Chapter 10. A Mutual Enemy

[Rosco’s POV]

I wait as Denali considers what I have just asked her. I didn’t know for sure if she would be honest, but I would be damned if I let her leave before she did. I didn’t know what that bastard roger was thinking by not only keeping one daughter hidden from the world but also sending her to me, but I was going to find out.

“Does it really matter?” She finally asks, taking me by surprise. “Weren’t you the one who wanted me gone?”

“I did,” I confirm, not caring if I hurt her feelings or not. “But now I’ve taken an interest.”

Honestly, I took an interest five years prior, but now I was even more curious about this tiny woman sitting in front of me with an irritated look on her face.

“Interest?” she repeats, eyeing mey. “I have to ask, do you have split personalities?”

I bite back the bark of laughter that wants to escape me over her bold question. For a woman who seemed so meek, she truly was a spitfire. Was the weak side of her also