Jarrod simply dropped into a chair, eyes fixed coldly on the satellite tracker. "I'm not going," he said, his tone icy and distant.

Esmeralda looked at him in surprise. "But-"

He offered no explanation.

By the time Watts got back, dawn was just breaking, the world outside painted in

muted gray.

Almost without thinking, he found himself heading toward Elodie's room. He paused in front of her door, lost in thought for several long moments.

The fact that Jarrod was still alive had caught him off guard. But telling Elodie? That wasn't part of his plan.

He glanced at his watch. Jarrod would need some time to wrap up his affairs. Nearly four hours had passed since their last call.

Casting another glance at Elodie's closed door, Watts walked down the hall and pulled out his phone. "Has Jarrod left yet?" he asked quietly.

The reply was immediate: "His men say they saw him board the plane."

Only then did Watts hang up.

As long as Jarrod was gone, everything would move the way he needed it to. He'd give Jarrod two days, at most.

As for Elodie...

back and knocked

No answer.

waited a few seconds, then unlocked the door and

lost

it was because of

unreadable flashed through

position at the home base," he said, voice even. "It's best if you call them, let them know you're safe. No need to stir up a storm back

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was certainly part of it. This

But there was more.

slower now, "and

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brow. "Mr.

sharper than

of who she was-Watts had always known Elodie wasn't the delicate, pliant type. When she lashed out, her

in front of her, he

stared back, cold

as if he had all the time in the world. "You quit your

with me, and

so you can be together. How

the words left his mouth, Elodie's expression

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