DIABLO
"Diablo, I know we have not spoken much lately but I am not as emptyhearted as you imagine. I have moral standards, unlike you," Abel says.
"You mean your paymasters want the summit to go ahead. All you are is a glorified gopher," I snap back.
"That is harsh. This gopher is offering you a clean slate, remember? You stop this plot and all the kiddies in the world will be grateful.
Does that reach anywhere into your cold charred heart?" he asks, voice soft but sharp.
An unwanted image flashes through my head, not about the summit or any of that bullshit. It is me and April together, a baby in her arms, my hand resting on hers, a family that might have been. I push the image away quickly while Abel keeps talking.
"That vial gets leaked at the summit and half the leaders of the f
