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that now familiar way.
Heading into the Old City alone was foolhardy at best. Going after
Tobias? Possibly suicide. She turned, planning to go upstairs,
dress and get moving. Kane stopped her, catching her elbow before
she made the door.
    “Not so fast,” he said.
    One of the men he’d called in closed the door
and stepped in front of it. She snorted and threw her hands up in
the air. Captive in her own home. It should have made her angrier,
but she was too stunned to care.
    “That, by the way,” he nodded at the man
blocking the door, “is Sebastian. Be nice to him. He’s one of those
advisors I mentioned earlier. And that,” he turned and pointed to
the grinning man in front of the fireplace, “is another one. My
brother, Mathias.”
    She finally found her tongue. “I can’t
believe you have a brother I never knew about. Any other secrets?
Or are you keeping them all to yourself still?”
    He sighed and crossed his arms over his
chest. “If you’re going to be difficult, this is going to take
longer.”
    Oh, that did it. And to think she’d actually
been considering the possibility of a real relationship with him.
That bombshell from her own psyche didn’t even slow her down
though. She walked up to him and poked a finger in his chest.
    “Don’t you dare accuse me of being difficult.
You…” Someone snickered behind her, and she made an effort to reign
in her temper. She wasn’t opposed to causing a scene on general
principle, but she was seriously uninformed in this situation.
“Look, I don’t have time for this. I have to find my sister.”
    “We’ll find her,” he answered softly. “But
there are other things you need to know before you go racing out of
here, plans have to be made. And I’d like some answers of my
own.”
    “Fine. Talk. But hurry, would you?”
    “Tell me what your connection to Tobias is
first.”
    “Not so fast, big boy. You know, I thought
you would be good for my sister, but it’s very apparent you’ve kept
some pretty major secrets from her. What’s to stop you from sharing
yours with us?” Rheana answered and Calista didn’t bother to hide
her grin.
    “Fuck,” he muttered. “I have the feeling
yours will take a lot less time.”
    “What’s that expression you like so much?”
Calista asked, then smiled sweetly. “Oh yeah. Tough shit.”
    Sighing, he rubbed a hand over his face. His
companions had grown quiet, serious. Curious . “Okay. Fine
I’ll go first.”
    They nodded assent, waiting for him to
begin.
    “Have you heard of the Special Branch?”
    She met her sister’s gaze, saw it shutter and
was sure hers did the same. Did they know Special Branch? Knew it
and hated it. It was his work in the Branch that had got their
father killed.
    “Yeah,” Rheana answered for them and Calista
knew the level of her upset due to her loss of correct diction. She
edged closer and clasped Rheana’s hand. It seemed to give her
strength, and she straightened her spine. “We know it.”
    Kane frowned, looking back and forth between
the two of them. “What am I missing here?”
    “You first,” Calista answered.
    “Good God. Fine. I work for Special Branch,
have for years. I was given intelligence yesterday evening that
Tobias was sending someone for Isadora.”
    Calista turned her head to meet Rheana’s
gaze. She lifted the gun out of the pocket of Rheana’s robe, where
she’d hastily tucked it. Her hands trembled in anger and hurt, and
she wondered if she could shoot the man who’d made love to her such
a short time ago. No. Not made love. That was just sex. She
squeezed her eyes shut, took a deep breath, trying to calm her
racing heart and released Rheana’s hand when she opened them.
    “Kane first. Then Tobias,” Calista said.
    Rheana grabbed her wrist before she could
raise the gun. The three men in his pack all shifted nervously, but
Kane waved them off and crossed his arms over his chest.
    “I know you’ve been tempted, but you’ve never
actually