Felix had no idea how he made it out of the Hogarth estate.
Once inside the car, he lit one cigarette after another.
He gave no order to leave, so Jack did not start the engine.
At last, after an unknown number of cigarettes, Felix spoke.
“Get everything ready. We’re going to Seaborne.”
“Right now?”
“Yes.”
His answer was quiet.
Felix had taken in everything Aaron said.
Yet he had still decided to go.
That girl…
Winning back Stella’s trust would be impossible without paying a price.
Even if she had prepared poison for him this time, he would drink it willingly.
Jack nodded.
“All right.”
The moment Felix boarded his private jet for Seaborne, Stella received word.
As soon as he left Eirden, she called Aaron.
“Stella,” Aaron said over the phone, “I never realized Evan meant so much to you.”
This was revenge for Evan, wasn’t it?
She had lured Felix to Seaborne because she wanted to avenge Evan.
Perhaps Amos was not only targeting Litt tonight.
Perhaps Felix was also one of their targets.
“You’re wrong,” Stella said. “He doesn’t matter to me.”
He had stopped mattering a long time ago.
That was simply how she was.
Once someone no longer held a place in her heart, the past remained in the past.
So what if Evan’s death had something to do with her?
He still did not matter.
“Then why are you avenging him?” Disappointment colored Aaron’s voice.
“Aaron,” Stella said softly.
Aaron went silent.
The unexpected warmth in her voice made his heart jolt.
How long had it been?
Not even Felix knew.
Yet not only did Stella know about it, she knew exactly where it was hidden.
“How do you know the map is inside that book?” Aaron demanded.
This was Litt they were talking about.
How could Stella possibly know where he kept something so important?
“I want that book tonight,” Stella said. “And I imagine you’d like to get your hands on that map as soon as possible.”
Just how important was the map to Aaron?
He had been trying to get it from Litt for years.
Even when Litt demanded Stella in exchange, Aaron had wavered.
That alone proved how much the map meant to him.
“Tonight?” Aaron asked, his heart pounding.
“Don’t you want it tonight? You’ve been searching for it for years.”
“How could you possibly know where something that important is hidden?”
It was far too valuable.
Aaron had planted people around Litt over the years and repeatedly tried to locate it.
But none of them had ever discovered where Litt had hidden it.

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