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He nods back.
“Myra is Mercer’s sister?” Lilah asks.
“If that’s true, then Mercer…” Dante says, “was the Boss’ son.”
Lilah plants her feet on the floor and turns to look at me. “Did Myra say what this new team was for?”
“No,” I answer. “Just that she needed a hunter.”
She turns back around and stares at the floor.
Dante studies her flinching eyes. “What you got, Lilah?”
She licks her lips. “If Mercer really was heir to the Boss’ throne, then she would have been more than a little unhappy when he went missing.”
He nods. “And she’d go nuclear if the prime suspect exposed the whole damn organization, too.”
“She’s going after Fox,” Lilah says.
“Then, they’ve already found him,” he adds. “They wouldn’t have set a plan in motion otherwise.”
“That’s why you’re such a high priority right now, Dante. They think you’ll warn him, and he’ll disappear again. If there’s anyone better at hiding than you, it’s him.”
Lucy bounces. “And that’s why they needed a hunter!” She gives a sheepish smile. “Sorry, just wanted to contribute.”
Dante lays a proud hand on her knee. “We need to find out everything we can about the Boss.”
I push off the wall. “Shouldn’t be too difficult to trace with a family tree. And I know a hacker who owes me a favor.”
“Use it,” Lilah says. “Then, we’ll knock right on her fucking door.”
“Lilah…” Dante tilts his head.
“What? I don’t know about you, big brother, but I want to cut the head off this snake.”
“So do I, but think about what that means,” he says. “You’re talking about waging war against Snake Eyes.”
“Yes, I am.”
“That’s not possible.”
“The Lutrovas did it.”
He laughs. “The Lutrovas are the most powerful Russian mob family in the world. We don’t have their resources.”
“I can’t use that excuse,” she says. “Not after what she did to Elijah. We have to try.”
His eyes stray toward Lucy. I understand the instinct to covet and protect what’s yours, but Lilah has a point. I don’t like the idea of war, I never have, but I’ll follow her into battle if I have to.
Finally, Dante sighs. “We’ll need a team.”
“We have one.”
“Yeah.” He scoffs. “Two assassins, a bounty hunter, and a ballerina.”
Lucy pouts. “Hey…”
“You’re training, Luce, but you’re too green. Something like this is going to take a little more skill.” He stares at Lilah. “We’ll need a sniper.”
