Page 203 of Filthy Feck


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With a begrudging grunt, Star nodded her agreement.

“Wonder which of these three is in charge now that DeLaCroix is out of the picture.”

I shot Dead To Me a look. “That’s a good question.”

“I’m left wondering what it was about Belyaev and Kuznetsov that required eradication…” Star rubbed the back of her neck.

“We might never know.”

Cin sniffed at my answer. “We have a time and a date now, some places too. What’s the next move?”

“Is Troy still alive?” Star asked Cin.

“Think so. She retired though.”

“My brother said you can’t retire.”

Cin arched a brow. “You can if you lose your twenty-twenty vision.”

“She’s blind?”

“Had an accident,” Cin confirmed. “Nasty one. Probably karma.”

“You’d better hope that doesn’t exist,” I pointed out.

“He’s right. Or we’re all fucked,” was Star’s gloomy rejoinder. “Where’s she living?”

“Connecticut, I think.” Cin’s gaze turned thoughtful. “Started up a bee farm. Remember she used to go on about how we were going to die without bees?”

“I remember.”

“Einstein said the same thing,” I pointed out.

Star shrugged. “Our problems have always been of the more immediate variety than global warming.”

I knocked her knee with mine. “Troy didn’t agree.” When she just hummed, I said, “We have an elephant in the room.”

“By this point, Conor, I think we have a full fucking circus,” Star groused.

“We do, but… Dagda was one of the Jorgmundgander operatives. What if your mom was a sanctioned hit?”

Her fists clenched at that. “We need answers.”

“Where do we start?” Cin asked. “Troy? She’d probably be able to help with your cousin.”

“She’s also who Kuznetsov wants handed to him on a platter,” she retorted. “I have to find my cousinandbring my uncle’s murderer to him.”

“And that’s a problem?” I queried.

“I like Troy,” she grumbled.

Cin nodded. “She’s good people.”

“For an assassin,” I joked.

“Hey, you always want us on your side,” was Cin’s comment.

“Troy was damn good at what she did too. She came up with us, but left, what? 2009, Cin?”

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