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Liam was human, so he couldn’t hear the other side of the conversation.He was pretty sure that Orlando could, though.He sucked in a breath, then moved closer to Liam.He was still naked, but right now, that didn’t matter.Nothing did accept whatever was about to happen.
“I understand,” Cynthia said.“Of course.No, I don’t want that.Have you looked into what I mentioned?I realize it’s not my place, but—”
“What’s going on?”Liam asked Orlando.
Orlando didn’t look away from Cynthia as he answered.“It’s her supervisor.”
“It doesn’t sound like a good thing.”
“Because it’s not.He’s asking her why she doesn’t have results yet and threatening her job.”
“Can he do that?”
“He’s her supervisor, so yes.”
Liam swallowed.He was sure that Cynthia liked Orlando, but she liked her job more.This was it, wasn’t it?Cynthia had to make her decision now, and she’d already warned Orlando and Liam what that decision would be.She’d told them not to make her choose, but now, she had to.
Liam was about to die.
“I just wanted to be sure no one is making a mistake,” Cynthia said.“No, of course not, sir.I don’t doubt your ability to research our targets.I’m just saying that we might be dealing with an innocent man.”
Liam held his breath, but when Cynthia closed her eyes, he knew they’d lost.Orlando seemed to agree.He tensed, ready to act.Liam hated knowing that he was making him fight a friend, but he’d hate being dead even more.He was sure Cynthia didn’t have a choice, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t going to protect himself or let his mate protect him.
“Yes,” Cynthia said.“I’ll let you know as soon as it’s done.”
She’d been facing away from them the entire time so Liam couldn’t see her expression.He didn’t have to.The way she held herself was enough to tell him everything had gone wrong.
“Don’t do it,” Orlando said.
“You heard him.You know I don’t have a choice.”
“Is your supervisor the person who gave you the file on Liam?”
“He is.”
“So he’s the one who made that mistake.”
Liam was relieved they knew who was at fault.He’d started thinking they would never find out, but he wasn’t sure if knowing changed anything.That supervisor sounded like a dick.He was refusing to even consider the option that he might be wrong, yet he was in charge of other people.That wasn’t good.
What especially wasn’t good was that they were running out of time.
“He is,” Cynthia confirmed as she looked at Orlando.“But he’s my supervisor.I don’t have a choice.”
“We always have a choice.”
“Not if I want to keep this job.You know how hard I trained.You know how hard wealltrained.I don’t know how you managed to walk away from this, but I can’t.”
“You can do whatever you want, Cynthia.You can tell your supervisor to fuck off.You can go above him and talk to his supervisor.”
Cynthia shook her head.“You know how it works.We’re kept isolated for a reason.I only have him to contact.”
If that was true, it was ridiculous.This situation showed why isolating an assassin wasn’t a good idea.Everyone could make mistakes, and that was fine, but this guy sounded like he would never admit it.Thatwasn’t okay.He might get Liam killed, and he couldn’t see anything wrong with that.Liam had never met the guy, but he hated him.
“Please,” he told Cynthia.“I know this is asking a lot from you, but we wouldn’t if it wasn’t necessary.I don’t want to die.I especially don’t want to die because your asshole supervisor decided he was right, even when it’s obvious he’s not.He might not care about killing an innocent man, but I think you do, and I think that’s more important than your job.”
Cynthia had put her phone away.Liam didn’t know what it meant, but he hoped it was a good thing.He realized it wasn’t when she shook her head.“I’m sorry.I never wanted to hurt an innocent man.”
She was incredibly fast, but thankfully, Orlando was faster.He shifted before Liam could even think about screaming.One second, he was all naked skin, and the other, he was a massive ball of fur and spitting anger.
