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“For what?”
“Supplies.”
“Like what? Snacks?”
“Guns.”
I blink. “Oh.”
“It won’t take long.”
“Where are we supposed to get guns?”
He flexes his jaw. “I know a girl.”
“A girl?” I ask. He nods. “You know a girl with guns?”
“Yeah.”
“What’s her name?”
“Caleb.”
I raise a brow. “You know a girl with guns and a boy’s name? How cliché.”
He smirks and licks his lips. “Tell me all about it, Dani.”
“Short for Danielle.” I slip on my socks and shoes. “At least, my mother wasn’t a hippie.”
“My mother is not a hippie.”
“She named you Fox.”
“It’s a cool name,” he defends. “Don’t get me started on Danielle Roxanne Roberts. I mean, what the hell is that?”
I pause, unable to contain my laugh. Nostalgia silences me even more. It’s strange how quickly old habits take over again. We haven’t spoken in five years and we’re already tossing insults back and forth like nothing has changed.
I reach for my left cheek to scratch an itch without thinking and my nail scrapes against the stitches holding my skin together. “Ouch—”
Fox looks over at me. “How’s that feeling?”
I check the mirror and peel back the bandage to be sure I didn’t do any more damage to it. “It’s all right.” I sigh with annoyance. “Any idea why he chose the face of all places?”
“Because I have the same scar.”
“You do?”
He slides a finger down his left cheek. “Mercer knew I’d make the connection.”
“When did you get it?”
“It happened during my first mission in Snake Eyes,” he answers. “I screwed up and got made. The target had a thing for knives and managed to sneak in behind me, but…” His voice falls. “I was faster.”
I glance at his cheek. “Not fast enough.”
“Mercer called it my trophy,” he continues. “Just let it bleed, he said. It’ll look cool.”
“Why do you cover it up?”
