Chapter 0267

“You said you would tell him,” I said.

“”

“I was getting around to it.” Julian shrugged. “The right moment just hadn’t come up yet.‘

“You gave her that necklace to help her out specifically in this place,” Nicholas said. “I highly doubt that you couldn’t find a moment to tell me about it.”

“That’s the truth,” Julian said. “Besides, so long as one of us gets the message to help her out, does it matter which one?”

“Then switch it to me,” Nicholas said.

an argument they

I gave Nicholas a flat look. He wasn’t helping deescalate this argument shouldn’t even be having in the middle of Terry’s office while searching for secret compartments in his desk.

Nicholas deflated a little, under my look, though he didn’t uncross his arms. The moment his eyes returned to Julian, they hardened again.

“I wanted both,” I said.

“And I will set it to both,” Julian said. “The very next free moment I have.”

Julian. I imagine it will take you two minutes on your phone,” Nicholas said.

doing something vastly more

Nicholas was

He retrieved his phone from his

a compartment along the top, but when I traced my hand along

a letter tucked away

pulled the letter from the secret compartment and

Julian’s eyes were

side. I opened the letter then nearly dropped

destroy this?” Nicholas asked, more to himself than anyone else. “It even says to burn

phone away. He scooched closer to me to peer

over my

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“Hubris,” I said.

at a loss

“It’s damn

my hands, I held a letter addressed to Terry, welcoming him to the

long enough that he very well could

over

and hatred swirled

you recognize that signature?” Nicholas asked.

I said. I only saw swirls. There was no

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