CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN
Kieran
"I'm sorry. That's hard to lose someone like that so young."
"It is. But I'm glad I had her for as long as I did." She looked over at me. "Your mother sounded like she was similar, patient and kind underneath all the family expectations."
"She was. My father hated it, thought she made me soft. But I think she made me better." I picked up a piece of driftwood, tossing it back into the waves. "The world has enough cold ruthless men. She wanted me to be something more than just another Vescari enforcer."
"Did it work?"
"You tell me. Am I just another cold ruthless man?"
Melinda stopped walking, turning to face me fully. "No. You're complicated, you're dangerous when you need to be but there's something else underneath. Something that planned last night's d
