Chapter 53

HECTOR POV

I never thought, that in just a blink of an eye, I will lose two of my trusted men. They've been poisoned. My hands balled into a fist. Ryan told me that it was poison. Ryan has been staying in the mansion since Luna went missing. Ryan did some tests with the wine Francis gave me, and he confirmed that the wine was mixed with poison.

I ordered my men not to tell anyone that Philip and Carlito were dead. I need to catch the culprit and use his bait against him.

I closed my eyes. I can feel a burning pain in my chest. I never thought Francis could betray me. Why?

I treated him as my best friend, as my brother. He and Stefan were by my side for years. We fought together and protected one another.

I could never think of a reason why he did this to me.

"Hector, I have a plan," Ryan spoke on my side.

"What's your plan?"

"I've invented a certain kind of medicine that could make a person look dead. You know, I tried it before with one of my assistants and it was effective,"

I raise