"Suzy" I spoke softly, blinking frantically at every image that appeared in my head. "What do you think the Brotherhood could be looking for on the side of the city where Dante protects?”“Ahn? I didn't say that, Penny.”"Yes, but if that were the case. What would they look for?”"I don't know. Dante doesn't have much to offer. He and Jonathan hated each other only because Jonathan trafficked in his region and he lost his profits.”"Yes, but what about the names he would like to get rid of the prison? Did you check the list? Is there anyone special?”Suzane looked at me with a semi-close of her eyes."Where do you want to go, Penny?”"I want to get to the part where Dante may have freed someone who is a real problem for the Brotherhood, and that's why they may have decided to take me to Turkey and comply with what Jonathan intended "I told, and Suzane sat totally upright, with her eyes shining for the discovery. "I'm trying to get to the part where some name inside that notebook I rec
I couldn't stand it, I started to hyperventilate and feel that my chest would crack. I couldn't be awake. That had to be a very bad dream. Or a free sample of what I would find in hell. It was not possible that Aslan was still alive to cause so much harm to me and the people I loved. It was not possible for Mikaela to beg with so much energy, almost jumping out of the chair, and no one would do anything. Everyone in my room was silent. Everyone disbelieved that it could be happening. But no one said when I whispered:"I can't.”And no one was able to breathe when Aslan replied:"So I choose for you" and your finger pointed to Mikaela.And when that finger bent down, Mikaela gave me one last look. And that hurt. More than any blow or accident. It hurt like having the meat taken from my body with me still alive. It hurt like hell, because Aslan showed me the rot of the people, when the foreman next to Mikaela unlocked the trigger and fired.Mikaela Johnson's body was found the next day
"And why would the police depend on a fugitive foreigner? "I rinsed it, frowning lightly. Thinking about all that mess that the Brotherhood had become, made my chest less sore. At least I wasn't thinking directly about Mikaela or Colton. "Hunter, we've already had the kind of discussion where you're on one side, blindly relying only on what you see, and I'm on the other, suspicious of everything. And I don't know if I'm going to be rude to you in saying that, but I don't consider working for the police, at this point in the championship, to be a beneficial thing. They lied. They fooled us. They didn't give us any help, especially for you and me. And now they want you to work for them? In the name of what? Of another day of life? Because the Brotherhood will not stop just because they will find out what such a man is important to them. They won't settle down until the whole country is in ruins. So what's the purpose? For months Caleb has been trying to convince me to work for them, and
"She killed my brother almost seventeen years ago" I spoke with another imitation of a smile. I didn't know if I would ever be able to smile happily again. Maybe not. "And now I've killed her sister. Do you realize how cruel this is, but as similar as the past?”Hunter was silent for a moment. I was probably looking for beautiful words and consolation to tell me, but I knew he agreed. I wouldn't doubt anything if someone had said that before. Maybe Suzy's mother. Perhaps the woman who tried so hard to keep me away from her daughter, and who in the end, always knew that I would take her to death. The guilt promised to rock me in a way that nothing else could. And Hunter must have seen that I intended to hide in the pillows and kill myself suffocated at any moment, because he hurried to sit on the edge of the bed, finding a space for his big body and held it in my two arms. He didn't want to convey comfort, just prevent me from committing any thoughtless act."Don't think that way," he
"So my answer is no "I spoke firmly. Caleb and Scott looked at each other. "I can't help if you think I still offer some risk to the country. I have a boyfriend to find, a villain to defeat, and a criminal faction to overthrow. I can't let the matters and plans be kept secret. Hunter Hollis knows more than I do. And he is the person who would be least likely to keep a secret. Not because he was part of the Brotherhood; no one in this world wants to end them as much as Hunter. But I say because he's a man. Men do not always know how to contain themselves in the face of a stressful situation. I lost an important person, someone I loved. I lost another one that was with whom I was planning a future. And I know that my country is about to be hit by an atomic bomb if it does not give in to the whims of a crazy Brotherhood. I want to know what's going on and what the real plan is. Or I won't be part of any of that. I won't be used and I won't even keep quiet. You can close the matter now if
"I understand that they wanted me to take command of this type of mission, because Jonathan did not trust anyone to tell about it," I informed in a low and cold voice. "He never trusted the members of the Brotherhood as a family, not in the way they believed. They didn't even know my brother's name. And that must have had some weight for him. I received the gun, and I hid it. I received the notebook and asked Hunter Hollis what that meant. And he said they were just Turkish names, but he didn't recognize any of them. So I could assume that it could only be codenames for people from our country. Even so, I kept the information. I didn't tell it to anyone but Mikaela and Colton.”The answer seemed convincing enough for Caleb, but the head of security just narrowed his eyes on me more cautiously."Then we got to the part that really matters," said the head of security, crossing his hands over the table. "We believe that much of the tortures in which your... friends were subjected is due
And that was the reason why I hated the press the most. Because the right to know about it belonged to Mika's family to the rest of the people who cared. Because I knew your image could be going viral out there. And that this was not fair to everything she represented to us. Mikaela was more than just a woman who was brutally killed. And she deserved to have had respect. But there weren't any. I felt disgusted."I was talking to them at the time of the broadcast," I told Colton, and due to the lack of surprise in his reaction, I noticed that he also already knew about that fact. I sighed. "And I didn't think they were showing that to the world. If I knew, I would never answer. I would never have given them the chance to show that they had a power over me that I didn't even know. And they took advantage of the cue I gave. And I was weak, Colton. I finally understood what they meant about killing all my fears, to become strong. Because I was weak when I saw you and Mikaela. I let you se
Istanbul was like another world. And, in parts, I understood why my father chose that place. It wasn't for the ease with which ships from other countries could cross the ocean without drawing attention. It was not because the government of that place was not so committed to offering basic conditions for its population to survive. It was for beauty. Because he thought he deserved to be ruling a place that was beautiful enough so that no one was suspicious of what was happening under the carpet. And if no one reminded me of my reasons for being there, I would have sworn that it was just summer vacation. The sun would make me think of days of walking and holding hands. And the music that played on every corner, through the voices and instruments of street artists, would make me want to dance until dawn came.It wasn't like Boston was a destroyed and unattractive city. No. I valued the beauty of my country. It was just that Turkey made me think like someone who should travel more often. I