Page 60 of Heartless

Sile’s chin jerked.“What?”

“Zook’s at the gate with Edo.”

Standing up, Sile swore under his breath.I’d only met Edo, the ruthless head of the Conti family in person half a dozen times.And every time he’d shown up, it had meant somebody had been about to die.

Cam gripped my arm.“Why are they here?”

“They got beef with Morrison, and Sienna’s the only person who’ll make him bend.”

Her face paled.“Jake, you can’t let them take her, she’s—”

“They won’t take her, Cam.”She didn’t know about the marker.She didn’t need to.

We all headed for the front door.Seconds after I’d opened it, two cars rolled in and stopped in the driveway.Two enforcers came out of the first car, and then two others from the second.One of them opened the back doors for Zook and Edo.

Zook was first in, followed by two enforcers.He shook my hand and Sile’s and kissed Cam’s cheek.

While a duo of enforcers moved farther into the house for a security sweep, The other two set patrol on each side of the house to secure the outdoor perimeter.

The head of The Family walked in.

After greeting Cam with a slight nod and shaking Sile’s hand, he shook mine.“Good to see you, Jake.”

We moved to the family room where the bodyguards stood on each side of the room.

After refusing Cam’s offer of drinks, Edo sat in an armchair.Zook settled across from him on the other side of the coffee table.Sile half-seated on the arm of the couch with Cam standing beside him.I lowered myself onto the couch near Edo.

The older man’s face was harder than the last time I’d seen him.“Where’s Morrison’s girl?”

Tension tightened my neck, and I chin-pointed at her quarters.“Sleeping.She’s sick.”

Edo’s jaw clenched.“Carlo died this morning.A wife is now a widow, and my four grandchildren are left fatherless.”

Retaliation was coming.

“Edo, she has nothing to do with the motherfucker.”

“She’s his child.”He signaled one of his men.“Get the girl.”

She’d been through enough, and that fucker was going to scare her.I got on my feet.“I’ll get her.”

In Sienna’s quarters, I headed straight to her bed where she was on her side under the duvet pulled up to her ear.

Sitting by her hip, I pitched my voice low.“Sienna, wake up.”She groaned and shifted deeper under the cover.I gently shook her shoulder.“Baby, wake up.”

She rolled onto her back and blinked slowly.“Jake?”

When I brushed a strand of hair from her cheek, she jolted up and tilted her eyes down.I fucking hated that habit I’d instilled in her.But now was not the time.

“Sienna, some of the people Morrison pissed off are here.They want to talk to you.”

Her chin quivered.“I don’t know anything about Nigel’s business.I—”

I cupped her cheek.“They know, and they won’t hurt you.”

Shifting away from my touch, she peeked at the door.“Where’s Silas?”

“Sile’s here with them.”I got up.“Let’s go.”