“Your daughter,” I explain. “She changed her name after she ran away from Alexander the first time.”
“I didn’t know she—Hold on. The first time? She ran away more than once?” He blinks, processing. Then his eyes go wide. “Is she alive?”
“She’s alive,” I reassure him. “And she ran away once before, but I’m hoping she’ll do it again. Because as of now, Alexander has her back.”
Marcus leans forward. His nostrils flare as anger burbles out of him. “What has he done?”
Oh, yeah. I can definitely work with this.
“Cora is set to be married off to a psychopath in the criminal underworld against her will,” I tell him coolly. “It’s why she ran away the first time. Alexander is using her to form alliances for his own benefit.”
“That isn’t—for God’s f*****g sake, that isn’t legal! That can’t be—W
