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Clearing my throat, I muttered, “Sypher, it’s Remi.”

“Uh, why do you have Dylan’s phone? Is he okay?”

“Yeah, he’s fine,” I quickly replied. “Look, Sypher, we’re all here in church and well, I need to ask you a question.”

“Where is Reaper?”

“Not back from Oklahoma yet.”

“And this can’t wait?”

“No. I’m sorry, it can’t.”

“Alright. What do you need?”

Looking at Phantom, I said, “Sypher, Phantom decoded another file today. I need you to verify it.”

“Sure,” the young man happily said. “Have her send it to me.”

Phantom nodded, then instructed, “Check your email.”

“Okay. Give me a sec.”

Church was silent. The only sound coming from the cell phone on the table was the clicking of keys as Sypher did his thing when all of a sudden, dead silence reigned.

After a few seconds, I looked at Phantom, who shrugged as I asked, “Sypher, are you still there?”

When the young man didn’t respond, Bullseye growled, “Danny?”

“Um, yeah. I’m here,” the young man mumbled quietly.

“Well?” Bullseye asked, sitting up straighter. “Is the file real?”

“Yes.”

And with that one word, Bullseye got to his feet and marched out of church.

“Bullseye, you can’t just leave!” I shouted after him.

“Watch me,” the moody assassin growled as he walked out of church, heading for the front doors.

Jumping to my feet, I ran after him, holding out my hand to stop him. “Dylan. I need you to think right now. I know you’re upset, but you can’t just run off and go hunting. I need your help to find her.”

“I’m going to kill them.”

“I’ll help,” Ravage said, walking up behind him.

My God, no wonder Max had a constant headache. Wrangling these men was impossible.

“Dylan, let’s talk about this first.”

“No.”

“I know you didn’t just tell my wife no, motherfucker.”

Chapter Twenty-Six

Reaper

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