Page 108 of Seductive Sin

“How will we stay in touch?” I ask Vinnie.

He tears his gaze away from Raven and meets mine. “I’ll figure that out. I’m thinking a satellite phone. Falcon already has one, so you’re covered on your end. I’ll get one and make sure no one knows about it.”

“Won’t Grandpa be watching you like a hawk?”

Vinnie nods. “At first he will, so our communication will be minimal. But you’ll be notified of anything important.”

“And…Dad?”

“Dad made his bed. He knew what would happen if he offed Miles.” Vinnie looks around. “We really shouldn’t talk here.”

“Where, then? I need to know about Dad.”

He looks in the room again. “I hate to make her leave.”

“We can’t, Vinnie. That’s her brother. I can’t waltz in there and tell her she has to leave.”

Vinnie breathes. “All right. Come to Mom and Dad’s house tonight for dinner. It’ll be just Mom and me, and after she goes to bed, we’ll talk.”

“And that’s safe?”

“I’ll make sure it is. I’ll make some excuse to Mom and Grandpa that I need to spend some time with the only sibling I have left before I begin my work. Something like that. I’ll find the right words.”

“But Falcon…”

He lays a hand on my shoulder. “Falcon is fine here. No one will touch him. It’s part of the deal I made with Grandpa and Declan McAllister.”

“And you’re sure?”

He nods. “Yeah. I sold my soul to the devil, so he’d better be good for it.”

Vinnie’s words don’t exactly put me at ease.

“I’ve got to go now, Sav,” he says, giving me a quick hug. “I’ll see you tonight at Mom’s house.”

I nod.

And then I go back into Falcon’s room.

35

FALCON

I hate that mask.

I wish I could see you.

I wish I could save you the way you saved me.

Words float around in my consciousness.

Am I asleep?

Awake?

My eyes open.

Two figures.