Chapter96: Chapter 96

Chapter 96 XENOIS "We need the old Xenois," Dmitri said carefully. "Not permanently, not in your personal life. But we need him to make an appearance. To remind the underground why you were feared. To make it clear that the accident didn't make you weak—it just made you more careful about who you protect." "You want me to become the person I was before," I said flatly. "The heartless cold mafia CEO who tortured people and operated outside the law." "Just for one night," Sloane said. "Just long enough to send a message." I stood up abruptly, pacing to the window and staring at the drawn curtains. Behind them was a city full of people going about their normal lives, oblivious to the darkness that apparently existed in the shadows. A darkness I'd been part of. "I can't do that," I said finally. "I'm changing, trying to be better. For Celeste, for the boys, for myself. This amnesia—it's given me a second chance. A chance to be the person I should have been all along. And you're asking me t