Last time, she hadn't believed Dan for a second. But this time, all it would take was one word from Hull, and she'd be convinced.

Silas understood.

God, what a mess. This whole thing was a tangled knot.

He looked over at Hull. "She's charging over to Black Gate because she's scared you'll come after her, right?"

After all, she thought Dan had taken someone from right under her nose, and Hull wasn't exactly known for letting things slide.

Hull waved him off. "Don't worry about—"

But then he paused, a sly glint lighting up his eyes. "Keep searching for Susanna."

Silas nearly choked. "Wait, what? Keep looking for Susanna?"

So... Yvonne would go on believing Dan took Susanna?

Wasn't this messy enough already? Now it was a full-blown disaster. No one at Black Gate was going to have a peaceful day.

Hull took a slow sip of his red wine. "Dan wants to step back and catch his breath, huh? Not a chance."

cold chuckle that followed sent

it now. Hull was

wasn't exactly harmless himself—when he finally swooped in for the win, Lacey and Susanna would both be

right now. By the time it

send our

on a show-send their own folks to "help" Yvonne, searching for Dan

***

at Black Gate now, Hull's people were there

time Dan got wind of it, he knew everything was

***

Palm Island.

out of sleep, exhausted from her time trailing after Yvonne. She hadn't rested this much in ages,

woke up for good, starving, and stumbled

thing she saw was the endless blue of

stomach twisted. Ugh. She felt

knows, after everything, the sight of the

a giant whale. She used to love the ocean the freedom,

"You're up?"

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