Blake's POV
"...need to accelerate the timeline," I was saying to Sofia, staring out the study window at the sunrise that should have marked the beginning of Savage's final destruction. "Now that he's escaped, we have maybe twelve hours before he goes completely underground."
"Blake," Sofia's voice carried concern through the encrypted line. "Are you sure about keeping Aloe out of the loop? She deserves to know this was always about your father's murder."
"She'll know when it's over. When Savage is dead or in prison permanently, when she's safe." I turned away from the window, checking my watch. "Right now, the less she knows about our endgame, the better. Her reactions need to stay authentic."
Authentic. I even heard how cold the word sounded.
"You care about her," Sofia said. It was
