Callie lifts her chin, like his reaction was all the reward she craves. “If you want it back, you’ll meet me tonight.”
She takes a piece of paper out of her pocket and flicks it at us. A business card floats to the ground, landing face down.
I watch her leave, shaking my head to clear the fog I’m feeling.
“You were right,” I tell Eris quietly. “They’re not separate problems.”
She nods her agreement. “No, and she just became priority number one.”
Jace huffs as if he can’t believe the turn of events this day has already had. He takes the last of the groceries, leaving the eggs and the SUV’s hatch for me to grab and close.
Silas doesn’t move for a full sixty seconds as his brain reboots. He’s mentally tracking hardware too, and I bet he’s come to the same conclusion as me.
Nothing is missing… Physically or digitally.
But is Callie smart enough to have replaced something without us noticing?
Before today, I would have said no.
Now? I’m second-guessing myself.
Maybe the next move won’t be random. It will be a decision made with logical steps… And enough money to cover up the body of an heiress playing dangerous games in the wrong town.
It’s going to be a war fought against people who think they’re smarter than the monster they woke up.
Who is the monster, though?
As I look between Silas and Eris… I genuinely can’t tell.
