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I nod.
“Like I said, Lilah…” she says, her eyes soft. I’d almost call them caring if I didn’t know what she was capable of. “The Boss is giving you a second chance to prove your family’s loyalty. Most don’t get that. Especially nowadays.”
“I understand.”
“Say hello to Elijah for me.”
She drops the cigarette to the floor and crushes it under her heel as she walks out of the bathroom without glancing back.
Dammit. She’s right.
All of this looks suspicious as all hell. Snake Eyes gets exposed and Fox’s old drinking buddy immediately kills his mentor and goes missing? Even I would start pointing fingers if I didn’t know any better. Dante did all of that for Lucy, but Snake Eyes doesn’t know about her. If Myra caught a whisper of her existence or about how he strangled a fellow agent to save her, she’d be on the Boss’ list of loose ends in a heartbeat.
I can’t let that happen. Lucy’s the best thing to ever happen to my brother. She’s family and if there’s one thing we’ve always put before Snake Eyes, it’s that. Dante wants out of this life. He wants to leave the organization behind in favor of a blissful happily ever after and he’s going to get it.
For all intents and purposes, Dante Hart is gone for good.
Which means I have to prove my family’s loyalty the old-fashioned way.
I flip the file open again. Archer Allen stares back at me from an old ID badge. MI-6. British Intelligence turned bounty hunter. I have no idea how a guy like this ended up on the Boss’ shit list but it’s not my job to ask questions.
It’s my job to kill.
I head back out to the parking lot and slip the file into my bag before Elijah has a chance to look up from his phone.
“Hey, check this out,” he says, gesturing to his screen. “Two bedrooms. Two baths. Good neighborhood.”
I raise a brow. “What are you talking about?”
“An apartment for us.”
“Where?”
“Here.”
“Here?”
He glances up. “Why not? Grams and Gramps are nearby. We’re finally able to see them more often. If we’re going to settle somewhere, it might as well be here for a while.”
I lean against my bike and cross my arms. “And this has nothing to do with the hot nurse they want to set you up with?”
“Well, playing doctor is my specialty.”
I grab my helmet. “Gross.”
“You okay?” he asks.
“Yeah, why?”
“You went in there for a drink and came out empty-handed.”
“Oh. I just… changed my mind,” I say, thinking fast. “I’ll grab something at the hotel.”
He furrows his brow. “You sure that’s it?”
I push away the urge to tell him everything. My twin and I have worked as a team ever since the day we were born. It’s different now. Elijah deserves a shot at a normal life, just like Dante. It’s what he’s always wanted. He’s not like me. The day we were recruited into Snake Eyes, I was excited. He was terrified but he’d do whatever it took to keep our family together.
I nod. “Yeah. You know, you should take Grams up on that offer tonight. Double date bingo.”
