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."

sent

it now. Hull was throwing

Dan wasn't exactly harmless himself—when

right now. By the time it was over, Dan's crew would be battered

quickly. "Understood. I'll send our people to help Yvonne,

on a show-send their own folks to "help"

***

not only was Xander at Black Gate now, Hull's

of it, he knew everything was about to spiral out of

***

Palm Island.

sleep, exhausted from her time trailing after Yvonne. She hadn't rested this much in ages, and she could have slept forever-except, her stomach wouldn't

good, starving, and stumbled out

she saw was the

stomach twisted. Ugh.

the sight of the sea brought back nothing but

whale. She used to love the ocean the

"You're up?"

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