Web of Lies

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our recent escape but also from the fresh danger that had surfaced, my heart was pounding. Though that was exactly where I w

e was marked with lines of anxiety. He asked, looking at me w

rageous than I felt. "I need to know if this mess has

. Right now. Still close to me, thoug

e gentle buzz of the water against the piers and the far-off sound of machinery. Dominic stopped the

ak lights were lighting the otherwise black region. As we progressed, ou

en under a broad-brimmed cap. Dominic's tensing of his should

a silky, under-control voic

tiffer. Gideon here. I hard

ly did not. But when Victor Marlowe gets inv

nic, I felt conf

riend once. When I tried to cut off myse

you have to be Evelyn. I understand you

I revolted at his contempt. With

t, Gideon??" Dom

ngs up. He has directed an attack on your headqu

s the headquarters? How

in seeing Victor brought down. I am not doing this, though, out

resignation mixed with frust

deon stated. "I want a stake in yo

. "You want to profit from my

not personal. Busine

ion. Dust dropped from the ceiling as the boom resonated through the wal

"Men from Victor are on their wa

e have to return to headquarters. Should Gideon's data

ots and shouting sounds approached us. Dominic drove quick

billowed, and distant sirens cried out. Security guards were fighti

o the main office, my pulse hammered. Though Dominic's attention wa

ce, as we arrived at the office. Other armed men were flanking him

his voice full of anger. You h

ing for, Victor?"

ght to know. I seek what is rightly mine. And so be

nswer. We were dark, with the odd flash of gunfire light

f the shadows, her face pallid but resolved. She l

ere is more involved, I have been working with Victor to destroy you

dulity in his eyes. "Wh

is putting danger on my family. I had to comply without an o

ng the last of the windows. My heart pounding, I staggered backward and kne

re," he added hurrie

arding Jessica, "what about? We

If we can, we will assist her. Our first co

exit. Every nook of the crumbling structure seemed to be a fresh haz

e night air and heard fading combat sounds. Dominic turne

"We need to regroup a

more complex than before. "What about the trut

itation. "We handle it once we are safe. Right now, we h

identified phone had sent a fresh message: "The game has only

ed. "Another trap," he continued. Nevertheless, we hav

s had never been higher, and the web of lies was getting ever more twisted. The anxiety increased with every stride, and