THIRTEEN
Betrayal is an awful feeling. It can be something as simple as catching someone in a lie, or something far more complex like catching your girl in bed with a close friend. It eats at you like rot in spoiled fruit.
I wasn't even sure what had happened with August and the Children, and I probably never would be. I was certain, however, that he had given my location over to them; it was the only way they would have found me. Had he sold out poor Doctor Inox as well?
Why?
His own death muddled my feelings. Hard to hate someone after they're dead. It certainly left questions unanswered. Still, Lovat Central wanted me and the Children wanted my head, and it all came back to August and our deal with Peter Black.
A mixture of betrayal and pain was twisting around my heart like a pyth
