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Then Korsakov with Ayla.

“What the fuck do we do?”

Korsakov looks at Santiago’s face on the monitor.

“First, we find Sarkisian.”

“Yeah, we need to know where Arsen is,” Angelo says.

Korsakov nods.

“Wherever Arsen Sarkisian is tonight, that’s where he has your sister.”

I look back at the screen.

Then we find him and we get her back.

Chapter 72

Luciano

Six Months Later

Six months.

Valentina has been gone for six fucking months.

Long enough for me to understand exactly what my mistake cost.

I killed the wrong man and trusted the one who walked out of my house with my sister.

I can’t give Miguel his life back. Making sure his family never struggles because of what I took from them doesn’t absolve me.

It was never supposed to.

I stare at the latest report on my screen.

Nothing.

Another possible location for Arsen that led nowhere. Another person who swore they saw him only to suddenly become uncertain when money changed hands.

Five months ago, we got the closest thing we’ve had to a real lead.

A house where Valentina was supposed to be.

We found a bloody dress.

Her dress.

Lilac fabric stained dark and abandoned in a closet with no sign of my sister.

I still see it when I close my eyes.

For weeks, everyone around me carefully avoided saying what they thought it meant.

I know what it could mean. I refuse to believe it.

There’s no fucking way Valentina isn’t on this earth anymore.