Total pages in book: 160
Estimated words: 149137 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 746(@200wpm)___ 597(@250wpm)___ 497(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 149137 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 746(@200wpm)___ 597(@250wpm)___ 497(@300wpm)
Still, she wasn’t above using him to try to figure a few things out. “My sister’s alive? How is that possible when I saw her die? I was there.”
He looked down at her and then back up as though trying to figure out who would be listening in. “You saw a carefully crafted drama played out by a master. That scene was set up just for you. You understand what Bishop did to you?”
He’d betrayed her utterly. He’d tricked her, and the spy in her understood why he’d done it. It didn’t make her heart hurt less, but on an intellectual level she could see why he’d played it the way he did. “He wanted MSS to keep their plans on track. Couldn’t do that if they thought the Agency was on to them. Besides, with me on the inside, he got a twofer.”
“He should have told you.” Levi took a deep breath, cradling her close. “I would have told you.”
Sure he would have. “So when Bishop died…left the Agency…you became my sister’s handler?”
“I did, and we found we were better suited than she and Bishop. Bishop attempted to keep her more violent tendencies in check. He thought he could let her assassinate the odd dictator once a year or so and that would feed her. I knew what she needed. Bishop’s faked death also had the added effect of setting off a war between the cartels. Jalisco came out on top and Hector, Kun, and I formed our partnership. Hector thinks Kun is going to marry him, but I’m fairly certain at some point she’ll take his head off and start running the cartel herself. She likes to come up with new ways to make money.”
“Is my sister the one blackmailing Josh?” It wasn’t a huge leap. Hector had the information. If her sister thought she could use it, apparently she would. All that crap about wanting a sister had been about wanting out. Her sister had found MSS too constrictive, and she hadn’t minded sending baby sis in to take over her unwanted life.
“Yes, though Josh isn’t the only one,” he admitted. “We’ve got dirt on a bunch of people. Hollywood stars, a couple of athletes, a few politicians. I find giving Kun something to do keeps her out of trouble. Well, something criminal to do. Your sister isn’t like you. She lives to hurt other people. And she hates you most of all.”
Her sister hated her? She was starting to understand that, but it made no sense. They’d never spent real time together. They’d only known each other through letters, and Kay had been over the moon to get to write to her sister. “Why?”
The door opened and there she was. Her sister.
“Aww, what a tender scene,” her sister said with a nasty twist to her lips. “You don’t want to miss this, Hunt. Look at the almighty spy cuddling with the enemy.”
Her heart nearly stopped as Josh was hauled in.
“Get your fucking hands off her,” he snarled. His hair was mussed, a trickle of blood on his lower lip. He’d obviously taken some persuasion to get here.
Josh, who’d gone through so much. Josh was going to be tortured yet again. She didn’t know if she could watch it happen, but she might have to. God, she was going to be sick.
Levi’s arms tightened slightly around her. “You want to explain what happened? You’re supposed to be fucking him not beating the shit out of him.”
“He figured it out,” her sister admitted. “It didn’t take him long either. Turns out I’m not good at being little miss sunshine. Bring her into the bedroom. This is a massive clusterfuck but maybe we can still get something out of it.”
Josh looked at the tub and the water on the floor, his eyes going wide as his mind likely made all the correct connections.
She had to calm him down. They needed time because someone would figure out the op had gone wrong. She wasn’t sure who that someone was since Ezra was dead, Riley and Declan were halfway to Mexico City, and Shane was likely getting some sleep before they left in the morning. But she had to hold out some hope because she couldn’t watch Josh die. “It was just a little bath, babe. It’s okay. I’m still here and kicking. Well, I’m going to kick this asshole’s ass when I get my energy back. How did you know it wasn’t me?”
“She doesn’t glow the way you do,” he replied even as Morales’s men started to haul him back. “When she smiles I don’t feel it in my soul. I knew she wasn’t you very quickly, pet. All that shit I said earlier, god, I didn’t mean a bit of it. I love you, Kayla. I won’t give you up.”