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I could make my life Candy’s. She’d be more than worth it.

Vinnie’s car turns toward the west side of the island and my brow furrows. This is not territory that the Italians usually haunt.

Another turn and my gut gets heavy.

On the third turn, I’m hitting the Apple CarPlay. Because I know this street. I know who lives here and if that’s where Vinnie is heading, then we are all careening toward disaster. “Fuck.”

“What is it?” Rock asks, looking from me to the car.

But I don’t answer.

Instead, I hit a button on the CarPlay console.

As the call feature fires up, I growl into the speakers…

“Call Killian.”

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Candy

I’m hardly through my first foil when a knock sounds on the door of my mini salon. Angel set it up for me when I first came.

It’s got a salon chair, a flatbed for larger waxings, a sink, and cubes for me to store my products. I’ve put some plants and stuff in it to make it feel homier and it’s a place I feel more at home than any other.

I close up the last foil and give Harmony a quick smile. “Be right back.”

Opening the door, I expect to see one of the girls. Someone who didn’t get a time slot or wants to change the one they have.

Instead, Angel stands on the other side of the door, Killian next to him.

Something in Killian’s face makes me step back. I know he’s married with a child on the way. And I know when it came to Promise, he actually helped protect her, even when it wasn’t clear that Angel was going to do right by her.

So the look is unexpected and it freaks me out. I slide back a few inches and tighten the opening of the door. “My next client is about to arrive,” I say nervously, gnawing at my lip. “And Harmony is in my chair.”

Angel’s gaze flips behind me. “We’ll be quick. Killian just had a couple of questions for you.”

“What kind of questions?” I ask, my hand tightening on the knob.

“Want to step into the hall?” Killian asks, a muscle in his cheek ticcing.

“With you? No, thank you.” I give him a polite smile, before my gaze returns to Angel, the question in them clear. Can I trust Killian?

Angel’s slight wince tells me what I need to know.

“Just out of curiosity, did Sver tell you that we met last night?”

I draw in a gasp, looking back at Killian. “What? You’re lying, he⁠—”

“Met me in the parking lot when he was on his way to pick up your things.” Killian’s eyes narrow even as my stomach drops.

There is a lot about Sver I don’t know. Red flag? Who the fuck knows. I think that’s normal except what I do know about him is that danger is his middle name. And I attract bad like a magnet.

My silence is Killian’s invitation to continue. “And just so we’re clear…” Killian straightens up. “He agreed to leave the city and never come back.”

My knees go weak. “He—he’s leaving?” I look back at Angel, tears I can’t quite hold back filling my eyes.

Sver saved my life. Reconnected me with Angel…did he do that for me because he knew he’d go?