Chapter 44

Luca POV

I leant back in my office chair and put my feet on the desk, pressing the tumbler of brandy to my forehead. I'd hoped that the alcohol would slow the flow of thoughts that bombarded my mind. It didn't work.

“Where are you?” I heard Enzo mindlink me.

“Study,” I sent back the single-word response.

Moments later, the study door opened and Enzo entered, closing the door behind him before he went to the sideboard and poured himself a drink.

“Everything is set at the clinic, Doc said he's grateful for your concern. He had been worried that the staff would abandon the clinic. The nurse we saw today has been rather shaken up by the whole ordeal,” he sighed and sat down opposite me.

“And the blood samples?”

“Already on their way to the council. I sent two of my men, just to make sure that they're not waylaid by anything.” There was a moment of silence and I could almost see the gears turning in my younger brother's head. “What do you think it is?”

I shook my head and slipped my f