Nobody spoke while I unfolded the note and every eye in the room stayed fixed on the paper in my hands.
The silence felt heavier than it should have and maybe because Asset Four had vanished and maybe because she had left willingly.
Maybe because deep down I already knew whatever she wrote wasn’t going to make me feel better.
My pulse hammered in my ears while I unfolded the page completely.
The message wasn’t long. In fact, it was painfully short. I read it once and then again and then a third time. And my stomach dropped lower with every word.
“What does it say?” Drake asked.
I didn’t answer immediately and the warning felt too important. Too personal and eventually I handed the note to Blade.
His eyes moved across the page and then his expression darkened. That wasn’t encou
