Susanna gave a small nod. "Yeah, I'll go in."

Honestly, she didn't really want to see Derek right now.

But she walked into the room anyway.

Hull glanced at Barnaby. "Go ahead and bring him in."

"Sure thing, boss."

Barnaby left and returned quickly, escorting Derek into the room-alone. Not a single member of his crew was allowed in with him.

He'd shown up solo.

Hull sat back in his chair, a cigarette dangling from his fingers, making no move to stand.

Derek greeted him curtly, "Mr. Miguel."

There was no denying Derek's presence-he had the unmistakable aura of a Black Gate man. He and Susanna looked strikingly alike, especially their eyes. But where Susanna's gaze was clear and unguarded, Derek's was all calculation and old scars.

Right now, though, he just looked tired. Clearly, the past few days hadn't been kind to him.

just took another drag of his cigarette, his expression

Derek more certain-Hull didn't care all that much about Susanna. If he did, he'd at least show a little respect to her father. But Hull

tightened. He sat down across from Hull, cutting right to the chase. "Let's just get to the


bother replying, still

was rare for Derek-probably the first time he'd been treated like this in years. He had a hard time hiding

clipped, "you, the Quinn family, and the Schultz family—are you really just using Susanna as an excuse to

arched an eyebrow.

on, "I'd like to know, what exactly did we ever do to

Gate and your people-we've always stayed out of each other's way.

out through clenched

it was true. The two sides had always kept

forward. "What is it about Black Gate that

searching for something buried

laugh. "Mr.

have you just forgotten?"

dripped


wasn't sure what

but he

slight

eyes grew

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