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.”

take you two

think we’re doing something vastly

was

retrieved his phone from

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

a letter tucked away

pulled the letter from the

something?” Julian’s eyes were on his phone.

I opened the letter then nearly dropped it. Nicholas caught

asked, more to himself than

phone away. He scooched closer to

over my shoulder.

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“Hubris,” I said.

at a

“It’s damn

to Terry, welcoming him to

back a few years, long enough that

over to

swirled in my

that signature?” Nicholas asked.

out…” I said. I only saw swirls. There was no printed name

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