Evander shrugs. “We aren’t like him, and the world was a better place when we found out he was dead.”
Alessa rubs her temples. “Ok. Say we agree to this cease-fire. What does that mean, exactly?”
“You can’t be serious,” Ryder starts. Alessa flicks her hand up, and he steps back, shutting his mouth. I see Mateo hide a smile behind his hand, the same thing I was doing. It’s funny to me that she can handle them with a slight gesture or word; it shows the level of respect they have for her.
“No more fighting over businesses. No more fighting amongst our men. We coexist peacefully side by side,” Evander tells her exactly as he told me. “Truth be told, the Perez’s could use all the allies we can get. Father didn’t leave many of those.”
Alessa waves a hand towards Dex’s scarred face. “You do
