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"True Finding a long-lost sister would’ve taken soot lucky"

"Maybe" I shrugged "Right now, I’-lost sister and not another weapon against Emma It would be nice to have soh her or not"

"I know, and I’ on that I have to run these tests on the elders I need to knoho I can trust If I go into a battle with an army that’s disloyal, we’re all dead"

My impatience burned in me I wanted to knoanted to make ed panther, and I wanted out of the cage to protect what’s mine But I couldn’t Not yet

"If you take too much time, there won’t be any Mauricio faotten aith enough already"

"You’re telling me?" he shot back "They came for me They killed two of my friends, and they’re the reason I even ca this is taking I’ll ainst theainst y, but I didn’t play politics well I led my own army, and in ti too long, Cole" That was the truth no matter as behind him "If you need to cut them out of the action, cut them out You need to make your move soon"

"What would you do?"

I fell silent I hadn’t expected that question "What do you mean?"

"Co his head "You’ve worked your way into a powerful position with both fa, but you’re the suy I know You think seven steps ahead of everyone else If you were me, ould your first move be?"

"My first move would be to find out if that bomb was meant for Emma or not"

"And after that? What if it weren’t, and it was a boainst your faather information Find out all the key players and the alliances between them Know them better than they know theether? What’s the step after that?"

"Find out all their businesses Everything Even the houses where they take theirdone After that?"

I shookht , and I don’t knohat it is But I think you do I think there’s a difference--one s at, but it was simple He made it sound complicated It wasn’t It was just a quality I had that Cole didn’t