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You did die, Tal reminded him, feeling like an ass for enjoying the flinch of shock that tightened
Cassie s face. You were clinically dead for almost half an hour.
Cassie didn t speak to Tal, but she leaned forward as well, her hand coming up towards the camera.
Kel, I didn t know. He found the tracking information, but I didn t know he d had time to send someone. I
was going to warn you.
Half of Frey s mouth twisted up, and it took Tal a second to recognize it as something akin to an
actual smile. I just need the name of the lab. We don t have to do this.
Suddenly, Tal made the connection he d been missing. Whether it was the way Cassie was twisting a
lock of hair around her finger, or the gentleness of Frey s tone with her, things were now clear. Frey loved
her, and the honesty of it made them both uncomfortable.
Cassie looked away, clasping her fingers together tightly in front of her. Slipstream Biotech, on
Lassiter. It s in Prita, near the ocean.
Can you send me your recon on the facility? I won t have time to investigate it on my own.
Cassie nodded slowly. Of course. But they ll have tightened down security since I made my run.
All part of the fun, right? Frey s fingers twitched over the keys on the console, not actually typing,
just fidgeting as he always did. Vanya scowled, her hand dropping on Frey s shoulder, and he stopped, but
Tal could see his muscles tighten up. Route it through a new account, okay? We re secure here, but
obviously Vradoz has tapped more of your accounts than we thought. Frey glanced up at Vanya, eyebrows
raised. Happy now?
No, she said shortly, her attention focused on the screen, and by extension, Cassie. If your
girlfriend wants to screw you over, that s one thing, but if she does it now, we re all fucked. I haven t seen
a single reason to trust her since we started chasing you, and that hasn t changed.
Tal found himself watching Cassie s reaction a little more closely than he might have otherwise, and
she didn t disappoint. Her eyes widening innocently, gaze locked on Frey s as she conveniently ignored
Vanya. Even my specs might not be enough to get you in safely.
You send them and I ll worry about the rest. Frey s smile was obviously meant only for her, and
she returned it slowly, a soft curve of her lips as she ducked her head, the perfect picture of innocent
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adoration. Only the tightened corners of Frey s mouth gave away that he was anything but charmed by it,
and Tal wondered what it must be like to know that the person you loved was constantly playing a part,
even when they were with you. His gaze darted back to Frey for a second, and he masked his snort of
disbelief with a cough. Pots and kettles, as his mother would have said.
I shouldn t stay on the line, Cassie said, breaking the silence. Just because the stream is secure
doesn t mean I am.
Frey flinched, and Tal saw Vanya restrain herself from reaching out to him, her face more impassive
than his.
Can you get away?
Cassie shook her head, and if she was surprised by Tal having been the one to ask, she didn t show it.
Frey s shoulders slid a little lower, but his smile stayed bright and ready. Be careful okay? I ll have a
second run for you in no time. Ridiculously overconfident, it was pure bluster of exactly the sort that
Kellen Frey was known for. Everything with him was easy, right up until it wasn t anymore, and the fact
that he never seemed to notice when that line had been crossed was what made him the best, not to mention
so damn hard to catch. The first time Tal had ever seen his face for more than a few seconds, he d been
dancing his escape across a ballroom, lifting jewels as he traded partners in an ever-widening arc that
finally let him out the door just as the first cry of loss went up. To the end, he d left every partner smiling,
made the thefts look so effortless that even Tal had momentarily forgotten that it was more than a game.
That was the danger of getting too close to it, though. You found yourself playing something you
didn t even know the rules for, and losing to a man who cheated so charmingly that you didn t notice you
were off the board until he d already won. Tal couldn t tell if Cassie was playing by the same rules, or even
playing the same game, but he could see her give in for a moment, letting him win just so he d keep
believing that he could.
I ll send you another message once we ve got it, Frey told her, and she blew him a kiss, fingers still
stretched towards the screen when it went dark. Frey lowered his face into his hands, rubbing his temples
before he looked back up and spun the chair around to face them both.
So, do you think she bought it? Vanya put her foot up on the edge of Frey s chair, moving it slowly
back and forth.
Maybe? Probably. Yes, he finished, with a small shrug. I m sure she thinks I ll try, and I m sure
she thinks I won t make it, but I don t know that she believes you re really going to help me. He lifted his
foot to poke Vanya s knee, a warning look on his face. I can only sell so much, and you weren t really
helping.
I doubt Cassie would have bought any of it if we were suddenly your biggest fans, Tal cut in,
circumventing the dangerously dark look Vanya was giving the screen over Frey s shoulder. So now our
next move is to actually contact this Slipstream place, and go from there, right?
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Frey nodded slowly, attention obviously elsewhere. We ve got the name and location. That was
really all we needed from her. He looked up, practiced smile back in place. So are you going to initiate
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