Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

After all, with the whole deal between Susanna and Dan... you just never know if Yvonne might take it all out on Susie because of Dan.

Ronald shook his head. "Relax. She won't."

"Are you sure?" Stella still sounded worried.

"She won't," Ronald repeated, calm as ever.

Stella sighed, unconvinced.

"She'll just use Susanna as a weapon. Her own little dagger-aimed straight at Dan."

Stella let out a long breath. Yeah... that did sound like something Yvonne would do.

It made her feel a little better, but she couldn't help worrying that Susanna might not be able to handle it. The truth was, Susanna really had zero experience in this sort of thing.

With Yvonne's... intense methods, there was just no telling how rough it'd get for her.

Hull stepped out of the Quinn family's country estate just as his phone started buzzing.

Xander's name lit up the screen. Hull answered, and the tension was obvious from the first second.

"Stop looking," Xander said, voice ice-cold.

Hull's jaw clenched. "And what's that supposed to mean, Mr. Schultz?"

Xander replied, with a hint

whole city upside down looking for Susanna. Xander knew exactly why he was so desperate he was

grip tightened on the phone.

Xander just grunted.

Hull's face darkened. "Where?"

after all. Hull's people hadn't been able to track down Yvonne anywhere,

up in

"Twenty-seven days?" Hull echoed.

"Mhm."

stared at the

over at Silas, who, along with Barnaby, looked utterly wiped

slept much, all focused on

on Xander." Damn, he really had thought

and Yvonne's marriage was just for show,

he could ask anything else, Xander hung

happened with Stella all those years ago? But t

if both of them started out

had grown up around Ronald-she'd been exposed to

training camps, let her play around. Susanna, though? She'd never even seen any of it. Was she really not going

made Hull's temples throb. Silas broke the silence. "Mr. Schultz, you know where Susanna is

we waiting for? Let's just go ask Mr. Schultz to give her

like he was a complete idiot. Go ask

sharp as a hawk. "Keep eyes on Xander at all times." Going straight to demand Susanna back was

Silas nodded. "Got it."