Chapter 35

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Matéo Santiago's POV

Adeline and I have just arrived at the Phoenix Headquarters. I park the car and get out.

Adeline does the same and we walk through the doors to the building.

We take a the stairs to get to the tavern and when we get in there, all of the gang members greet us.

Jerome walks towards her to hug her but then the most shocking thing happens.

She uses all her strength and slaps him.

She slaps him across the face so hard that his head snaps to the side and the sound echoes throughout the room.

The whole tavern goes quiet.

Everyone watches in confusion as the scene unfolds, not daring to speak out a word.

She stares him down completely emotionlessly as his arms drop to his side.

"And if you ever feel as if you are going to lie to me and our family again, for whatever reason, remember this" she tells him.

He looks at her sadly and nods.

She rolls her eyes at him and walks calmly out of the tavern to advance to the training room.

"Go check on her" Jerome tells me.

His shoulders are slumped and he stands in the same place she left him.

I nod and walk out.

Before I leave, I hear

"What the fuck did you do?!" From Sebastian.

Sebastian treats her like his little sister also and gets really protective over her.

I don't listen to the rest.

I know they're about to argue.

I walk into the training room and expect for her to be hitting something or throwing knives at the target.

But she isn't.

She sits at the window and stares out of it, legs propped up on the windowsill ledge next to her.

I walk up to the window to join her.

"In about 10 minutes, I need to talk to everyone " she says to me.

I nod.

She looks at me and turns back to the window.

We stay together in a comfortable silence.

***

"A couple of weeks ago, my brother was shot in the side by someone who's name has not been given to us right now" Adeline says.

She doesn't sound upset.

She doesn't sound angry or even confused.

She sounds emotionless.

Just blank.

A murmur goes through the room.

She lets it die down.

"I need you guys to help me with a plan that I have set up to capture this person and question them, before ultimately eliminating them and all of their associates completely" she says.

Niko speaks up.

"Is your brother part of a gang?" He asks and I can almost sense Adeline's posture go rigid.

She nods her head yes.

"He is part of our newest alliance, the Black Dahlias" she tells them and the room rushes about with noise again.

"She's a Dahlia?"

"What the fuck?!"

"Oh, Elijah Carter?"

All of the voice cause commotion until Adeline raises her hand and the room goes quiet instantly.

She has so much authority over all of them already, yet she still manages to be friends with all of them.

That's my girl.

"Yes, I was a Black Dahlia, and no, I'm not a traitor!" She tells them all, putting emphasis on the 'was'.

I see sudden looks of shame and regret on some of their faces.

Adeline takes a deep breath and then continues.

"Guys, I need your help to get rid of whoever is trying to cause a threat" she says and they all nod in agreement.

"Trey, I want so much background information on this person, once I tell you who it is, that you even know the hospital or house that they were born in" she tells him.

He nods saying "Yes, ma'am".

He motions to Abbey to follow him and the get to work.

She then turns to Niko and pulls something out of her pocket. She holds it up and it is a selection of sealed plastic bags.

One contains a small bullet around it and it is covered with blood.

The throws the bags at him one by one and he catches it.

"This is what they used to shoot him and some samples I had my men take from his house. As far as he's let slip, it's a woman. I want DNA sample from any strands of hair down to sweat and dirt under fingernails"

He nods and walks out with a few people.

She gives everyone something to do and then she turns to me.

"Matéo, we are going to your parent's house. I think need to pay my in laws a visit. I think they can help me" she says to me.

I see something dark flash in her eyes.

My heart drops down to my shoes.

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