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Zora
“Anything you want..” he said, and I heard a rustling sound.
“Is Lori there?” I said, and he was silent. Then I heard a click.
“I just left the hotel suite. What do you need?” he said, and I sighed.
“Who pushed the idea that we should team up with Elbert because Darius might come for the east?” I asked, and he sighed.
“Cruz, of course,” He said, and I nodded.
“I know that much, but I need to know who put that in his head. Cruz isn’t our leader, he must have had a discussion with someone, and they sort of put it in his head. Can you find out how he came up with the idea?” I asked him, and he sighed.
“Who are you suspecting, Zora? I know you very well. You wouldn’t call to ask for such a favour if you did not already have someone in mind and wanted to clarify,” He said, and I sighed.
“I know this might sound off, but I think Ramsey put it in his head,” I said, and he was silent.
“I know he is Lori’s father, and trust me, I am not trying to get at her..” I said, and he interrupted me.
“I can never think that, Zora. I know you love Darius. I can never think you would want to get at Lori for anything. You saved her life that day. You could have waited for them to kill her and me before surrendering to go to the north. You ensured both of us survived, so I can never think
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that. I need you to tell me why you think Ramsey put it in Cruz’s head,” He said, and I relaxed a bit.
“He wanted Lori in our house by all means. He did not care if she would be a third wheel or miserable. He just wanted her in our home. She told me he made her lie against you. He threatened her.
She is his only child, Casey. He shouldn’t do that, but then again, he was the leader of the east before we took over,” I said, and I had forgotten myself and used ‘WE‘, and I hoped it wouldn’t get to Darius.
“She told you that when?” he asked and I told him of the meeting I had with Lori and her request. I heard him curse at Ramsey.
“He wanted her in our home so he could keep an eye on you and run circles around you. Problems started when she came to our house, and she visited him too often.
I doubt she knew what he was doing, so please go easy on her, but he used her. I just need to know if Ramsey put the idea in Cruz’s head so I can figure out what to do from there. It is very important because
everything that has happened has almost led to war between the north, east and south.
I think Ramsey is part of this organisation, and they have recruited alphas in the east through him. I hope you can see the bigger picture.
In exchange for his help, they will give him back his honour and make him the leader of the east.
These people are crazy, Casey. I know of a mother that signed up her underaged son to be used as a tool and discarded; Ramsey could have done the same with Lori. What made her valuable and part of the plan was because she was fated to you,” I said, and Darius walked up to me and asked for the phone. He seemed a bit impatient, so I handed it to him.
“Casey,” Darius said on the phone, and I sighed, afraid he might say
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“I need to see you and Hardy at the Estate tomorrow. It is an emergency. The operation is bigger than I thought, and you and Hardy are targets too. It isn’t just my fight anymore. Do you think you can make it here without telling your mate?” He asked him with a stern, commanding voice, and there was silence, and he spoke.
“Very well then, I will expect you in the morning. We need to move quickly,” Darius said and handed me the phone.
“Casey,” I said, and I heard him sigh.
“Is what he said true?” He asked me.
“Yes. It is bigger than we all thought, and I think Ramsey is part of it. Please do not let Lori in on anything. Tame Sage,” I said, and he was silent. I knew exactly what was running through his mind.
“Please, Casey. Think of your child. I doubt she knew her father was using her. Do not take it out on her, Casey. Please. Do not do anything that would alert Ramsey. We do not know what he is up to,” I pleaded with him, and he sighed.
“I will try, Zora. I will try,” he said, and I said good night.
Darius joined me in bed and hugged me.
“As much as I am grateful for this union, it breaks my heart that Ramsey ruined your home for this nonsense,” he said, and I did not know tears were streaming down my face.
I remembered the exchange.
Casey, kneeling and pleading. He begged me all the way. He was in turmoil and did not know how to handle it.
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I was mad. I was furious. I did not see Ramsey.
Casey was still haunted by it all.
Ramsey had destroyed a fine man because of his greed. He had condemned his daughter to live in a loveless relationship.
What kind of future will her baby have? The man was evil.
I thanked the goddess she gave me a second chance at love.
Casey deserved better, and I began to weep.
Darius held me tight as I wept my heart out.
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I remembered everything Casey and I went through together, the promises we made, his remorse, and his effort. He tried. He wasn’t emotionally strong enough, but he tried, and that bastard wrecked us.
It was personal between Ramsey and me now. If no one moved in on him, I would because he had rubbed me wrongly.
I wept and tried to calm myself down. Monica howled in my head, and Darius held me to his chest. I was a wreck, and I knew it. Seeing how hurt the realisation of what happened made me feel, I wondered who would be consoling Casey.
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