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Author: Rose D' Arc
last update Last Updated: 2024-04-28 21:58:35

Acker’s POV

The air was silent and still but I didn’t find any peace in it like I always did. Instead my thoughts began to wander, going back to the last conversation I had with the Senator and Mikael. That had been a fucking disaster if a conversation and had effectively caused a rift to build between us. The alliance between us Dons and the most powerful Senator in the country was becoming frayed and twisted due to this matter.

That was two days ago; two days without finding anything about Alicia’s whereabouts.

It ate away at my ego, knowing that I was powerless to do anything against Cross. He was in hiding and left no clues for any of us to pick at. It hurt.

I had just returned from a drive to clear the air and found Mikael waiting right outside my home. The air stunk of cigarettes around him and I noticed the tiny cigarette butt on the gravel next to his feet.

Giving him a dirty look I pushed past him and stepped into the foyer of my home.

“What brings you here so late?” It was a
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