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barking theories back and forth over snippets of news footage, analyzing one clip in particular. Ticker tape scrolls along the bottom, warning that the footage might be disturbing to some viewers. After what I’ve seen, I tend to ignore warnings like that.
    The footage starts with Senator Ronnie Lamb standing at a podium with his arm wrapped around a young woman—
    Dani . The ends of my lips twitch, just like they always do when I see her.
    He shoves her aside and she takes a step back, her face shining with a polite expression, although I can tell how tortured she is. Then I see the black ropes falling down in the windows behind them. I focus on them until two black bodies swing down and crash through the glass.
    Dani falls forward and my heart lurches in my chest.
    “Run, Dani…” I whisper, wishing for it to come true, but she stays on the floor with wide eyes. Terrified, frozen in her fear.
    The two men in black force Lamb to his knees and place their pistols on the back of his head.
    Snake Eyes. One bullet through each eye. It’s their specialty.
    They pull the triggers and Lamb’s body crumbles to the floor. Dani doesn’t scream. She doesn’t even look away from the blood creeping towards her shoes.
    “Move…”
    Lamb has been pissing people off on both sides of the aisle for over thirty years. It was only a matter of time until someone offed him but I would never have expected Snake Eyes to take the job. They don’t make a show out of it like this. The snake comparison doesn’t end with two bullets in each eye. They value stealth above all other skills. A hit in broad daylight? In front of a dozen news cameras? Someone wanted this to be very, very public. They wanted to send a message but to whom?
    I grit my teeth as one of them reaches behind his back. He pulls out his knife and leans over Dani, wrapping his thick fingers around her neck. Anger swells in my chest as the blade scratches across her cheek and blood spills down her face. I feel the pain of it myself, charging up my cheek from my lips to my ears. I run my fingertip along my own scar; the one I keep hidden behind a beard as Darla accurately pointed out. I’ve had it for two years, ever since my first mission in Snake Eyes.
    So that’s what this is. Lamb isn’t the target; he’s the perfect patsy. The news media will argue day and night over who is behind this political assassination but it was never about him or his policies. They needed this to be big.
    They wanted to make sure I’d notice.
    I step closer and watch as he leaps out the window. It’d be optimistic to think the police caught him. Mercer is way too good to get caught so easily.
    Mercer Black. He was my friend. Not so much anymore.
    “Horrible, isn’t it?”
    I pull my eyes away to look at Mrs. Clark. “Yeah. It is.”
    “Poor girl. She’ll be scarred for life.”
    “Excuse me, Mrs. Clark. I’ll be right back.”
    She mutters a response and slides back down into her chair while I step outside.
    Snake Eyes and I didn’t exactly part on good terms. There’s only one way out of Snake Eyes and that’s with two holes in your skull. I wasn’t about to go out like that and in order to escape them, I had to improvise.
    Somehow, Mercer has figured it out, but Mrs. Clark’s guest house has definitely done its job. He can’t find me, so he’s going after the one thing he knows I care about. Slicing Dani’s cheek was a warning meant only for me.
    Show yourself or she’s next.
    I think I’ll enjoy shooting him in the head.
     
    ***
     
    I knock on Mrs. Clark’s door and patiently wait while Sammy growls and barks at me through the window.
    “Calm your tits, Sammy! It’s just Fox. ”
    I grin to hide my real expression as she opens the door. “Hey, Mrs. Clark,” I greet.
    She keeps the door open wide and walks back inside towards the kitchen. “Come on in, honey. You hungry? I was just about to make a sandwich and I’d be happy to make two.”
    I close the door