CHAPTER 14: GIGI

Brady reenters the cabin after Rohan’s bayou pursuit, confirming to Gigi that he found nothing—no sign of Calla beyond the newly placed calla lily Gigi discovered. The proximity of whoever left the flower raises alarms.

Knox confronts Brady for recklessness, and Brady counters that Knox should have told him years ago about Calla’s threatening farewell. Knox details how Calla pressed an arrow to his throat as he vowed not to fear her, framing their breakup as a brutal Thorp–Landry divide. Brady accuses Knox of accepting hatred as penance.

Rohan arrives, and Brady notices Savannah wearing Calla’s fleur-de-lis necklace. Discussion ties the fresh calla lily to the lily motif—Calla’s name, the fleur-de-lis—and Brady explains Helena Thorp gifted the necklace and likely named Calla. Savannah presses to seek answers from the duchess, who also warned Gigi about calla lilies.

With night falling, Rohan urges rest. Gigi proposes serving as bait with a tracker, citing Zella’s success, but Knox refuses, and Savannah forbids using Zella as bait. Rohan coolly agrees—while implying he would consider it—then organizes a rotating watch with Knox outside and Brady confined indoors.

The group postpones confronting the duchess until morning. They secure the cabin: Gigi and Savannah take the loft, Knox and Rohan keep guard to prevent any “moseying,” and Brady is contained, as tensions and unanswered questions about Calla and the lily warnings linger.