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“What happened?” I ask

“He just told me where the next location is”

My hand is nestled on the back of her neck behind her hair I tilt her head up to look at e spreads inside me at what I see—puffy, red eyes

“What happened?” I try again, this tie, so I don’t scare her with the fire I feel inside

“We had tea, and he told me where we have to travel to next”

I can see the truth in her eyes—but she’s also hiding so from me

“What did you do to get that information?”

She takes a step out ofto tell me I could beat it out of her, threaten her, but it wouldn’t work There is no threat violent enough to get her to tell me—to trust me

We haven’t been s fro the burning disappointh for her at bay

Her long eyelashes flicker up atme to trust her There’s a reason she can’t tell me, it’s not by choice

I sigh and run h my hair

“Let’s go get Maxwell and then get out of here”

“You didn’t kill him?”

I shake my head “You didn’t want me to, so I didn’t”

“Thank you”