— CASSIAN |
The second the gates closed, I was moving.
"Inside. Now."
Mara followed without argument. Good.
We needed to move fast.
The police would be back. With warrants. With questions. With the kind of attention I couldn't afford.
Not when Viktor's body was currently in the incinerator. Not when witnesses existed. Not when everything I'd built was one search warrant away from collapsing.
I pulled out my phone. Dialed.
"Nic. We have a problem."
"The police?"
"They'll be back within hours. I need damage control."
"What kind?"
"The expensive kind. Call Judge Morrison. Tell him I need search warrants delayed. Indefinitely."
"That'll cost."
"I don't care. Do it."
"And the arrest warrant?"
"Same thing. Delay. Bury it in paperwork. Make it disappear."
"Cassian, they have a wi
