A senator.
Powerful enough to bury witnesses.
Corrupt enough to kill them.
And stupid enough to threaten her where I could hear it.
Tate straightened slowly.
“You got proof of that?”
Vaughn laughed weakly.
“Check the senator’s son’s offshore accounts.”
Ava’s expression changed immediately.
Oh.
She knew something.
Wolf caught it too.
“You already suspected somebody political.”
Ava stayed silent.
That was answer enough.
Flick looked overwhelmed now.
Like the entire world just became too big and too dangerous all at once.
I crossed back to her instantly.
Her hands grabbed my shirt the second I got close again.
Automatic.
Instinctive.
Mine.
“Hersh…”
Fear shook through her voice now.
Real fear.
Not for herself.
For all of us.
I cupped herface gently.
“Look at me.”
Her eyes lifted slowly.
