CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: They're Not Safe

“Marius Thorne, I’ll give you twenty-four hours to surrender my wife and my child to me. Otherwise, you’ll lose everything you hold dear.”

Carter and his bodyguards have left, but the threat of their return lingers. How much else can he do? Can he really destroy Marius, a man who also belongs from another powerful family?

If Carter can find me here, in the supposed safe place of Marius, it means that I’ll never be truly safe anywhere else.

Back in the penthouse, I sink on the sofa while Marius paces by the floor-to-ceiling window, his jaw set in a grim line.

“Marius, I’m sorry that you were dragged into this,” I say.

Marius moves to sit beside me, then takes my hand and squeezes it. “Don’t worry about me, Carter won’t dare harm me. If he will, I’ll make sure to retaliate. I’m not the only one who’s gonna go down, he will too.”

“Will you really fight this battle with me?” I ask.

Marius nods. There’s a determination in his gaze.

I squeeze his hand back as I straighten my shou