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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.

Dan was running Black Gate. If she got her hands on Susie now, she'd train her like a

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

was living with Ronald, at least he cared about her health-always making her go for jogs in the

pancakes and eggs every morning, and a driver to take her everywhere. She didn't even know how to use the

going to make

slippers, Stella pitter-pattered over to Ronald. "We

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

and Hull, in perfect sync: "No,

his neck. "When she's pissed off, she totally loses

brutal. Stella had cried her eyes out, begging for mercy. Didn't

Now, Susanna would become

Yvonne's new secret weapon

And if Yvonne was

on

twice

Sna.

was getting darker by the

squeezed her arm. “Alright,

hurry," Stella said, her voice tight with

she thought of this sooner? Yvonne

to

finished talking, her phone