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“It’s Lodestar.”
“God, that’s a blast from the past. What do you want, Lodestar?”
“She’s asking about Operation: Jorgmundgander.”
There were a flurry of whispers that were too soft for me to properly make out what they were sharing.
Then, there was a hissed,“She needs to know.”
Star and I shared a look.
“…find… come here…”
“Danger—”
“…Sparrows down…”
One of them cleared their throat then rasped, “I think I heard about it. It’s a division that brings high spec prisoners out of jail and gets them to act on their government’s behalf to cut down their sentences.”
“Did either of you two ever work for them?” Star inquired, her tone bland, unlike the gleam in her eyes.
She’d scented gold.
The other women were silent for so long that I didn’t expect an answer. Then, Minerva, I thought it was, asked, “Why do you want to know?”
“I have a foster daughter,” Star intoned. “And I want to know if the reason I do is because one of you guys led me to her.”
When they cut the call without another word, I figured we had our answer.
Mouth taut, I rumbled, “Where do they live?”
She turned to me, but her eyes were unseeing. “London.”
Nodding, I headed over to the intercom and waited for Edgar to answer me.
“You need to tell Kuznetsov that we’re going to London for a few days.”
“Mr. Kuznetsov believed you’d be remaining in Dubrovnik, sir,” was the butler’s cautious reply.
“I’m well aware of that. But this is about our investigation. We’ll be back.”
“I’ll inform him, sir.”
“Appreciate that, Edgar.”
Turning to face Star once more, I wondered if it was a blessing or a curse to see this side of her.
She was strong. Fierce. A warrior.
She was akiller.
Unashamed. Unafraid. Unswerving in her dedication.
But she’d allowed me to pass behind that veil, and seeing her devastation was a gift because I was being given something no one else was permitted to see, yet that also meant I wanted to kill whoever made her look like this.
Those bitches were going to fry if I had my way.
Who the hell set someone up with a kid like that?
