inside, it’s nearly impossible to anticipate with enough time to stage an assassination.”

“So it will take time,” Luca said. “That’s fine. We have time.”

“No, we don’t.” Amarante stalked to the nearest desk and perched on the edge of it. “You want to start a family.”

He startled and winced again. “That’s something we’ve only talked about in theory.” Luca shot an apologetic look over his shoulder at Cami, but she shrugged.

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