Page 60 of Nobody Wants Me
“Probably.I finally got to see him when he didn’t know something.You were a shock to him.”
“I didn’t mean to be.”
The Butcher laughed.“I know that, and I believe he knows that as well.Anyway, it pissed him off.”
“Who wanted Volkov gone?”I asked.
She took a deep breath.“The Grid.”
I frowned.“But I thought The Grid didn’t back down.It’s why I’m here now.”
“Yes, but in order to remove a contract, someone has to be willing to stake their own life on it.”
I lifted up in the sand and looked over at her.“You pledged yours?”I asked.
She nodded her head.
“Does Ivan know?”
“I don’t know.He knows I’m connected to The Grid.There is no turning back, there is only death.”
“That’s why you want it gone?”
“Yes.The Grid has gotten too powerful.It needs to be stopped, and now we know Harris is one of the members.It’s why there will be no negotiation for you,” The Butcher said.“The only solution is to bring it down once and for all.”
“You need to tell Ivan what you did,” I said.
“I don’t need to tell him anything.”
“This isn’t right, Butcher.He needs to know the sacrifices you made.”
“Bethany,” she said.
“What?”
“That’s my name, Freya.My name is Bethany, and that is all I am ever going to tell you.You now know more about The Butcher than any other living person.”
And with that, she got to her feet and made her way inside the house.
Why had she told me this?This didn’t make any sense.
I didn’t have time to ask any more questions as a rumble of thunder came across the clouds.The weather kept changing.I didn’t know how viable it was going to be for us to stay here.Storms were happening more regularly.Although, Ivan’s home was locked down tight.I didn’t like the storms, and attempting to sleep through one was a damn nightmare.
I hated storms at night.Throughout the day, it was fine, I could handle that.Nighttime, they did, in fact, scare the crap out of me.
