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“I’ll give you one last chance to come clean, and may God help you if you don’t.”
He knows something. If I have to die, so be it, but I can’t let him know that Cole suspects something. It could make him go crazy.
“You gonna talk or am I going to have to do to you what you did to Britney’s father?” He lets out a sinister chuckle. “I saw your dirty work, by the way. It was good. Nearly as good as mine.”
“If you’re going to kill me, do it.”
“Funny how I have no desire to do that.”
My brow lifts. “Then why am I tied to a chair?”
“Because I need to know what your end game is. Why’d Cole send you?”
If I tell him we know he’s the one that executed Salem Street, he’ll know his head’s on the chopping block, so I decide to veer into a lie that might just save my ass.
“Cole’s going hard into Vulture territory.”
Surprise washes over his face. “Then why aren’t we helping?”
“You’re too much of a liability. You’re on the streets more than most, and he was worried that the Vultures causing issues were your friends and that you were in league with them. So I’ve been sent to keep you occupied while they do reconnaissance and eventually clean house.”
It’s an easy lie because there’s the smallest kernel of truth in it.
Hunter leans back in his chair, completely expressionless.
“If you would just untie me, we can forget this ever happened,” I offer, knowing he won’t take the bait.
“I don’t think I will.”
I’m as good as dead at this point, but hopefully, he’ll leave the Keep alone. I can only pray that Britney rests easily at night. Not that she’ll miss me.
Just the opposite.
A crackling sounds, but not from the radio used to communicate with the Keep. Hunter goes over to a corner, lifts a floorboard, and pulls something out.
“What’s that?” I ask.
“There is one thing you did get right. I am friends with a few of the Vultures.”
He’s holding a walkie-talkie.
Hunter:Hello?
Unknown:One of your Keepers came in today. Shot our leader and said he was taking control.
Hunter:What was his name?
Unknown:Caspian.
No-fucking-way…
Hunter:Blond mother fucker?
Unknown:Yep. There’s a girl with him. A blonde thing. Real cute. Says her name is Britney.
Hearing her name is like a gut punch.
She was mine. I was supposed to protect her.
