Derek slid a photo across the desk toward Derek.

Derek picked it up and glanced at it.

It was a shot of Hull with a woman-just their backs, but Hull had his arm around her as they stood on the rooftop of the Litamark Sky Lounge. The woman's head was resting on Hull's shoulder.

You didn't need to see their faces to know how close they were.

Derek stared. "..."

Close, huh?

What a joke. What a pathetic excuse.

He clenched the photo so hard his hand trembled with anger. "Get the car ready!"

"Yes, sir..."

Caden gave a quick nod.

Meanwhile, over with Susanna...

the whole "I want to go back to Black Gate" thing, especially after seeing the coded message her mother

and only worry

was terrified that Yvonne would totally lose it when she found out Susanna had been hanging around Hull all this time. Yvonne could be a force


her from behind. "What's

"Yvonne," Susanna mumbled.

behind, her head barely reached above his stomach. Maybe her forehead touched his chest if

arms, wrapping hers around

raised an eyebrow.

out, she'll totally

scolded-she was pretty sure a

almost a month shadowing her and you still think you can't take

Susanna's mouth twitched.

he even hear himself? Yvonne had grown up in that crazy world, barely flinching at danger, traveling solo across countries. Steffa said she'd survived

if she'd trained with Yvonne for twenty days, she wasn't dumb enough

she could suddenly turn

sulked harder, rubbing her cheek against Hull's chest. "Still no word from my


was still

they were safe, he wasn't about to relax until he found them in person. No code was foolproof, after

her.

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