The O'Connor family proposed a truce one week later.
They offered to hand over the three men who planned the attack, surrender two warehouses in the North District, and apologize publicly before every family in the city. My uncle urged me to accept. He said they were the most generous terms anyone had offered in almost 20 years.
I didn't answer right away.
Leon returned from the interrogation room with another confession.
The O'Connors hadn't stopped with Erin. They had approached Adrian too, promising to restore his reputation if he could prove Leon was unreliable. His warning at the gala that the beast would turn on its owner hadn't been a jealous outburst. It had been part of their plan.
They had arranged for Adrian to lead me into the east lounge after the blackout. There were no
