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...

she'd dropped the whole "I want to go back to Black Gate" thing, especially after seeing

her one and only worry was

time. Yvonne could be a force of nature when she got mad-Susanna had seen the videos of


slipped his arms around her from behind. "What's on your

"Yvonne," Susanna mumbled.

shorter than him that, when Hull hugged her from behind, her head barely reached above his stomach.

wrapping hers around his lean

raised an

she'll totally beat me up,"

getting scolded-she was pretty

almost a month shadowing her and you still think you

Susanna's mouth twitched.

had grown up in that crazy world, barely flinching at danger, traveling solo across countries. Steffa said she'd survived more sketchy' situations than

if she'd trained with Yvonne for twenty

could suddenly turn into Wonder

cheek against Hull's chest. "Still no word from my


still

he wasn't about to relax until he found them in person. No code

at her. "What's wrong? Bored

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