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should be no problem for a man like you. You’re not even on their radar.”
    “How the fuck do you know?”
    “You know me,” he said with a smirk. “I’ve got my fingers in a lot of pies.”
    “It’s too risky.” I didn’t need this shit, not now and not ever. Especially with Mercy by my side. I wanted to get out once both our scores were settled, not create a slew of other enemies. Screwing with Intelligence was bad news and that was one radar I did not want to be on.
    “Yes, X, you’re that good,” he went on. “That’s why you’re the only man for the job.”
    “No.”
    Vaughn smirked, seemingly convinced that he would wear me down eventually. “Do you want your revenge or not?”
    “I don’t need your help to get revenge.”
    “Not on Greggor you don’t.”
    I stared at him and felt the urge to slam my fist into his stupid fucking face.
    “I was a little disappointed,” Vaughn said, his smile widening. “I really wanted to meet the woman who the infamous Royal Blood hitman betrayed his club for. What was her name? Mercy Reid?”
    I jerked up from my seat and leaned over the table. Before Vaughn could move, I fisted my hands into the front of his shirt and yanked him close. “Be careful what you say next, Vaughn. You know this won’t end well.”
    He stared me down, his dark eyes never betraying his true emotions. “I think you won’t,” he said. “You want her too much.”
    I snarled.
    He cocked his head to the side. “Do you want to help her assassinate Sykes or not?”
    The slimy bastard was right and he fucking knew it. I wanted her too much and it was making me push the envelope much too hard. I let him go, shoving him back into his chair.
    He started laughing, smoothing down his crumpled shirt. “She must be something.”
    I sat back in my chair. “She will never come into contact with the likes of you, Vaughn.”
    He raised his eyebrows, but didn’t press the matter any further. He downed the last of my beer before leaning forward. “Complete the hit and I’ll help you take down Sykes myself. You know what he did to me.”
    “Lorelei,” I said, taking my own stab at his open wound.
    His fingers tightening around the empty Corona bottle was the only indication that I’d struck a nerve. “Of course I can’t assist you for free. You know that everything comes with a price.”
    I cocked my head to the side. “Even your own revenge?”
    “I will be forgoing my own satisfaction to let your woman take her shot. That is the part that comes with a price.”
    “MI6?” I still didn’t like it, even knowing that he was letting go of a lot of pain to allow Mercy to complete her revenge killing.
    “Oh, c'mon, X. His morals are looser than a whore's pussy. Queen and country won't miss the guy. We're doing the good guys a favor.”
    “What do you get out of it?” I asked, knowing that he would never answer the question.
    Vaughn smirked. “Another pie.”
    I glanced at the folder on the table and considered it. I was a ghost, that part Vaughn was right about. Nobody knew me, they’d heard whispers through the underground, but they didn’t know me. I was the only assassin out there that could complete a hit on a motherfucking spy and get away with it.
    “It’s time sensitive, X. Everything you need to know is in there.” He tapped the file and pushed it back toward me. “Contact me when you’re done and then I’ll give you everything you want on Sykes. Do we have a deal?”
    What was another kill tacked on the end of a list of many? Inconsequential.
    I snatched the file and rose sharply from the table. “Deal.”
    Vaughn smirked for what felt like the millionth time and nodded. Not waiting for a reply, I strode from the pub and into the night. I had two hours to get back to the cottage or else Mercy would think I was dead.
    Fucking… Mercy .
    Just fucking wait until she hears this .

 
    Five
    Mercy

 
 
    The sun rose and X wasn’t back.
    I showered and ate