The Undercover Cadet's Bloody Romance
an
e right decision? Would this finally be the thing that made my father hand me over the leadership of our family? Or would this whol
just like it had been since she joined our gang. Her beautiful face, her expressive blue eyes, the same color as the sky just as the sun was rising. Her long blonde
it was rock hard. Annoyed with mysel
was off limits. She was part of our gang and we were working together now. Besides, I couldn't have anything s
. She wasn't the kind of girl you just wanted to spend one night
't anyone in the kitchen, so I prepared a quick meal because I was starving. Just as I was
ally woke up," he s
st brewed and poured himself a cup. He came ov
s morning," he pointed out,
urmured aro
cheduled for eight this morning. This didn't look gre
I asked, then took
Jace gave me
id hastily, finis
minutes away. What did they say about my commitment to the family? Was this why my father wouldn't retire? Because he
own up together. His dad was higher up until he got shot three years ago. With a start, I r
h Audry? I had to. He would probably want t
," I asked him, then stood up
wn hair away from his face a
ther was the one to start this garden and some of the family had kept it up over the years. This was something I was told
want to talk abo
hen told him everything that happened last night with
one, Jace sm
s that for?" I as
th someone you don't trust?" he said, looking far angrier than the situation wa
ep a close eye on her. Besides, we both have the same common goal. We want to take the Taddeos out of the picture. It's a mutual
id. "Is she even actually on
hem," I told him. "That reminds me... I, um, I think the Taddeos are responsible for
ows raised.
t also the surprise, since we never
ot of the deals gone wrong are se
ther. Weren't they the ones there that day?
e under Taddeo's orders. Y
in this now too," Jace said, determination all over his face. "You're m
and thumped each
you," I said, grinning. "I actually ne
do you
ooko
*
I whispered to Jace when we
eaking around in places we shouldn't be since we were kids. Our signal was alway
he one to do the actual sneaking and Jace had always been my lookout. We even got matching tattoos
ng place. If we had a report on the night her father died – which I was certain we did – it would be
ment if our house was ever compromised. He was a very prepared man who always thou
ncies. That was why I needed Jace as my lookout. If my dad caught me in here, he wou
ocked the door and slipped in. The archive room was stuffed with rows and rows of file cabinets. The
e I was looking for, but I didn't know where it was exactly.
sound I could hear wa
ents. The papers outlined the gang members we lost and the arrangements we made to help out their immediate family member
ing that we had about the shoot-out. Most of thes
mn
is poi
t roughly back into the file cabinet, b
file. My hands began sweating and I blinked twice, hoping that some
y s
what it had said originally, but I thought it had something to do with the Taddeos. Hurriedly, I took my phone out and
rect place and shut the drawer. Only a person who was hig
re was a trait