WHO IS THE BETRAYER?
barely registered the world around her as she drove through the winding streets of Monrovia, her thought
organized crime. His
who had promised her a future full of love, luxury, and security-was involved in something far darker than she could have imagi
danger the moment you got involved with him." Those words sent a chill down her spine.
claimed. Her heart ached at the thought of it. She loved him. She had believed in him. But now she co
onfront Mafred. She couldn't avoid him anymore, and the gnawing doubt inside her was
re slow, deliberate, as if each one weighed more than the last. The door to
but Lulu could see the exhaustion in his eyes. She had always prided herself on being able to read him, on understanding the little details that others might m
hough it didn't reach his eyes. "Y
r throat tight. "
one down, his posture immediately shifting
sure of anything in her life. She wanted to believe him, to trust him, but the s
r voice steady but firm.
th disappearing from his face as his brows furr
lenched at her sides. She wasn't
. I know about the people you're involved wi
had stopped. Mafred didn't move, didn't speak. His eyes narrowed,
e being paranoid. What are you talking about, Lulu? I don't
It was the same reaction he had whenever she asked him questions about his past
o let him get away
I spoke to someone. Someone who knows exactly what's goi
lit second, Lulu saw a side of him she had never seen before-cold, calculating, ruthless. Th
is voice low and sharp. "Tell me. Who
him like this-angry, threatening. She had always thought she
ed, the words tasting like acid on
what you're asking, Lulu. You don't understand the world I'm part of. I did what I had to do to get here. I built something,
Something far darker than she had ever imagined. He wasn't just involved in some shady deals-he
never leaving hers. "I tried to protect you, Lulu. I tried to k
Protect me?" she repeated, disbelief
om all of this. You should have stayed in your little world where everyth
ing under her flesh like a disease. She had never imagined he could
tep back. "Maybe it's better this way. Maybe it's b
toward the door, his footsteps echoing in the silence of th
r head, Lulu. You've ma
that, he
The reality of the situation began to sink in everything had changed. Her relationship
e. She was now part of something far more sinister, and
erything she thought she knew. She's now in the most dangerous position she's ever been in-and with no idea w