Chapter 0267

“You said you would tell him,” I said.

“”

“I was getting around to it.” Julian shrugged. “The right moment just hadn’t come up yet.‘

“You gave her that necklace to help her out specifically in this place,” Nicholas said. “I highly doubt that you couldn’t find a moment to tell me about it.”

“That’s the truth,” Julian said. “Besides, so long as one of us gets the message to help her out, does it matter which one?”

“Then switch it to me,” Nicholas said.

an argument they

I gave Nicholas a flat look. He wasn’t helping deescalate this argument shouldn’t even be having in the middle of Terry’s office while searching for secret compartments in his desk.

Nicholas deflated a little, under my look, though he didn’t uncross his arms. The moment his eyes returned to Julian, they hardened again.

“I wanted both,” I said.

both,” Julian said. “The very next free moment I have.”

take you two minutes

doing something vastly

Nicholas was

retrieved his

my hand along the side, I felt a small catch. I pressed down and a lid sprung open, revealing a letter tucked away underneath.

I pulled the letter from the secret

Julian’s eyes were

desk to come to my side. I opened the letter then nearly dropped it. Nicholas

this?” Nicholas asked, more to himself than anyone

Julian put his phone away. He scooched closer to me to peer at the letter over

“Hubris,” I said.

at

whistled. “It’s damn

letter addressed to Terry, welcoming him

a few years, long enough that he very well could have been the

over

swirled in

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