Jace

After the man searching for his maid disappeared, another one showed up, with a gun pointed at Maxim's head.

“Sorry.” Max shrugged. “When I caught on what was going on and you didn't answer your phone, I rushed here.”

My teeth clenched. Our only way out was captured.

“I saw Liliana among the guests. She looked a bit too tight with Ronald and I knew something was wrong,” he explained, his eyes quickly glancing around the room. He was counting the enemies, wasn't he? Well, we were way too outnumbered. How could we fall into such a fucking trap?

“Of course.” Zachary crossed his arms. “Liliana is the woman...