Chapter 143: He Died Back Then

"I don't know his full name, but I already know the first," she said before sitting down on the couch and leaning back.

Mason and I sat side by side while she took a seat across from us.

She crossed one leg over the other. Then, she pulled out a piece of paper from the brown envelope she'd brought with her earlier.

My gaze fixed on it, and my brow arched as I noticed the long list of names written on the sheet. I couldn't decipher its meaning right away.

Evangeline opened her mouth, ready to explain her findings, but Mason interrupted her.

"Is that enough?" he asked, raising an eyebrow at her before crossing his arms.

More blood smeared across his clothes from the motion. Not that he seemed to care.

But I did. I grimaced at how messy he looked. Both Evangeline and I were starting to feel uneasy. He looked like a criminal who had just escaped from prison. "Can you let me explain first?" Evangeline shot back, a smirk curled at the corner of her lips. "And clean yourself up. You look like you've been through war." "Because I have," Mason retorted with a grin, glancing down at his blood-soaked shirt.

He raised his hands, nearly as red as his clothes from all the blood.

"Here." I handed him my black handkerchief to at least wipe his face, but he waved it off.

"I don't need that," he replied, his grin widening. "I like what I'm seeing right now."

A shiver ran down my spine at his words. When I looked at him, it was as though his bloodlust had been awakened, and he was reveling in it. Would he grow fond of this feeling, or was it just temporary?

He can't stay involved in this. Even if I didn't act, Simon would definitely kick him out if he learned about everything that happened today.

"Attention here, everyone," Evangeline called out, clapping her hands sarcastically.

was about to share

a pretty unique name, I'd

it?" I asked coldly, while Mason

even higher at

right; it was a unique name for a

noticed his eyes widen

out a little about him. If I hadn't killed his spy earlier, we might've learned more," she admitted with a shrug, massaging her

actions. But the thought that more spies might exist in

How did someone like that infiltrate this place? The spy she killed might have held

I asked,

to think we're pushovers," she growled, clenching her right fist tightly. "The moment he decided to mess with your life, he dragged all of us into this fight. You'll never have to battle alone."

when she constantly picked fights with me, yet here

Talk about character development.

curiously

alcohol all over me. I waved my right hand in protest.

putting the alcohol back in her

she weren't my cousin, I'd have

it could be a lead, and he was

a list of the people who had cornered me during my last

felt like asking Tanner to tutor Kesha because

recruit from the special forces and plant a spy in my

could have

nothing came to mind. "Do you have a

almost killed before. With such

about that?"

she'd brought to the hospital back then. "He had plastic surgery this time. He completely copied Ash's identity." Her

sure if it's the same guy I mentioned before. I need to confirm," I

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