"She's the one who told us to take it, anyway..."

Yvonne had no clue about that flicker of something strange in Xander's eyes. She kept talking, “Honestly, I think it's good you're being tough on them. Who knows, it might just force them to give in!"

“And as for Hull, you know when he sees you getting tough, he's gonna double down too!"

Xander just stared at her for a moment. “...

Yvonne continued, "Hey, have you noticed something weird?"

"Noticed what?" Xander asked.

"Hull. Doesn't it seem like he's got a personal vendetta against Black Gate?"

Xander blinked. "What makes you say that?"

A vendetta? He hadn't seen that coming.

Yvonne dragged out the chair next to him and flopped down. "My people told me that since last night, Hull's been going after Black Gate nonstop. He's ruthless, not giving them a moment to breathe."

She sounded casual now, but when she first heard the reports, she'd thought— this doesn't seem like someone just trying to negotiate...

It felt a lot more like revenge.

Xander said, "You think anyone's gonna give Black Gate a chance to catch their breath right now?"

aren't you worried that if we push too hard, they'll just... well, do


didn't seem

about it, the crazier it seemed. Susanna's own relatives were the ones who'd gotten her into this mess,

on earth did that girl do in her past life to end up with

knocked back his glass of wine, then said with meaning, "Black

they couldn't. There was

that-when they get desperate, they do crazy things. Sometimes, they'll even turn

and the others, if they just handed Susanna

tooth and nail, if she made it clear there was no chance of getting anything back, she

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at Black Gate were in total

forces, and they weren't holding

Gate's main strongholds had been thrown into disarray. And Lottie? She was even more ruthless-she'd all but stormed Slatepeak

time Dan came home, Finch had


way. Derek and Finch were in the study, but she needed a moment

were being dragged into this

were taking heavy losses, and their

Dan didn't even look

tighten. "Whatever you want, Dan-Finch and I will

give Susanna back

you want," Dan finally looked her way, but there was only

breath caught.

between you and Finch-shouldn't it stay in

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