go'

o know," I said, and the word

st dropped ten degrees. "Is it my family?" s

Because saying it out loud made it real-

bed and rushed toward me, pa

m has be

part. Her breath caught, and she swayed

own, but stopped when I saw her fists cl

breath," I said, my

refusing to cry. "Listen, I know I'm just

r than I intended. "A cog

hing to say. But

world-my world-and I hated

s knowing she could'v

e signs. Let my guard down. And now I w

ted even though I could tell she was st

Direct a

r me to say something e

g right in front of me. "Say it lik

I di

he didn't even seem to register the state she was in. The fact that she was

"From today onward, my goal is to expose you. I'll bring down your entire op

without a trace of

very piece of evidence you've left behin

nked

ked to me like that. Not to

unarmed, completely alone-threateni

e," I said. There w

n a laugh and a sob. Her knees sh

sure? She's really alive? Whe

uncon

napped. "No guards. No esco

I said sharply. "You're not go

oft scent of vanilla and hazelnut clung to her-warm, fa

ou to decide w

ow, completely serio

I'm the father of your child. Wherever you go

caught, then she leaned

You'll send your men,

t tes

el. "I'm pregnant with you

self. There are a million ways to brea

irk fa

red. "You'll learn exactly