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Sasha ended the call with a click of a button, and Tahey looked at him uncertainly. "Is it over then?"
"I doubt it."
Her brows furrowed. "Then..."
"I'll have to kill him if he breaks his word."
Tahey knew she should be used to this by now, but it still had her wincing every time she heard her brother-in-law speak of death so freely.
When she first started working for Strakh, Inc., she had been just like everyone else in the way she could only see the noble side of Strakh: a secret organization ran byfivemodern-day Robin Hoods, and the youngest among them was Sasha, who had struck her as kind and boyishly charming.
It was only after she had gotten to know everyone better that Tahey had come to realize one thing: a person could never work for a company like Strakh without harboring some semblance of darkness to begin with, and neither she nor Sasha were exceptions to this.
"Just spill it out, Tahey." Sasha could tell by the way his sister-in-law was gnawing on her lip that she had something on her mind.
"This case isn't like your usual, is it?"
Sasha's expression turned disbelieving. "Bronn is just a boy. Are you genuinely worried I won't be able to handle him?"
"No, it's not that,at all,"Tahey hastened to assure him. "I'm actually more concerned about, um, well...her?" She saw his gaze turn hooded, and Tahey knew right away her instincts were right on the mark.
"She's special to you, isn't she?" Tahey asked eagerly. "I've never seen youthisinvested—-"
"Tahey..."
"I know, I know. You always say you'renotlooking for love, but what if you don't have a say, since love's already found you?"
Sasha's expression turned pained. "Are you seriously trying to matchmake me with one of the Devil's cases?"
"Can't I?"
"She knows me as theDevil,Tahey."
"So? I'm sure she knows you're notbadbad—-"
"I kill people, Tahey. How is that not bad?"
"Can I just be honest?"
"Since my older brother is likely to kick my ass if I say no..." Her brother-in-law subjected her to a dry look. "Yes, please, do be honest, Tahey."
"I have this feeling you're being unusually sarcastic, but..." Tahey smiled brightly. "You did say I can be honest, so let me just say thatyou,dear brother-in-law, have always been too hard on yourself. You chose to become the Devil because you blame yourself for your sister's death—-"
A smile wobbled to Tahey's lips when she saw the way Sasha stiffened. "And we both know that's not true at all."
"Don't turn me into a saint, Tahey—-"
"Then don't buy into your own hype and start believing you really are the Devil. You'renotevil, Sasha. You never were, never will be, so if this girl is really special to you—-"
"Sheisspecial," Sasha bit out, "and the only way she'll stay special is if I get the fuck out of her life as soon as this is all over."
