Jack of Hart- Wild Card by Violeta Bagia

Author:Violeta Bagia [Bagia, Violeta]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Ace

We had both decided that being cooped up inside was doing me no favors and Alex, as patient as he was, was starting to get cabin fever too.

He was rambling on about something that had totally gone over my head when a feeling of dread chased away everything he was saying.

‘What is it?’ Alex stopped walking when I did.

We’d been circling the grounds for more than an hour.

‘Hey? You with me?’

‘Something’s going on in New York.’

‘What?’

‘Not sure. Illarion’s shaken, can’t quite get a read on it.’

‘The connection thing is handy, huh?’

‘Sometimes,’ I mused. ‘Right now, it’s a pain in the ass. It’s not giving me much to go on. But he’s worried.’

I reached for my phone and he gently cupped his hand over mine.

‘We can’t.’ He said quietly. ‘We don’t know if he’s been tapped. It’s too risky.’

‘So what, I just wait?’

‘I’ll get my contact to check.’ He explained. ‘We need to be careful here, getting you exposed right now is a mistake until we know what we’re dealing with.’

‘I don’t have time for this.’ I muttered. There was too much unknown right now, whatever Illarion was going through had me on edge.

‘Listen to me, Ace. Please.’

I stopped, dropping my hand.

‘My contact will check up on him. I give you my word. Just let me do this before we jump into anything.’

‘Okay.’ I conceded. ‘But if I’m not satisfied with the answer, I’m doing it my way.’

‘Deal.’

***

Illarion

The walk back to my car was hellish, thoughts kept running through my head, what if we were alone, what if everything we were about to face came at the cost of losing friends? Maybe I’d already lost them…maybe what was coming was a warning, to show us what weakness lay just under the surface ready to break already fractured relationships.

And then I made it worse by bringing my thoughts to the FBI team, would they side with Aurel? He could be convincing? But Peyton was already sided with Ace for her own reasons, maybe she’d be harder to turn, but the others, aside from Matt…

I stopped myself. I couldn’t do this.

Aurel was an idiot to be so closed minded, he’d seen as much as the rest of us had, hell, he was the one who’d seen Ace at her worst after we came back together. How could it end like this?

He needed to see the truth, but his truth was going to be compromised now, Anna and Lucy were in the picture, whatever risks came up, he would look at them in a different light now, I could understand that. But it didn’t make it easier to accept and I’d be damned if I accepted his disapproval.

Even before Ace left, he’d been warning me that he thought she needed help, that no matter how much she was coping, she couldn’t be fine. I, however told him that I was with her, helping in whatever way I knew possible and yes, I’d been angry at myself every step of the way for not being able to offer her professional help.

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