Chapter 43. His Request

Dario POV

So far, this guy hasn't been forthcoming. It's Christmas, and we're wasting time on him. Sure, we could just forget him and go to bed for as few hours as possible before getting up, but he's a risk.

Alice came to get the baby, and Lucia is currently resting. So this needs sorting now.

He's not someone who can be trusted alone, even with soldiers.

"I never would have hurt her." I look up, confused. "Evaline, my plan was never to touch her or harm her. Weirdly, she is just like her mother. She's amazing."

"How did you meet her mum?" I want to get her answers.

"I had just taken down a target and was ready to leave when I saw her. I was twenty-eight, and she was thirty-nine. She was so different. She was so amazing I just went over and said hi, which is how it began. At that point, Evaline was born."

"Did you see Evaline?"

"No!" His head shakes. "I never did; we had been sleeping together for years. She wouldn't let