Revenge is Best Served… After Reborn

James paused, took a breath, and said, "I'm not around to watch over Sophie. Can you keep an eye on Timothy for me?" "Sure! No problem!"

"Sophie's sharp, but she trusts people too easily and isn't ruthless enough. She's going to get burned sooner or later."

"Not ruthless enough? Where'd you get that idea?"

Angelo had been with Sophie for quite a while, and everyone always said Colby was the cutthroat one. Yet, he thought Colby wasn't half as fierce as his own wife!

Of course, Colby was ruthless to others.

Sophie was ruthless to herself.

But if a woman who's already so hard on herself became even more ruthless, wouldn't that be terrifying?

James fell silent for a moment before speaking again. "With Colby by her side, I'm not too worried. Devonport's about to get chaotic; Caelum made the right call keeping you overseas. If you want to come back, take your sister and leave as soon as possible." "Um, just curious, when you say 'chaotic'... how bad are we talking?"

"Bloodshed."

The next day, inside the Regent Hotel.

straightened his suit. "How

Jonah,

"Good."

sure to bring extra people with you later." Odie's tone was calm. "It's my succession ceremony today, and I don't want it feeling like a

then, noise erupted from

"Boss! Danger!"

was kicked open,

second, blood splattered as Jonah, gritting through the pain, pulled out his gun and fired twice at the door. The attackers dodged

"Jonah!"

down on Jonah's wound-clearly,

Jonah hadn't stepped in,

"Boss... chase them... chase!"

bit down against

darkened, and he barked at the people by the door, "Call a doctor! Now!"

mind was in

back. He turned around to see a shadowy figure at the window, holding a gun in one hand and seemingly hanging by