“Potential? Ah, go to... "I retained myself at the last second, just because I still thought he had a hidden gun, and didn't want to be shot for bullshit. Maybe he couldn't kill me, but there was no guarantee that he couldn't hurt me. “Potential to take lives? Do you realize how cruel and terrible this sounds? My brother could only be in trouble to think that I would accept something like that. I will never submit to this kind of thing.”"Don't say you won't go, without even knowing what we expect you to do.”"And what would it be?”"We want you to investigate the names of the notebook," Aslan said in a contemplative tone. "These are the names of the people who have benefited the most from the work of the Brotherhood over the years. We need you to go after each one of them and kill them. You already have the gun. It just needs a little training. I am sure that the women in our group can be very honored to train Saltuk's sister.”"I don't train to kill other people," I said, getting up
For a very delirious moment, I swore that the pair of blue eyes on me was Mikaela's. But it was just his father, followed closely by a Colton as ruined as me. The cops closest to the couch laid Colton down. He was unconscious. Probably the first sounds of the fight should have come from him. Mikaela's father spoke to me. He didn't wear a vest. I wasn't working in uniform like everyone else, but I was carrying a gun in hand. It was he who pointed the gun at Aslan and said:"From now on, you can tell us in detail every step the Brotherhood intends to take, or you can surrender without problems to be tried and convicted for your crimes," said Caleb Johnson.The awareness that I had been made of bait for a trap made me want to cry even more. I would have even cried if my face didn't hurt so much. I heard someone ask for an ambulance; I assumed it was Caleb. I heard nothing but Aslan's grumbling and laughter, nor the police's attempts to make him speak. I just wanted everything to end and
"And you were also receiving gifts," I told her, compressing her lips in a line when I noticed that she was even more disturbed. "Hunter never let you see or know about the packages and letters. He never wanted to open it either. Maybe the Brotherhood was sending items from Jonathan's collection to make you look bad, or maybe it was giving work instructions to Hunter. The only certainty I have is that they would never allow Hunter to stop working. They kept trying to get him to work and follow orders, because that's what they wanted me to do. Probably, from the moment I accepted the job, they would include me in more perversities. As I did not accept, they decided that I was no longer needed, just as they decided about Hunter before you met. I'm sorry I asked Hunter to keep it a secret, Suzy. I was afraid that you wouldn't take the pressure and that it would be reflected in the babies. You are my best friend. And I didn't want to do any harm beyond everything I've ever done.”"Penelop
"My father believes that the reasons are a little greater than just dragging you to Turkey," informed Suzane, lightly caressing my hand. "There was an escape attempt in prison in which your father is in prison, Penny. But they didn't disclose this to the press. They don't want to say the names of the fugitives, but my father assured that Jon is still incarcerated. The problem is that many dangerous people tried to escape, some were caught, others were not. Most of these fugitives were only there because they showed terrorist tendencies, so that's what we can say of members of the Brotherhood who were caught and never confessed. My father believes that they just wanted to warn you about the fact that the Brotherhood is still standing for you to help your father.”"I would never do that," I murmured."We know," Suzane said quickly, fearing that I could change my reaction and vent my anger on her over those suspicions. "We know that you are more than just the daughter of a terrorist, Pen
"Oh, I'm a little traumatized with foreigners," I commented in a low giggle, so I looked through the half-open door, wanting to see if any curious leftovers were passing by. So I turned to my two quasi-loves. "I need to tell something I didn't tell Suzy's father or anyone before. The day you had that engagement party, there was a photographer in the square. He took pictures of me, said some strange things that implied that he was part of the Brotherhood. But the fact that he was there made me apprehensive, you know? He was there and you were right behind the block, so I stopped to think that maybe the purpose of the Brotherhood is even to take me away, but that they won't stop just with an interruption from the police.”"Are you afraid they might hurt us? “Asked Mikaela. “Penny, I am the daughter of one of the most respected judges in the country. If someone touches a hair of mine, they will be hunted for the rest of their lives. My father doesn't have a true sense of justice when the
"A few days ago, I ended up meeting a person who has a delicate history with my brother. His name is Dante Laurentino. I don't know if you would know how to recognize him. "I informed, but Colton remained impassive. "Anyway, he told me that Dean Rivers was one of the men in his group. He said that Dean was hired to kill Suzane, but that he did not have the courage, and set out to marry her to always be around and know when she would contact the Brotherhood, or vice versa. However, Dean was caught by my brother and disappeared. He never came back. No one knows where he is, and Suzane believes that he may have lost his tongue by not confessing that he knew where his bosses were. He was subjugated by the Brotherhood, and can be anywhere. As long as he has access to a computer, nothing would stop him from tracking our lives and using it to bring the Brotherhood to us, and then the police could arrest them.”"It's a brilliant plan, but only one thing doesn't make any sense," Mikaela reflec
It was at that moment that I had a dimension of how things should be decaying. Caleb Johnson did not admit weaknesses, even more so on his part. Admitting that he was in a panic about what would happen around the world was the same as entering a hospital and receiving the sad news that the doctor on duty was not fit for work. The true feeling was that we were on a ship that was slowly sinking, and that the Brotherhood was our iceberg. I was shocked. But I had to stand firm, because I still believed that Caleb did not deserve to see my most vulnerable side. He had made me bait to capture the Brotherhood, even so, he had failed. It wasn't just my fault."You say that Hunter didn't deserve to know the truth because he was just an ordinary citizen, but I'm also "I spoke in a defensive tone, raising one of my eyebrows. I noticed a trembling muscle in Caleb's chin, as if he was trying very hard to avoid saying what he really thought. "I'm also just a civilian, even so, you, the police, the
Suzane hung up on me, but I was already taking myself and leaving anyway. If I still had to pick up Mikaela to only then be free to stay with Colton, at least I would do that as soon as possible. I didn't used to stay late at the company, and I didn't know how Suzane handled the situation so well, because the place looked macabre with the sound of the elevator going down and the rooms empty. I was tense, feeling that at any moment something would come up to attack me. But I arrived safely in the lobby, waved and wished good night to Suzane's security guards, and received some tired answers as I got into the car and left in search of Mikaela.The school where she taught was in one of the heavy bars of Boston. My car, although it was nothing like Suzane's Porsche or Ferrari, was flashy enough for me to close the windows and drive in a hurry. Mikaela wasn't outside, as I thought she would be. So I honked a few times, but she didn't leave school. I sighed. All I needed was to have to go i