Jerry beams. “I like your spirit.”
“If you two could flirt elsewhere…?” Erik says. Maya leaves the room first, and Jerry follows. Once we’re alone, Erik turns to face me, his expression serious. “Keeping your identity secret is important for the task force to succeed. It will also help you investigate more easily. The face of the task force is going to be Jerry’s nephew, Cassian. He’s reliable, and he’s someone I trust. No one else knows about the task force, not yet. So, this attack on you had to be purely coincidental. You were probably just a random target.”
My heart sinks. “But why me? I keep a low profile. I—”
“I wish I had an answer for you, Leanna.” Erik sits down on the edge of the bed, facing me. “You’re not going to like this next part, but Cedric had a lot more to say to me w
