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"So you were i to find inforut?" I believe I know the rest of the story, but I et into The Order ten years ago, but I couldn’t It wasn’t like they were taking applications It was impenetrable Elusive So, I settled for one of the black uess because they’re not as careful with how they do business Anyone who kills innocent people for reed to care about risk and reckless choices"

"And you assumed that because the blackon the inside of one would eventually lead you to Vonnegut"

He nods again "I knoas a stretch, but it was all that I had to go on Microsoft and Apple are two different entities in the same business, in competition with one another, but they keep up with each other because they have to Know your cos, and then winces when he realizes it was not such a good idea considering the state of his shoulders--"but it did pay off sohs--"in a fucking cell where soer jerked off while he did his time, but ut than any other overn his accusations

"A partnership," he says "In exchange for all infor hunt for him, the United States would remain deaf and blind to your operations, and in addition, would provide you with all necessary essentials--funds, authorization into top secret files, anything--orking an assign for you?" I reiterate with quite a bit of disbelief "I have no interest in working for anyone other than my clients I did not leave The Order to become a slave to another employer I am the employer And that is hoill remain"

"Well I didn’t , "just that there are soht, people e need et Your Order, Faust, is the kind of organization that can get these things done faster than we can Sometimes it takes a killer to know a killer, a spy and a thief to know the movements of a spy and a thief Not to ators, but I’ve never met one quite like him But it would be a partnership, we’d be sort of like clients, but with a lot lance at the sht

"But just the sa back at Dorian, "I have no interest Tell ut exactly? Why is the bounty on his head the highest? And if the governanization like mine, ould there be a bounty on his head at all? Why not just seek Vonnegut and his Order for this partnership? His is larger than er tiut is ins "He also deals in weapons and drugs and girls Dubai Colombia Brazil Venezuela Mexico He is everywhere He has no boundaries We also believe he sells weapons and information to terrorists"

"You believe," I say, "but you have no evidence of this"

"No," he answers sole his head "We have the kind of evidence that’s right there on the cusp of being irrefutable proof, when everything adds up and it all points to hih to actually prove it It’s e need inside inforoddamned holes"

Dorian winces and adjusts his body on the hten his back His top teeth claonizing display

"Look," he says with a heavy sigh, "my intention was never to betray you None of you I don’t expect you to believe me after today but I don’t think oforders, or a spy--I actually like being here You all kind of feel likefortype But for Tessa, I a you to do whatever you can to help her None of this is her fault"

I go toward the door

"The thing is, Flynn," I say, turning to look back at hi infor as you’ve been with us, there is nothing you can say to make me believe that you have not reported what you know about us thus far"