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Alexi walks in a moment later followed by Evie. She goes pale, and I’m sure her thoughts are that we are about to punish her for this. After everything that’s happened, I’m sure that’s exactly what I’d be thinking.
Alexi grabs her and for a second I think he just might do what we both fear.
“This isn’t your fault,” he says, pulling her into his chest. Her shoulders visibly relax, and he continues. “How well were they protected? Did they have a kill switch?”
“There is a kill switch on all but one, the only reason is that it’s the one I planned to give to my father and he isn’t nearly as skilled at navigating them as I am. If they are good enough to maneuver around them, they will have it all, but the one intended for my father only has the banking information he needs. And that can be changed again easily enough.”
“They can’t,” Evie pipes in. “I’m their best and one of their only hackers. The only man who can run circles around my coding is Mac, but Havoc said he left with him and went into hiding after he found out about the tracker.”
Relief floods me knowing that. Still, there are other hackers out there I’m sure he can find. It’s just a matter of time.
“I’ll start planning the banking mess now and get our stuff moved again. I’m half tempted to take the deal to buy the bank, but I don’t want the people it comes with.”
Alexi nods, we agreed we would avoid shady deals unless we really needed them. I don’t think we’re there yet, but at least we know we have the option. Sitting down at my computers, I get straight to work. The funds were only activated by my father last week, so at least it’s easy to rearrange things. I’ll have to tell Boris about it eventually though.
Damien and Alexi leave me to it, but Evie hovers, clearly worried about me. I turn in my chair as my servers boot up and pull her to sit in my lap before turning back to them. We are past the point of hiding shit from one another, and I want to feel her warm body against mine.
“I’m sorry,” she says quietly, making my fingers freeze in their pursuit.
Her head is cast down like she’s blaming herself.
“Lucky Charm, don’t do that. We’re past this. Now tuck that sweet little ass into me so I have something to look forward to when I’m done here.”
A small laugh leaves her lips, and she scoots closer while one of my hands pulls her as tight to me as she can possibly be. She’s reading the code and watching my movements closely. When I make an error she stops me and helps backtrack. With her help, I don’t think anyone will be able to get ahold of our funds again.
“Alexi told me about the hard drives,” Havoc says, walking into the room. Alexi follows behind him, and I turn us in my chair so we can all talk, but I don’t let Evie leave my lap.
“Do you think anyone will be able to get into them?” I ask.
“Evie was right when she said she and Mac are the best. Adrik doesn’t put a lot of stock into his online presence since most of our jobs are handed down by word of mouth to prevent paper trails of any kind. He knows a lot of people though, which is why I’m planning to sneak back in and bring them back to you.”
Evie shoots to stand, but Alexi speaks first.
“That’s too risky and we all know it. What if you get caught? We don’t have the capability to rescue you, not with the small number of people we can actually trust right now.”
“I agree,” Evie says, walking up to stand in front of him. He’s easily a foot taller than her, but you can see that she’s in no way intimidated by him.
“You and I are the only ones who know what my uncle can do— everything he’s capable of. You’re too much of an asset.”
“Then I’m coming with you,” Havoc replies instantly. “You’re not going to Russia or running off without me.”
His face is stern, but I can see the care he holds for her in it. She’s precious to him, and he doesn’t want to lose her.I know the feeling.
“I highly doubt my father will allow a former Shade to come visit his estate,” Alexi scoffs.
“E is a former Shade. He’s got no issues with her. I’ll initiate into his organization if that’s what it takes to prove my loyalty.”
“You can’t just request to join, it’s not that simple,” Alexi says.
“Do you really want to work for Boris? Or these guys when Boris steps down?” Evie asks, throwing her hand out to gesture towards Alexi and me, as if working for us is such a horrible thing.
“I want to do whatever I have to do to keep you safe. I’m not leaving you.”
Alexi seems to see Havoc isn’t going to change his mind and is about as stubborn as he is.
“You can go through initiations with my new alpha team when we arrive. No mess ups, no failures, and I’ll think about where I’m going to assign you once I get reports back.”
Evie turns to Alexi. “That’s insane. Havoc would have been number two in the Shades until his death, he’s not going to want to do grunt work just because I’m there.”
