Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Last time, she hadn't believed Dan for a second. But this time, all it would take was one word from Hull, and she'd be convinced.

Silas understood.

God, what a mess. This whole thing was a tangled knot.

He looked over at Hull. "She's charging over to Black Gate because she's scared you'll come after her, right?"

After all, she thought Dan had taken someone from right under her nose, and Hull wasn't exactly known for letting things slide.

Hull waved him off. "Don't worry about—"

But then he paused, a sly glint lighting up his eyes. "Keep searching for Susanna."

Silas nearly choked. "Wait, what? Keep looking for Susanna?"

So... Yvonne would go on believing Dan took Susanna?

Wasn't this messy enough already? Now it was a full-blown disaster. No one at Black Gate was going to have a peaceful day.

Hull took a slow sip of his red wine. "Dan wants to step back and catch his breath, huh? Not a chance."

chuckle that followed sent a chill down Silas's

it now. Hull was throwing Black Gate straight

to get rid of Derek and Finch. But Dan wasn't exactly harmless himself—when he finally swooped in for the win, Lacey and Susanna would both

Dan in the fight right now. By the time it was over, Dan's crew would be battered and bruised, their power

"Understood. I'll send our people to help Yvonne, right

Black Gate. Which meant they'd have to put on a show-send their own

***

at Black Gate now, Hull's people

he knew everything was

***

Palm Island.

exhausted from her time trailing after Yvonne. She hadn't rested this much in ages, and

good, starving, and

was the endless blue of

Ugh.

after everything, the sight of the sea

day, she'd woken up adrift, hunted by a giant whale. She used to love the ocean the freedom, the salty

"You're up?"