Becky’s POV
The room seemed to be squeezing us in. The air was dense, packed with conflict and the clear awareness that we had limited time. "You make him desperate, and he'll start making mistakes," Leo said, and those words kept playing in my head. But standing here, with a gun aimed at us by an apparent ally, I understood that the blunders weren't all The Broker's. Among them were some of ours.
Leo's eyes grew wide as he identified Marcus, the most devoted enforcer of The Broker and the one person we had mistakenly trusted walking along the threshold. Marcus's expression was calm, almost sad, as if he were going to break terrible news to an old friend. It was not one of rage or hate.
"Marcus?" Paul's voice broke, incredulity mixed with the mounting annoyance all night. "You accompani
