[Christian Castillo]
The room slowly thins out, leaving just Ace, Shane, Adelaide and I. Speaking of, she hasn’t said a word since the start of this meeting to this present gathering, which is grating on my last nerves, courtesy of Shane’s presence. I hitch my trousers, perching on the table, so that I face the woman whose silence pricks my skin, more than the obnoxious smug look on my sister’s face, and the questioning gaze on Ace’s.
I am about to say something, when I hear Shane’s voice come up from behind. “Faltari isn’t gonna back down, I hope you know that?”
For f**k’s sake. I know. I removed him from the board to buy time, and she knows I know, otherwise she’d be raging about losing one of her precious chess pieces.
“I see you don’t plan on letting him go just yet.” I note dr
