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Maverick:I do. They handled him?

Lodestar:Yeah. It was a power grab by the highest of the high in the Sparrows.

Maverick:You sure you dealt with them? You don’t need help?

Lodestar:Lol. I didn’t need help. I was working with Troy and Dead To Me.

Maverick:TROY? She’s still alive? Fuck me. I didn’t think she’d make it when she was so fucking paranoid.

Lodestar:Still alive and kicking. Rocking an eye patch.

Maverick:Bet it suits her.

Lodestar:It does actually lol. She’s as terrifying as ever.

Maverick:I’ll bet. How’s Cin?

Lodestar:Horny.

Maverick:**Snorts.**

Lodestar:You doing okay, Alessa?

Alessa:I’m fine, Star. I’m home. Some things have to happen for us to find our way. I know I’m where I’m supposed to be.

Lodestar:You’re a lot more accepting than I am.

Maverick:She is.

Alessa:I learned that wishing for things that are outside of my control is futile. But I know that you are different, Star.

Alessa:I know that very little is outside of your control and I think that makes it easier on me.

Lodestar:Because you know I’m handling it?

Alessa:Tak.

Lodestar:You got that right, sweetheart. I’m handling it. Hell, the leaders are handled. As for the rest, they’re going to get theirs from Interpol itself. We found how they communicate and now that we’re in, there’s no escaping us.

Maverick:*whistles* Interpol? You brought in the big dogs?

Lodestar:My grandfather, Anton Kuznetsov, did.

Alessa:Your grandfather is a Kuznetsov?!

Lodestar:You’ve heard of him?

Alessa:In our part of the world, we have sayings about the Kuznetsovs.

Maverick:What kind of sayings?

Alessa:It says a lot about why you are who you are now that I think about it.

Maverick:Hit us with the sayings, Alessa! I’m curious.

Alessa:The translations aren’t easy.

Alessa:In Ukraine, they say that the Kuznetsovs are spiders. They have webs in every corner of your house.

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