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CHAPTER 30
CILLA
My eyes weredry as dust.
We’d been combing through every corner of the dark web. Something I never thought I’d be doing in my entire life. The things I saw would stay with me for a long time.
The corruption alone was staggering. Anything and everything was for sale at a price that was well beyond money. I couldn’t even find the moral compass for what I tripped over trying to find this man.
The monster who had changed my life’s trajectory in every way.
I put my head down on the desk for a moment to give my eyes a break. I knew all too well what overdoing it on screen time could do and I didn’t have time for a migraine.
“You don’t have to stay here.”
Locke’s voice came from my left. When I turned my head, he was crouched beside me.
“I’m okay. Just giving my eyes a break.”
“All the more reason to go back to our apartment.”
I shook my head. “Not until we find him.”
“This isn’t your?—”
“If you tell me this isn’t my job or business—whatever is going on in that protective head of yours—I’m going to tape your mouth myself.”
He huffed out a hollow laugh. “I’d like to see you try, babe.”
I sat up with a frown. His clothing was different from what he’d been wearing earlier. And not in the way that said he ran and got a shower. This was all black tactical gear with a whole lot of scary weapons on his belt.
“What’s going on?”
“I’m going to check out something with my team.”
My eyes narrowed. “Your team? Since when?”
“Cilla...”
“Check out what? Wouldn’t that fall under the jurisdiction of the cops or feds?”
He looked down. “We pinpointed where the feed is being streamed.”
“You know that’s a trap.”
He nodded. “We have to try and find him.”
“It’s not your job.” I rolled my chair toward him. “You don’t have to be the one to do this.”
“I do. Because I need you safe and that means ending him.”
I shook my head. “No. Catching him isn’t your job.”
His face closed off.
There was no catching him.
Not for Locke.
