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I picked it up and frowned when I saw the unrecognized number.

That could only be one person.

I held my hand up to catch Pa and Claudius’ attention, then I answered the phone.

“You know what I miss about Chicago?” came Victor’s voice over the phone.

“What’s that?” I balled my fists.

“The hot dogs.”

“Oh yeah.” I tried to keep my voice under control, but it was hard. Damn, it was fucking hard. I wanted to kill this guy so bad I ached.

I promised Amelia I’d change, but this guy pushed me the wrong way.

“Absolutely, they taste the closest to human flesh. They have that extra sass that you can only capture from eating someone in their prime.”

“You fucking bastard, what do you want?” He made me sick every time I spoke to him.

“You know what I want. Your little girlfriend. You guys made me look real bad in front of my boss. Imagine what an idiot I looked like when I returned to him empty-handed.”

“Why do you think I care?” I barked.

“You’ll care. You do care. We’ll be striking soon, so look out for us. We want those diamonds, Luc, and we’ll get them. I got a new incentive too. I get to keep the girl when we get the jewels. I’ll be sure to fuck her first before I eat her.”

I hung up and threw the phone into the wall.

The phone smashed.

I needed to kill that guy and cut off his head.

Chapter 15

Amelia

* * *

“Gigi, are you sure you’re okay?” I hadn’t spoken to her properly since coming here. I got a phone yesterday and called her the first chance I got.

“I’m more than fine. Are you okay?” She actually did sound fine.

“I’m as good as I can be.”

“How was seeing your dad?”

“Hard, but I’m here.” Last night was okay. Went better than I’d thought. Millicent made us dinner, and we’d all talked like nothing ever happened. I was making him breakfast, and Luc was going to be here in about an hour.

“You did it. I’m proud of you.”

“Thanks. I miss you.”

“I’ll come and visit when it’s okay to come.”

“That’ll be nice.”

Visit.

I didn’t even know how long I would be here.