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course.”
    “I have five teams
meeting you at the airport when you land. I couldn’t reach the
convent by email or phone, which means he’s taken out
communications or is jamming them, but I was able to reach one of the
businesses in the village. The man was obviously scared, and didn’t
want to talk, but I finally got him to admit that Reina had been seen
there. I want the bastard behind all of this killed. I know I don’t
usually issue that order, but this time I’m making an exception. He
cannot be allowed to live,” my Gram tells us.
    “He’s mine,” I
say.
    “Whoever gets to him
first will take him down.”
    “No, Gram. I don’t
care if someone else injures him, but the kill shot is mine .”
    We have a stare down
for a minute, but this time I won’t let her win. “Fine. Matt
takes the last shot.”
    No one speaks up to
argue. We all realize that there’s no time for more arguing. We
caravan to the private airfield, and then we’re in the air. In
three hours, we’ll be landing deep inside Mexico. We have no
government to back us up, but we do have allies. Money talks, and
thankfully my family, and the others within the Society, have plenty
of it. I’ll give away every last penny of mine if it means we get
Reina back. As long as she’s safe, I’d consider a box under the
bridge near the Las Vegas Mission my palace, and I’d live there
until the day I die, happy because it means we saved her. I don’t
think it would come to that, but I really would be more than okay
with the situation if it did.

Chapter 4
    Reina,
    I know I hurt you
when I told Ainsley that I hadn’t found the right person to take to
a ball before. That’s not true. At. All. I yearn to have you on my
arm every time I walk into ANY room, anywhere. I know that’s not
possible, but I want it. It kills me when you have a date to one of
the balls, parties, barbeques, or really fucking anywhere. I hate
that some other man can claim you for that time when I want you to
belong to only me. Tonight, I’m making my dream come true. For just
this one night, I can have you on my arm where my heart knows you
belong, even if my head and conscience won’t allow it. I promise to
make it magical for you, and not let our limo turn into a pumpkin at
midnight.
    With all my love,
    Matt
    * * *
    Eighteen months ago…
    I
don’t know what’s going on, but it has to be important. Jane came
to my office and told me she needs me to get on a plane with Matt to
North Dakota. She wouldn’t tell me why, just that she needs me to
do it. She’s the boss, so here I am, sitting on a Corrigan jet
across from the last person I was hoping to see tonight.
    Matt
made it perfectly clear just how unimportant I am to him when he
offered to take Ainsley to the upcoming ball. He could’ve just said
he knew she needed him, but no, he had to go and remind me just how
insignificant I am. Remind me that he’s never taken me to a ball.
She’ll be his first, and even though it’s just for show, it’s
still going to kill me. Just one more time when I’m not good enough
for him.
    “ Um,
Rei. You should maybe go rest. We have a long night ahead of us.”
    “ Do
I look that bad? No wait, don’t answer that. My ego can’t take
another hit from you right now.” I know it’s dangerous to put my
feelings out there, but I’m just empty right now, and I can’t
take another hit.
    “ You
look gorgeous, Rei. I was just trying to save you from being dead on
your feet later.”
    “ Now
you care?”
    He
flinches, and starts to open his mouth, but I don’t give him a
chance to speak. I’m not tired, but getting out of the same space
as him sounds good right about now. I practically run to the main
bedroom on the plane, and throw myself inside. What I see makes me
stop a few steps from the bed.
    Lying
on the bed is a beautiful ball gown. It’s sky blue, strapless, and
taffeta. The bodice is covered in black shiny flowers that thin out
as they go past the waist. When I lift