Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

The mother and son exchanged a look, each swallowing back the words on the tip of their tongues, and turned away in silence.

Once Derek was alone, he pinched the bridge of his nose, a headache throbbing behind his eyes as he tried to steady his pounding heart.

Finally, he picked up the phone and dialed a number.

It was answered almost immediately. "Sir?"

"Keep a close eye on Finch. And Dan, too. Search everyone around them, turn everything upside down if you have to."

Derek's voice was sharp and cold.

He'd never really trusted Dan, and as for Finch... Well, right now, he trusted no

one.

All he wanted was to find Susanna and hand her over to Yvonne.

That damn girl-who would've guessed her connections would be so tangled? She'd put Black Gate right at the edge of ruin.

"Yes, sir."

Derek was about to hang up when he paused. "Wait. Check around Adelle, too. Quietly."

There was a beat of stunned silence on the other end, then, "Understood."

Derek had never doubted his beloved Adelle before, no matter what had happened or who he suspected over the years.

But now, even she wasn't above suspicion.

and Adelle stepped outside together, both with

watching

Yvonne's hardline tactics from yesterday.

her over to Yvonne as quickly as

and get

trouble-leave her here and Black Gate would have even bigger

spat, "Why the hell are they

Susanna made

Mr. Miguel, were all ganging up on Black Gate over her. Anyone who didn't know the story would think Susanna

got no proof, but we still have to help find her." That

Let

but here they were

to

on Dan's turf up at

tabs on Finch

figure out who really

chaos now, just like Hull had warned: everyone suspicious, everyone turning on each

had people watching Dan,

people watching

had people watching

paranoid free-for-all, all for one

while they were busy tearing each other apart, Yvonne and Xander

Black Gate's key

those assets? They belonged

were being pushed