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Silas, who'd come along with Hull, could almost taste the tension in the air as soon as he stepped inside.

Stella felt it too.

Hull turned to Ronald, his voice low and serious: "Things just got complicated. We can't let Susanna leave with Yvonne."

Stella: "!!!"

Complicated? Wait a second...

Well, yeah, it really was messy. Dan was Susanna's little brother, and, oh yeah, currently the head honcho of Black Gate.

Back in the day, he'd tricked his sister. Susanna's mom used to run Black Gate before him.

Dan and Lacey were at each other's throats-and Susanna was caught in the middle!

If someone actually managed to whip Susanna into shape...

Stella's mind raced, piecing together all the tangled relationships and drama in a split second.

Conclusion: They were totally screwed.

"Hull's right. We need to find my sister-now."

Oh God.

Black Gate. If she got her hands on Susie now, she'd train

back in the day-barely survived that bootcamp, and she'd always thought of herself as pretty tough. Susie? Susie

cared about her health-always making her go for jogs in the park, making

City, had a housekeeper making her pancakes and eggs every morning, and a driver to take

Susanna was going to make it through this

pitter-pattered over to Ronald. "We have

like that. He scooped her up without warning. "Quit running.

in perfect sync: "No, she really doesn't."

her arms around his neck. "When she's pissed off, she

kidnapped-Yvonne's "training" had been brutal. Stella had cried her eyes out, begging for

Now, Susanna would become

Yvonne's new secret weapon

if Yvonne was

on

be twice

Sna.

was getting darker by

Stella was, Ronald gently squeezed her

her voice tight

why hadn't she thought of this sooner? Yvonne absolutely

about to get

as Stella finished talking, her phone started