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hurt. Of course, being his twin, she knew that to be a show for the public. Like her, he had missed out on a normal life, a mother, loyal friends, etc. and had bought into her father’s wrath - hook, line and sinker. He had adopted the hatred even though he never learned why their father hated the D.I.R.E. Agency and Mitchell Jacobs.
    She, on the other hand, had gone along for the ride. She had done whatever it took to please her father, had supported him in whatever he did even though she held no personal vendetta against any of them.
    After meeting Aidan Monroe, she wished things were different. She was attracted to him like no other man before him, and she had met several over the years, all vying for a spot in the Naylor Interests organization. All vying for marriage to Robert Naylor’s daughter.
    All vying for a spot in her bed.
    None of them had succeeded, not even the one man she wanted there. Her father had seen to that.
    “A lot happened yesterday, Cass.” Dar stared at the French fries lying in the red, plastic basket on the interrogation room table. “Our lives will never be the same again.” His gaze shot to hers.
    She hated the hurt in his aqua eyes. Hated that he felt he couldn’t just tell her. Why? She was his twin sister, for goodness sake.
    Reaching across the table, she took his cuffed hand in hers. “Just tell me, Dar.”
    Taking a deep breath, he let it out slowly. “I shot Father.”
    Her heart stopped. Shock and disbelief conflicted with the hurt she saw in d’Artagnan’s eyes.
    Sitting up in her chair, Cassandra slid her hand from his grasp. Dar winced.
    “I don’t believe you.”
    Words tumbled from his mouth in a rush. “It was an accident. I shot at Kate and Father dove in front of her.”
    “Kate? Who in the world is Kate?”
    Dar straightened in his chair. “Kate is Aidan Monroe’s mother, Jim Monroe’s wife.”
    Aidan’s mother? “What?” She shook her head, confused. “Why?”
    “Apparently, Father and Kate were together before she married Jim Monroe.”
    Cassandra slumped against the chair, her head in a whirl. “So, father was in love with Kate Monroe? What happened?”
    “She married Jim while Father was gone on a mission. We have a half-sister, Cass.”
    She stilled. “Wait a minute. You’re telling me Father and Kate had a daughter he never told us about?”
    Dar shook his head. “Father just found out yesterday. She’s Rachel Monroe, the woman we captured yesterday to get to Tristan Jacobs.”
    Elbow on the table, Cassandra pressed her fingers to her forehead. She couldn’t believe it. Her father had a daughter he didn’t know about, with a woman that left him for another man.
    He had risked his own life for someone he hadn’t seen in over twenty-five years.
    Robert Naylor still loved Kate Monroe.
    “How do we know she’s his daughter?”
    Dar gave a bitter laugh. “She looks just like him - and me. There’s no doubt.”
    Anger slowly filtered into Cassandra’s veins. “So, we nearly lost our father for a woman that had been unfaithful to him and kept a daughter hidden his entire life?”
    Now, she understood why Dar had been so cooperative. He felt guilty about shooting their father and didn’t want to risk her life, too.
    “I’m sorry, Cass. This is all my fault. I should’ve just let them be, but she changed everything just by walking in the room. She has a power over him I’ve never seen before. I don’t trust her.”
    Cassandra took his hand in hers again. “Dar, I know you didn’t mean to shoot him. Father is a survivor. He’ll get through this. We just need him well enough to get out of here.”
    “And how do you propose we do that?” He held up his cuffed hands.
    “I left Jaydan Polk with strict orders to bring it if he didn’t hear from me in forty-eight hours.” She squeezed his hand. “Don’t give up yet. We’ve still got a chance.”
     

Chapter 4
     
    Aidan and Tristan prepared to teleport from the makeshift D.I.R.E.