LOGINThe gun swung toward me. "No! Please, don't!" Scarlett screamed, scrambling up off her knees. "I'll do it! I swear I'll do it. Just don't hurt Tasha. Please, I'll do anything you want!" She swallowed hard, and I watched her force the next question out. "But how can I be sure you'll let Tasha go
"Here's what you're going to do. My men are waiting for you with the bombs, and they'll accompany you to the wedding venue. You'll go inside and plant them. Everyone trusts you, so security won't search you, and nobody will suspect a thing. Get inside the wedding building, plant the bombs, walk out.
"Don't you dare pretend to be some kind of saviour!" The tears were running freely now and I let them, because there was no point hiding anything anymore. "You think I don't know what you were doing behind my back? I know you poisoned me with Hemovax! I know you were planning to auction me off to ot
We froze. Both of us, statue-still, Scarlett's hand still gripping my arm, the barrel tracking lazily between us. And then the man did the strangest thing. He reached up and began peeling at his own face, gripping his jaw and tugging, and a full beard came away in his hand, a costume piece, and be
"If that dress arrives and you don't wear it, there'll be trouble." My stomach twisted into a knot. "I already have a dress picked out." "Tell me your room number, so I can have it delivered. I already know which hotel you're staying at." The floor seemed to tilt. "How did you know that?" "T
"Thank you, Daniel." After that, the decision solidified in my chest like set concrete. Once the wedding was over, I was telling Sparrow everything. All of it. He was going to sit down and listen to me, whether he wanted to or not. Meanwhile, Sparrow had moved us into a hotel. A beautiful one,







