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she gave up and slipped
her knife into its holster. Frowning, she sighed.
    “Okay, I give. How do I know Sophie?”
    Roman frowned, his blue eyes clouded by an emotion
Lila couldn’t decipher. Stepping closer, he studied her.
    “You don’t remember anything at all?”
    “About what?”
    “About the life you had before.”
    “Clearly I don’t or I wouldn’t be trying to kill
you,” Lila said then added with a curious gaze. “Should I be trying to kill
you?”
    “I can honestly say I have no idea why you or your
friends view me as a threat. I’m a hunter like you.”
    “No, not like me. I can’t do what you just did. No
one can.”
    Roman nodded, maybe a little disappointed by her
answer. Lila could read people and hunters relatively well. Too well for
someone who liked to find reasons to disagree and keep her distance. Still with
Roman, she was at a loss.
    “Were we allies?” Lila asked, moving away slightly
to get in view of the cameras.
    “They can’t see you,” Roman said with a tiny smile.
    Lila grinned with a shrug. “Had to try.”
    “You really don’t trust me?”
    “Why should I?”
    “Because I could have easily killed you and didn’t.
Why should you fear me?”
    “That’s true, but you’ve been tailing me for days.
The vibe coming off you is really unpleasant too. So no offense, but I won’t
trust you until you give me a real reason to.”
    While Roman might be difficult to read, Lila was
sure he was hurt by her words.
    “I knew you, Micah, and Sophie, huh?” she said,
trying to get rid of that look in his eyes. “When was this and why don’t Sophie
and I remember?”
    The words Roman planned to utter were lies and
Lila knew this before he opened his mouth. The moment his blue eyes lowered to
the ground, she knew he was thinking up a good lie to explain it all.
    “It was long ago. For whatever reason, you and
Sophie can’t remember.”
    Realizing something odd about Roman’s behavior, Lila
smiled slyly.
    “If you knew both me and Sophie, how come you’re
only looking for me? And how come when you entered the room, I was the one you
focused on? Were you and I allies more than you and Sophie were?”
    Roman studied her, his brain churning with lies
and half truths. Lila waited for his explanation.
    “Yes, you and I knew each other better than Sophie
and I did.”
    “How much better?”
    Roman smiled and Lila was sure he was going to be
honest. He changed topics instead.
    “You knew Micah better too.”
    “Yeah, I’m sure he and I were BFFs.”
    “He’s your brother.”
    Lila’s confidence fizzled again. Hating how he
possessed all of the answers, she fell into a comfortable state of irritation.
    “You think this is funny? You claim you want to
talk to me, so talk. Stop acting like what you have to say is some kind of
national security secret and I need special clearance. Spill it or leave me
alone.”
    Roman frowned, studying her again. After a moment,
he nodded.
    “Years ago, when Micah decided to close a gateway,
he recruited packs of hunters to build an army. You two didn’t grow up
together, but he found you and your pack soon joined his army. Sophie was part
of that pack.”
    “Were you part of this army?”
    Roman nodded. “I’d known Micah for a long time.
When he wanted to create an army, my pack joined him.”
    Watching him, Lila tried to dissect the truth from
the lies.
    “But you didn’t want to join him, did you?”
    Frowning again, Roman moved away from her, clearly
bothered by the question.
    “No, I didn’t.”
    “But he was Micah, the great warrior God sent to
close the gateways. To fight against him is to be a traitor to our kind.”
    Shaking his head, Roman frowned even darker now. “No,
to fight against God is to betray our kind. Micah was flawed like all hunters.
His plan to close the gateway was reckless. He wasn’t ready. His army wasn’t
ready. I knew this and he knew I knew.”
    “Why did he want you to come along and why did