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 the coded message her

one and only worry was

Susanna had been hanging around Hull all this time. Yvonne could be a force of nature


his arms around her from behind. "What's

"Yvonne," Susanna mumbled.

head barely reached above his stomach. Maybe her forehead touched his chest if she stood

wrapping

an

she'll totally beat me up,"

was pretty sure a smackdown

"Really? You spent almost a month shadowing her and you still think

Susanna's mouth twitched.

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

for

she could suddenly turn into Wonder

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


was still searching

signs to show they were safe, he wasn't about to relax until he found them in person. No code

down at her. "What's

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