*Evelyn*
“Is he.. he’s not.. I mean, he’s not going to hurt Christian, is he?” I asked Mina with wide eyes, as I stared at the doorway Deadleg had left out of, his large hand on the back of Christian’s neck.
Mina sat in the chair beside me and shrugged. “If he deserves it, then yes. If I may ask, what did the boy do to anger him?”
My brow furrowed. “I.. I don’t know. He introduced himself to me, and Deadleg said something about Slater telling him not to speak to me.”
Mina sighed, leaning back in the chair. “If you break Mr. Lucci’s rules, you suffer the consequences.” She explained simply.
My hands shook in my lap. “Doesn’t that seem.. cruel? Barbaric?”
Mina chuckled. “Not at all. It’s not abuse, Miss Adair, it’s accountability. The Lucci family takes very good care of people who t
