Chapter 0531

Enzo

The weight of yesterday's ultimatum was a stone in my gut as I walked into the tunnels.

I kept seeing Nina's face, that look of shock and betrayal, like I had ripped the ground from beneath her. I didn't want to do it. God, I hated myself for it, but it was a wall I couldn't see past, a line in the sand I had to draw for her safety, for our family's future.

My pulse quickened with every step I took toward the room where the burglar was being kept. The tunnels had long since been cleaned up after the Crescent attack, and now served as our pack's headquarters.

The lights had been replaced, the rubble cleared, and Edward's torture equipment burned to a crisp in a big bonfire. It felt entirely different now, although it still held the memories of the time that Nina and I spend down here.

We often dealt with pack business down here, since the pack's existence needed to be kept a secret. The only person who wouldn't come down here was Nina, for obvious reasons. And I didn't blame her. I didn't like being down here either, but it was the best place for our pack's HQ to reside.

"He's in here," Matt said, gesturing to a nondescript door.

"How has he been?" I asked.

Maybe you'll have better luck than me or

The burglar, a wiry guy with eyes too shifty for comfort, was sitting on the other side of a table.

across

his lips. "I'm not

I said. "Either you tell me, or we'll have to do this the

amused. "You think you're gonna

capable of," I replied, locking eyes with

he retorted, his eyes flicking momentarily to

blood boil. "So it's personal, huh? Whoever sent you clearly sent you for more

said, leaning back in

said that someone sent you. Who

shrugged again.

under the table. Every evasive answer, every mocking tone was another notch tightening the vice of my temper. "Listen, man, you're already in deep trouble. Why not make

it easy for you isn't in my job description," he

I lunged over the table, gripping him by his shirt collar and pulling him up to his feet. "Tell

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