Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas

“Will you forgive me?” she suddenly asked.
I pinched my brows together, confused. “For what?”
She fell silent, and I didn’t realize I’d been holding my
breath until my lungs started to ache.
“I gave Damon the information on your father,” she finally
said.
My face fell, and I didn’t know how to respond. I’d
thought Damon was entirely responsible for that, and it was
something I’d already gone through the anger for. With
Damon and my father.
But knowing she was working with him. That she knew his
plans all along and helped him?
“Rika.” A stern voice pierced the silence, and I jumped.
Damon. He was across the room, probably in the doorway,
and after a moment, I felt Rika leave my side, walking away.
“Call Banks and Kai,” he told her in a softer voice. “GGet
them over here. And can you get her something to eat?” And
then he added, “Please?”
“We have breakfast laid out upstairs. I’ll bring a plate,” she
said. “And some clothes.”
I kind of wished I didn’t have to borrow her clothes now,
but I didn’t have a choice. Was I angry with her? She gave
Damon information that changed my life forever and sent my
father on the run.
But then again, the money we lived off of wasn’t ours, and
my father wasn’t a good man.
One way or another Damon would’ve gotten what he
wanted. I just didn’t like that more people than just him were
in on it. It made me feel like a pawn in a scheme much grander
than I knew. Powerless.
And their families weren’t exactly saintly, either, so what
right did they have to take mine down?
Damon came over and cupped my face with one hand. I
didn’t pull away, but I shifted in my seat, not really in the