Chapter 1049

Connor could tell something was off with Maddie today.

Teddy was getting anxious. "Babe, what's going on? Talk to me."

Finally, Amelia broke the silence. "I need to be honest with you guys. I'm not the person you think I am. Years ago, when I got close to you, when I started helping with Pure White...it wasn't just out of kindness. I had my own reasons."

Teddy's face went pale.

"I was following orders. Have you ever heard of an organization called the Midnight Syndicate?"

Neither Teddy nor Connor said a word, but the name clearly rang a bell.

through the cracks of legitimate businesses. On the surface, everything looked clean and glamorous, but

He took a slow sip of wine and asked

and those places are basically recruiting grounds for the Syndicate. I was picked when I was ten. I didn't

Teddy pressed. "Is he part of the

heir. I've been working for him since I was fifteen, handling whatever he needed. But in the Syndicate, nobody gets the full picture. I don't know who outranks Grant, but I do know this: every one of the Four Great Families has Syndicate people on the inside. My information's limited. The only other person

Teddy like a punch

died, they'd suspected it was a hit from higher up, but hearing it out loud was different.

time, Connor's expression cracked, a flicker of pain in his

"What does the Syndicate want? What's their endgame?” "We don't know what the top boss

Connor's eyes narrowed. "Who?"

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