Constantine tipped his head to the side to meet my gaze, and then he flicked his wrist, a silent request to join them.

I sidestepped Alessandro and joined in on their embrace, standing quietly together with Colin sheltered between us.

We were a family. Together now. And not anyone, not a damn one, could break us apart.

47. Constantine

Chapter 47

Constantine

“I’ll be fine,” I promised Juliette. “We have to work together to figure this out. I have no choice.”

Would it be awkward to get on FaceTime with her brother and the man who hated me? Yeah, but what choice did I have? Carter Dominick would have to deal with it, just like I would. We were all officially mixed up in this with Colin’s girlfriend binding us together.

“I’ll go talk to Easton. Give me a few minutes.” She squeezed my hand, then left the room.

I quietly signaled to my mother to go with her, not wanting Juliette to be alone. Ever again, in fact. And definitely not until this situation was officially just another skeleton in my closet. Although, I’d racked up quite a few more bodies tonight.

“We’ll get Lennon back,” I told Colin when he peered at me with a distraught expression. “Someone’s gone through extraordinary lengths hoping to get their hands on this device, and they can’t back down now. They realize their only way out is to see this thing through to the end. They have no choice but to try. Keyword: try.”

His gaze shot around the room to my family, still hanging out like protective shadows. “Is Daniel still alive, or was he just a means to an end, too?” he asked in a shaky voice. “If he’s obsessed with her, and if he sets a hand on her, so help me.” His fingers curled into his palms, fisting at his sides as his jaw strained.

I really wanted to tell him Daniel was dead and nowhere near Lennon, but I didn’t want to lie to him. Because my gut told me that animal was still out there. “Whoever Daniel’s been talking to is more than likely the one pulling the strings. There’s no way Daniel could pull any of this off on his own.”

The man-child had pissed his pants when Hudson strung him up last week. Nah, he didn’t have the balls to go up against us, not on his own.

“Someone else forced Jamie to meet with the Sicilians in an attempt to execute their plan to use you as leverage for the cyber wallet,” Hudson spoke up, standing next to me.