And why would I do that?

CAELLUM’S POV

“How do we know this is not another silly ploy to get us cornered?” Marcus said, fighting really hard to contain himself. “The lady already betrayed us once, we can’t possibly take her word for it.”

I stood by the window while my beta aired his dissatisfaction with my decision to recover the said goods. “You forget that we have an ally over there. Korah.”

He shook his head. “I saw Naledi try to kill Korah! She was torturing her. I felt when she almost gave up the ghost at the hands of that woman! You can’t believe her, not if you saw what I did.”

“She is still alive,” I muttered in a cold tone, making him understand that I hated the tone he spoke to me with.

“That’s because Ezra said so. That man is as unstable as anything. He freaking worked for Nicolai. Getting him to be on our side is not a guarantee that he will not betray us. We need to protect the Cosa Nostra interest. This might be Don Yakuza’s way of luring us into a trap.”