Hera POV Zero looks at me with widened eyes. He knows what that means. Mason on the other hand looks lost, like he isn't understanding a word I am saying.“ What's that supposed to mean?”he asks and I swallow hard. Mason has his eyes trained on me,unblinking. For a moment I contemplate keeping the truth from him again but I realise at this point,I can't do that any more.I step forward, my voice shaking, barely loud enough to cut through the silence. “ I took the hit on you. I am supposed to be the one hunting you down.” I confess. It feels hard those words coming from my mouth but I know they have to be said, eventually.Mason’s face freezes, like I just slapped him. His eyes turn from Zero to me, wide with shock, then narrow with a pain so raw it makes my throat close up. “You took a hit on me?” he says, his voice low, trembling with hurt and anger. “You, Hera?”“I didn’t know it was you at first,” I say, the words spilling out, desperate. “It was just a job, a name, a price. Jus
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