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“What do you think we’ll find here?”
“Bear’s packet of information revealed enough to confirm that Temper needs to die, the Brothers are engaged in everything he said they were, and that I was right to kill Princes Edward and Ludwig and Ke Jintao.
“But I’m hoping that, here, we’ll find the means of bringing down the Brotherhood. Reinier said he had billions of dollars’ worth of blackmail material on clients, friends, and politicians.
"Everyone he came into contact with.
"It’s not enough just to eradicate the world of the remaining Kuznetsov. We need to tear down his empire too.” As the heavy nature of her words tumbled around us, she released a sad sigh then tucked her hand in my own. “Thank you, Conor.”
“What for?”
“This. Being here. I don’t have to be alone again.”
I squeezed her fingers. “You think I don’t feel the same way?”
“We’re birds of a feather, aren’t we?” she whispered, unknowingly mirroring my thoughts.
Tugging her closer, I rested my chin on the crown of her head for a couple of seconds. “We are.”
Ten minutes later, we found Reinier’s office.
That was when she got a text message.
Cin: The bitch died earlier than planned.
Star: You wanted to draw it out?
Cin: Wanted to keep at her with the questions. No success. I think she had a heart attack.
Star: Likely. Eagle Eyes used sodium thiopental on her.
Cin: That explains it. Shit.
Star: Did she answer any of your questions?
Cin: Said that she’d prefer to die than serve under you.
Star: She knew Anton wanted me for his heir?
Cin: Apparently. I got angry when she started talking about how she was the one who told Reinier you were suspicious of her. Thought you were going to rat her out as the double agent.
Star: I wasn’t. I didn’t even know she was in the same area as me.
Star: That means the working ties between the Sparrows and Brother are closer than we imagined.
Cin: I’m so fucking sorry, Star.
Star: Not your fault.
Cin: I lost my shit when she started talking about how she was glad you had to suffer. Fuck, she kept her eye on you, Star. She told me about Hans.
Cin: I don’t even have the words to talk about this.
Star: We DON’T need to talk about it. He’s dead. I killed him. That’s all you need to know.
Star: Was anything said about my mom?
Cin: No. But you knew she wouldn’t say dick. The cunt.
