Chapter 15: Fractured Truths
XENOIS
Was it Sophia who planned this? But why? I pulled out my phone from my pocket scrolling through my contacts until I found Sophia's picture.
"Is this her?" I asked, holding the phone screen toward Thomas.
The young man squinted at the image, his battered face frowning with concentration.
After a long moment, he shook his head weakly to the side as he looked a bit scared realizing that he might have provoked us.
"No, sir. The woman who hired me... she was blonde, but different. Older, maybe. She had a scar along her jawline, real thin like. And her voice was... rough. Like she smoked too much."
I felt a mixture of both relief and real concern. Relief that it wasn't Sophia who tried to have me killed, but worried about who actually had.
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