Retaliation

Kaelia

The phone slipped from my hand and hit the floor with a sharp clatter. My knees buckled, but Ginevra grabbed me before I could fall. “What happened? What did he say?”

“He’s in custody.” The words scraped out of me, raw and bitter. “Aldo, he was FBI. This whole time. He had agents waiting when Valen showed up.”

Ginevra stared at me, shaking her head. “No. Aldo’s been with us for fifteen year