Chapter 12

In Deep

And you believe her?” Liam asked carefully.

I didn’t answer right away. I rubbed my hand over my face, then looked him dead in the eye. “Yeah. I do.”

He nodded once, accepting that without question. That’s why I trusted him.

“She gave us files, I went on, waving toward the screen Nico was still combing through. “Names, accounts, transfers. She’s been tracking our rat from the outside. Found trails we didn’t even know to look for. She’s been watching me, Liam. Not just this week. Not just this year. For a long time.”

Liam frowned. “How long?”

I shook my head. “No clue. But the way she talked to me, the way she knew me… It wasn’t new. It wasn’t surface-level either. She knows my habits. My fucking expressions. The angle of my jaw when I’m mad. She knew exactly when I was about to cut the feed, she beat me to it.”