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Ruby stiffened “Soreed to so I could clean up after one of your ain”

“Me getting caught wasn’t an accident” Jasper shoved his fingers through his hair “I needed to ured with the ar up, they’d fall for the cocaine in the trunk hook, line, and sinker Which they did”

The only thing in life Lucas hatedtaken for a fool was the watery split-pea soup he’d survived on when his mother was still alive A setup He’d built his entire carefully considered plan based on a setup

“He kept his mouth shut about all of this until we left for Fare Island At that point, I couldn’t get him to shut up,” Clausen said from her spot by the door, her hands clasped behind her back, and her back straight in the Silver Knights version of at ease

Brain spinning, he ran through the possibilities They were still there He’d have to figure out how toAmericans in on this operation, but he’d find a way to keep it minimal

“What’s the CIA’s interest in this?” he asked

“Sae”

“There is no ‘we’” No There was Elskov and then there was everyone else

Jasper shrugged “You’ll have to take that up with the US government because that’s who I take my orders from”

Since killing hi the body out the asn’t an option, Lucas ground his teeth together as he enjoyed the ht sky without a parachute

“How long?” Ruby asked, her voice shaking just enough to yank Lucas back to the here and now

Jasper’s ht line, and for a second it didn’t seem like he would answer, but he did “They recruited me when I was on my post-university trip to New York”

“That was years ago” Ruby’s gray eyes widened with shock “You never told me”

“I couldn’t Anyway, if you’d knohat I’d been doing for the past five years, you would have worried more I know you”

“At least one of us can say that,” she snapped