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of w

ith power and influence. Men like him didn't hand over secrets freely unle

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d the answer to everything. The doors slid shut, trapping her in the confined

see what was

he USB into her laptop. Rain drummed against the windshield as she waited, b

le vid

Alexander Cross had given it to her willingly. Wa

way to

clicke

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a dark, empty warehouse. A timestamp in the corner read two months ago. The footage w

men. Armed.

e camera panned slightly, and she caught a gl

rd Va

eaking to a man she didn't recognize. They shook hands, exchanged something-money? A document? It was

me

the side, eyes downcast, g

asn't a business deal. It was somet

o continued, showing Vaughn overseeing ever

Alex

e, and Cassidy's heart slammed against her rib

nder

keyboard as she watched, he

thing wa

aughn. He wasn't shaking hands or

he moment Vaughn turned on him. A sudden scuf

ra

a part of the operation. H

ent a cold shock

knew-everything she had a

the video as her reflection st

sing the wr

the human trafficking ring.

o his office ready to

gerou

edges tightly. Her entire body felt off-

eal monster. The one

layed right i

f Vaughn knew she was investigating Cross, he wouldn't let her get any c

on her window

outside her car. The rain blurred his features for a second, but

xan

, her fingers still trembl

tched that here." His

dried. "You wer

as if expecting someone to be watching. "Vaughn ha

d. "So what, you thou

t yourself killed?" he

unshaken. Meanwhile, her entire w

rotection, Mr. Cross

ickered in his ey

into your office accusing you of human traf

his lips. "Would yo

hesi

m. He w

teady herself. "Why did

se you're good at what you do.

"You want me to

der's jaw. "I want you to

nt a shiver through her. This wasn't

gerous. If she went after him, she would be making an ene

she had started this

uth, no matter ho

nder's. "If I do this, I do it m

d slightly, watch

was certain-Vaughn was the real enemy. And Cassidy

ping further into Ale

t losing hersel