He stares at me for a long moment and then waves a hand in the air, ending the meeting with one flick of his wrist. The room clears out, but I don’t move. I know he has more to say to me. I can see it in the set of his jaw.
When the room is empty, he leans back in his chair and smirks. “So…who is the girl?”
I frown. “I thought we were here to talk about the Xhuvani clan.”
“The man you killed was a nobody, and now, he is a dead nobody. It’s done. I want to talk about why you’ve brought a woman like that into your house.”
“Benjamin needs that. A maternal influence.”
His brow lifts. I know he doesn’t buy a word I’m saying. That’s fine—he doesn’t have to. I don’t need his approval.
“Piper won’t be an issue,” I assure him. “You won’t even know she’s here.”
“I’m not worried about whether
