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A flush that was mostly frustration coursed under my skin. “No. Not until I forced their hand, and then they didn’t get away with much.”
“And who would care so much about keeping you safe while slaughtering us?”
It wasn’t hard to see what he was getting at. We’d already discussed this theory the last time.
I rubbed my face. “It could be Damien Malik. I know. But there are other explanations too.” Even if I couldn’t think of them off the top of my head. The enemies who’d come after us back in the crew’s hometown hadn’t treated me so gently.
All this had started when I’d reached out to my birth father. Where did it end?
I had no idea, and every passing day brought more questions without answers. The Hunter had told me to dig deeper. I didn’t want to follow his instructions—but it was starting to seem like that was the only possible route I could take if I wanted to get through this with my other family alive.
An idea twined through my thoughts until it felt solid enough for me to speak out loud. “I need to crack open all the Malik family secrets—and none of us has found any way we can do that on our own. I think it’s time I set up another job to exchange a favor.”
