“It is a kind of mercy, though.”
“Desperation isn’t a good look on you,” Courtney says. She tucks the baggy shirt into the gathered waist of her pants and holds out her hand for her gun. I give it to her.
As much as I want to kill Elena, I know she’s Courtney’s to kill. Elena did all of this to get back at me for killing Rurik, but she did it to Courtney. In a way, it feels right that I would kill Rurik and Courtney will now kill Elena. So, I’m happy to let her end this.
“Just let us go,” Devon says.
It’s the first thing I’ve really heard him say in days. As this plan dragged on and on, he became more and more a servant to Elena. Not her partner, but her underling. I can’t believe I never saw before how weak he was.
“We won’t come after you. We’ll disappear. You’ll never hear from us
