Seventy-nine: Christian Cardinal Piper was there. I’d seen the privet jet arrive. There was also someone else with her. Teddy Trenton. I hated that bastard. Hatred for him was the one thing Ransom and I had in common. He’d always tried to charm Piper. He’d been competition. There was nothing I hated more than competition. It was fine. I could easily get rid of him. Piper being on the island, however, presented a whole other slew of problems for me. I was back in the dungeons. Ransom was still there, still annoyed as ever with me for having him locked up. I was still covered in blood from having gotten rid of everyone. “What did you do?” he demanded. I looked at him and laughed. “Oh, scared of a little blood, are you? N

