Lila POV
My father's eyes watered when he stared at Mrs. Moretti in horror. Me? My stomach had dropped to the soles of my feet, my heart pounding as if it wanted to break through my ribs.
Damon smiled. "We never planned on making any trade. Your father had been put under the impression that we would trade your life for his, but that was never our intention…was it, Nico?" He glanced over my shoulder at Nico, and I turned around to face him.
Dark eyes bore into mine. "No it wasn't," he admitted. "But things changed."
"Oh, nothing has changed." Damon ripped the gag from my father's mouth. "Tell them. Tell them who had Nikolai murdered."
Sobs wracked through my father's body, his face cut and bruised from what looked like one hell of a beating.
"I'm sorry, Lila." He swallowed hard. "I had him killed, but"
