Chapter 275

Chapter 275
"No. He changed it just before he went dark to forewarn us so that we would know once he made his return. He's been busy on the dark web and wherever it is he was hiding, so him finally coming out, especially as wealthy as he suddenly is, raises a lot of flags in our world. However, you don't need to know his real name. You just need to know that he's one of the realest, smartest and most dangerous threats we'll ever face," I told them.

"Alright, fair enough. We may as well start planning our disguises then," Theodore said.

Which is exactly what we did.

We set Vanessa, Zeya and Garrett up with rich socialite personalities, while setting up Kenya, Theodore and Bart up with the kind of personalities that would have people from our world curious about who they are and what they could bring to the table.

People like Lane Mason.

I wouldn't admit it out loud, but his resurfacing had me a bit on edge. It's very rare that I've been sent on a mission where I had to form a bond with someone and then screw them over. Lane could've very easily been my best friend if he wasn't a target, despite being four years older than me.

I was eleven when I met him, but even then he knew I had the intelligence of someone even older than him, so he knew he could talk to me. He was the first ever target that I got close to and then screwed over.

And it honestly hasn't affected me much since, until now.

I can't say I know what it's like to not only feel betrayal on that level, but to then lose your parents, so for the first time in a long time, I can't truly read the potential danger of a situation. Lane's resurfacing could have to do with anything.

And not knowing what, is exactly what had me on edge.

"What the hell are you doing here?" I asked her. I'd just arrived back at my place here in LA.

"What? I don't get a kiss hello?" she mocked.

"Tell me what you're doing here or I will attack you," I warned.

Especially since she's gone rogue.

"My, my lover, aren't we a bit tight today! Is your fiancée holding out on you?" she taunted.

"Wife actually; not that it has anything to do with you," I said before realizing something.

That was the first time I'd referred to blossom as my wife out loud.

She laughed, and for a moment I was worried. "You actually married that cheater?"

"Cheater? What are you talking about?" I asked.

"Oh, this is even better. You have no idea what I'm talking about," she said happily.

"Rio, get to the point or get out of my house," I told her.

"Alright fine lover boy, calm down! It just really makes me laugh that you've lost your leash on that psycho. She's rubbing shoulders with the wrong crowd," she commented.

She did hear me tell her to get to the point right?

I sighed. "What the hell are you on about?"

"You see, my new bosses sent me on a mission to attend the ball Lane Mason recently held, and once I heard that my brother would be there, I knew it was an event worth going to. Unfortunately it was super boring, but you would not believe who I caught the host leaving with at the end of the night," she said.

So she wasn't rogue after all.

"Who?" I bothered to ask, uninterested as I headed to the kitchen.

"Why your beloved wife of course," she responded, making me freeze in step.

"What?" I asked, turning to face her.

"You heard me. Darling Lillian Izzy left that ball with Lane Mason. She was in tears from what I witnessed, and when I headed back inside, there was a British man looking all over for her. If I'm not mistaken, Lane paid off people to not tell this man where she'd gone. I was tempted to, but I was more curious about why she was there to begin with," she explained.

My mind was buzzing with all the possibilities, but I wasn't able to concentrate enough to pinpoint a single trail of thought. The only thing I was sure of was that the British man was probably Carter, and if he was panicked, looking for her, then who knows why Lane took her to begin with.

She could potentially be in danger.

"Did she look like she was in danger?" I asked Rio.

"Quite the contrary. She looked shaken up about something, and he even put his jacket around her as they approached his car since it was raining. I highly doubt she was taken by force," she replied.

I was curious. "Why are you telling me all of this?"

She smirked. "I don't know. I guess I wanted to see the panic on your face when you realize that one of your enemies is currently with the person you love the most in this whole world. Finding out that you actually married her is the icing on the cake."

I couldn't show her any weakness.

"In case you didn't notice, you pointed out that my wife is a psycho. While I don't agree with that term, it just means that you're well aware of her capabilities, which means you know that she can take care of herself," I pointed out.

"Oh, I know that part, but can she protect herself from whatever is going on between her and Lane on an emotional level? You didn't see what I saw Six. There's definitely something there, whether or not she was faking it," she said.

I couldn't let her get into my head.

"If this is you trying to throw me off, it won't work," I told her.