MALACHI
“I’m sorry we had to keep things away from you. We thought we could start something new, build something different with you. We were fools. We lied to ourselves. I would never be sorry for any life I’ve taken, any man, woman, or child I have brought down to have my way. I am not sorry I trampled on people to have everything I have today. And I would do it again and again to keep everything I’ve built, because that’s how the world works, Sarah Wellspring.
Kill or be killed. Hunt or be hunted. You are either predator or prey. We picked a side a long time ago. It’s time for you to do the same.”
I raise a brow at him.
“What the hell does that even mean?”
She takes the words out of my mouth. Really. What is he trying to say?
“In six hours, there will be a gun in your hand pointe
