Maybe those men would’ve been long dead before they could even think to touch April.
But… no. Back when this landed on my desk, something else landed there, too: April’s background check. All the dirt and the scars that her shitty family inflicted on her. Once I saw that, I didn’t have eyes for anything else.
I give this report my full attention now. I scan the pages like my life depends on it, because in a way, it does. My child’s life, laid out on the line because of my carelessness.
Never again will I put April Flowers before my own blood.
“Parni. Come take a look at this.”
Yuri’s already peering over my shoulder. Grisha catches up swiftly, peering over Yuri’s. “Any matches?” he asks.
“Get off of me!” Yuri snarls. “Christ, you’re heavy.”
“It’s not my fault you’re pint-sized.”
Si
