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"What about the dead body?" Janco jerked a thumb toward the barn

"We’ll infor and let them handle it"

"Does anyone else think itodd that Owen ardener?" Yelena asked

"No," Valek answered "The gardener probably had information about the operation It was smart to silence hi

"Owen murdered his brother and the others," Janco said

"We still don’t know for certain who killed the difference" Yelena gazed at the liquid in her cup "And I’s with Owen, he never acted like a killer Think about it He went out of his way to scare or Even when he captured us, his solution was to erase our memories Why not just slit our throats and bury us?"

"Because if he killed you, Valek would hunt hiers itched to grasp a blade just thinking about anyone har his heart mate But what Yelena said also had merit Did she suspect Onora had assassinated the trio? "If Owen didn’t do it, then who did?" he asked her

"It’s just a theory, and you’re not going to like it"

With that one coht He didn’t like it, but he had wondered the saaze "Owen is proof that the Coician four years ago He’d want to erase all the evidence that connects the all Owen’s coconspirators"

Janco added another log to the fire "But the Sitians knoen’s alive and producing Curare for the Commander"

"There’s no proof the Co as Owen isn’t captured, it’s only our word that he’s still alive"

"That should be good enough" Janco puffed out his chest

"The Commander can say we must have mistaken Ben for his brother He can order you, Valek and Onora to keep quiet In the political world and without any hard evidence, the Council can’t do anything"

Interesting theory "Are you saying the Commander hired another assassin to kill Ben and the others?" he asked Yelena, wondering if she suspected Onora of assassinating theirl; nor did she glance in Onora’s direction