The other penthouse was empty.
That fact settled over the Infinity Chaos suite like cold confirmation of something Phei had orchestrated but hadn't fully processed until morning light exposed it through floor-to-ceiling glass.
All of them — Maddie, Sierra, Valentina, Patricia, Delilah — had moved their things out during the night.
Yesterday had required precision.
When they'd arrived at Hell's Paradise Island, Phei could have consolidated them immediately and herded everyone into this single penthouse and begun the administrative work of establishing dominance through proximity.
But he'd known that night needed discretion and what a fruitful night it had been for him and Kyle... maybe?
So they'd distributed and shared the other penthouses.
Now that all that was behind him and had finished the execution to the quiet aftermath of having taken what he intended to take, there was no longer any reason for the separation to continue.
Everyone was here now.
