Caleb reaches out and twists the doorknob for me. The loft is precisely because it was earlier than. An ideal fixed to an in any other case chaotic day.

I carry her inside. She cautiously squeezes my jacket a little bit tighter as I decrease her down onto her mattress.

“Try to get some relaxation, okay?” I inform her, laying her arms at her sides. “You need to have your energy again by morning.”

“Are you leaving?” she asks.

Her eyes shake. It’s clear what she needs the reply to be and it makes my coronary heart develop a little bit bigger.

“No.” I pause to observe the brief breath of aid because it passes by way of her. “I’ll be right here…”

Caleb shifts onto her facet and her hand falls to the sheets beneath her, gently crawling towards me as quick as her weak muscular tissues will enable. Her hand touches mine and she or he smiles again at me.

“It’s going to be okay, Caleb,” I whisper. I lean ahead to boost her head and alter the pillow to a greater place beneath her neck. “I’ll be proper again.”

She nods, trusting each phrase. “Thanks.”

I let her contact linger on my pores and skin for a number of extra moments earlier than I make myself get up. There’s nothing I need greater than to lie subsequent to her proper now however there’s the small matter of the very dissatisfied bounty hunter lingering round within the hallway to take care of.

Archer stands outdoors the door, leaning towards the wall with Lilah’s discarded pistol in a single hand. He admires it briefly earlier than glancing up at me with arduous eyes and sliding it into his belt.

“You didn’t inform me that buddy of yours was Fox Fitzpatrick,” he says.

I shut the door behind me. “It wasn’t related.”

“Like hell, it wasn’t.” He pushes softly off the wall. “Do you will have any concept how a lot his head is value to the proper folks? Had I recognized he was right here, I wouldn’t have wasted my time chasing after Hansel and Gretel.”

“He’s not part of this,” I say, conserving a gentle tone. “Go away him alone.”

“And why the hell would I do this?”

“As a result of I’ll make your life a residing hell if you happen to don’t.”

His lips curl. “And simply how do you propose—”

“Archer Allen. Former MI-6 agent,” I start. “You had been dismissed for causes unknown however I’m certain I may crack these recordsdata large open inside the hour however on the off-chance that gained’t do any harm to you, I’ll simply concentrate on the very expired visa you’re touring with and go from there. Can’t precisely money in on bounties if you happen to’re thirty-thousand toes within the air in your manner again to Teabag Land. Or if that’s not sufficient, simply give me about twenty minutes. Everybody has a skeleton or two. I’m certain you will have no less than one value digging up.”

Archer chuckles. “All proper.” He sighs. “I’ll look the opposite manner on Fitzpatrick… however how about we are saying you owe me a favor sometime?”

“I can reside with that.”

“However I’ll say this, I don’t envy you or him. It’s not simply the Harts on the market searching for retribution towards Fox Fitzpatrick.”

“Who?”

He lowers his voice. “Nobody is aware of her title. Only some know her face however everybody is aware of what she does.”

There are solely two phrases I can consider that carry that sort of ominous concern. “The Boss.”

“You may wish to let him know.”

I nod. “I’ll.”

Archer leans again once more, flashing a glance of expectation. “I held up my finish of the cut price. Now, the place can I discover Dante Hart?”

I attain into my bag for a notepad. “Wisconsin,” I reply.

His forehead shrinks. “What?”

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