DARIUS POV
"When are Alpha Hale's agents coming?" I asked, my eyes fixed on the laptop but my mind was far away.
"Five days from today," Lucian answered.
"I see," I said, not seeing anything at all.
Five days from today I will have a new ally, my plan will take shape and I will succeed. Why then do I feel so empty thinking about that?
I knew the answer as clear as the back of my hand. Ravenna. That was the only answer.
I wanted to become a better man for her, to do better. And what I was about to do was the exact opposite of a better man. She might say she doesn't hate me but if I carry on with this plan she will. Maybe even hated me more than she did before.
I didn't want that. I had managed to gain her trust. How that happened will remain a mystery till my last days.
So I
