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“It was a risk we were not willing to take,” she says.
“So Spencer bankrolls the club in exchange for your silence, and you kept them apart so they’d be killers,” Seb summarises. “But there’s one thing I don’t understand.” He turns to Daisy. “Why do you let him see your child?”
If looks could turn a person to stone, Seb would be a statue.
“Do you think I’d let him if I had a choice?” Daisy hisses.
“What did you do?” I ask Stephanie, knowing she’ll have played a part in this.
“Don’t look at me this time!” Stephanie holds her hands up to plead innocence. “That little twist was Alaric’s idea.”
“Alaric doesn’t just want Spencer’s money,” Daisy says. “He wants to ensure the future of the club. Ivy is Spencer’s sole heir. She will inherit everything when he dies. The only reason Spencer agreed to that is if he got…” She cringes like someone is prising her toenails off. “Custody rights.”
“Fuck,” I groan, desperate to give her a massive hug.
“But we’ve never left her unprotected with him,” Daisy says fiercely, like a lioness protecting her cub. “Hale and I are always close by. Maria supervises her constantly, and I send her in wearing a hidden camera to watch her every move.”
“We’d never let anyone hurt her,” Hale says.
“And no one in Spencer’s circles knows she exists, apart from Maria,” Stephanie says. “The rest of his security team thinks she’s a distant family member, and he only sees her once every few months. The custody request came after we presented him with the DNA test results to prove she was his daughter.”
There have been so many times when I wanted to storm over to Spencer’s mansion and end him, but Alaric stopped me. Now I see why. He was protecting Spencer and himself.
“Why does he even want to see her?” I ask.
He’s hardly the paternal type and never showed an interest in having children when we were together.
“Because he’s a sick fuck,” Hale says. That’s one thing we both agree on. “He likes to pretend to care about her.”
“Spencer isn’t capable of love,” I say.
It’s bad enough to know what those savages subjected her to, but to know Spencer was part of that violation makes it worse. I invited him into our lives. I mentally shake myself, not allowing myself to dwell when we have other pressing matters to address.
“Why can’t you kill him and let Ivy inherit everything?” I ask. “Surely, that would be easier?”
“Don’t you think we thought of that?” Hale questions gruffly.
“Spencer isn’t that stupid,” Daisy says. “There are stipulations in place about the circumstances of his death. He’s covered himself.”
“He and Alaric have become good pals,” Stephanie says.
“Son of a bitch,” I curse.
I think about the countless nights when Alaric comforted me and promised I’d get my revenge one day. He convinced me it was better to wait until I could complete my list, but he was only buying himself more time.
“If there was any other way, he’d already be dead,” Daisy says. “Alaric made it clear that if the club’s income is threatened or if anything happens to Spencer, he’ll kill all three of us.”
“I’d like to see him try,” Hale says.
Daisy pats his arm to calm him. Despite Hale’s best intentions, we all know the Killers Club have enough resources to make the three of them disappear. Alaric wouldn’t think twice about murdering a child. He has no limits.
“Where does this leave us now?” Seb asks. “What do you want us to do?”
“I’ve been working on my plan for years,” Stephanie says. “If Alaric dies, I take over, and we’re all free from his spell.”
“This has always been about power for you,” I say. “You’re hungry for it.”
Stephanie has used her beauty and charm to wheedle her way to the top of the food chain. If I wasn’t so mightily pissed off, the lengths she’s gone to would almost be impressive.
