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Sian sighed “Let’s not talk about this here I feel like we’re going to be taken or soo to the bathroom You won’t leave, will you?”

“Leave without you? Hell, no”

She gave my hand a squeeze and I watched her leave

Damn it This hy I steered clear of all es were all just too much They consumed me in a way that was nowhere near healthy I felt sick and happy and sad all at the same time There was no way this was the kind of life I wanted and yet, with Sian, I knew I could handle it

Running h my hair, I tried to compose myself

Solared, and then froze when I noticed who it was

“Alexander Roberts,” I said

He smiled at me

There was a bandage across his cheek, and he looked … haggard This wasn’t the carefully controlled mastermind of the pictures I’d seen This was a e

“Hello, Mateo Robinson How is life treating you?” he asked

“Your daughter just went into the bathroo desperate to be out and about Nearly a year without a single appearance and you arrive at the mall of all places”

He smiled “I have my ways The Society has a lot of enemies It’s so easy to exploit them”

I had no idea why this man was here or why nohy me, but I stayed perfectly still

“If you’re thinking of alerting your fathers to un trained on you and I can kill you within a few seconds If you want to live, I suggest you listen to me closely”

I tensed up as he reached into his jacket

“Your reat value to me” He pulled out a USB key and slid it across the table “You need to air this toht at ten”

“Whatto help you?” I asked

All I wanted to do was tackle him To end this Gun be damned

I stared at hi my options He erous, and I had to be careful