The sight of the empty chamber knocked the life out of Lily. She grabbed Leo's arm and shook it.
"Empty? It was empty the whole time! Leo, why didn't you pull the trigger? If you had, we'd be walking out of here right now. Say something!"
Leo's face drained white. He wrenched his arm free, eyes blazing.
"Enough! You win, Vera. Kill me, cut me up, do whatever you want."
He was still breathing hard, staring at me with a look that hadn't quite surrendered.
"But before you do, you owe me one answer. I had the Quinn family hollowed out. The people overseas had no time to respond. Where did all of this come from? Whose power is this?"
I shook my head. "I didn't know any of it myself. He told me." I nodded toward the man in the dress shirt standing off to the side, the one with that sharp,
