Even though I didn’t want to use his family as bait against him, I had to in order to get information from him.
“Her name is Lily, right?” I went on to prompt him further.
“I’ll kill you if you touch her!”
I shrugged my shoulders, implying that I didn’t care what he said. “Tell me everything you know if you want to see her again.”
He gripped his fists and stared at me intently. “They won’t be safe even if I tell you.”
I watched his eyes flicker in an impatient flash, and suddenly a pause, his eyes seeming to widen with skepticism. I drew my arms tightly across my chest and raised an eyebrow at him.
Why?
“I pledge to keep your family safe if you tell me everything,” I vowed.
He shook his head. I could tell he was having second thoughts.
“Would you rather join the enemy, knowing tha
