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Asa’s phone started to go off nonstop and he shut it down.
“Gregor will be here in a couple hours. Kenna and Sonja will fly in tomorrow morning,” Cas said.
Zara nodded.
All hands on deck.
Her house of cards falling in slow motion.
She’d known this day would come. She’d foolishly hoped she had more time.
They pulled into an underground garage of some kind. “Where are we?” she asked, sitting up straight and looking around.
“East Randolph Residence. It’s a secure complex. We already have a condo ready for you,” Cas answered.
She frowned and glanced over at Asa who averted his eyes.
Wait.
“Did you know about this?” she asked him.
He swallowed and finally met her eyes. “It was my idea.”
“What?” she breathed. When? How?What?
They parked and Cas got out of the SUV. He greeted someone in a suit and then waved at Devan.
Asa, for his part, looked guiltier than she’d ever seen him. “I called Sunshine and he told me to call Cipher Security. Cas knew someone there and we got you a safe house. Just in case.”
With every word he spoke, more of the floor fell out beneath her.
“You went behind my back, knowing how I felt, while promising to be on my side?—”
“Iamon your side, Zara. It was just a precaution. Peace of mind. And now I’m really glad?—”
“You’re really glad you did it?” she asked, her insides starting to tremble.
His dark eyes pleaded with her in the back of the SUV. “I just want you to be safe,” he whispered.
Part of her knew he was right. He hadn’t done anything wrong. Not really. But in her mind Asa had always beenhers. He wasn’t a part of the system that surrounded her. The one she paid to manage her life.
But he’d worked with Cas, despite her wishes, and had gotten her a new place to live. All without her knowing. She hadn’t suspected and he hadn’t felt it necessary to mention it.
She hadn’t even suspected…
Yanking the door open, she left the vehicle, slamming the door behind her.
Cas eyed her but didn’t say anything. This was something she expected from him. His job was to protect her, it’s what she paid him to do. It annoyed her sometimes when his priorities were different from hers. But he didn’t take it personally and neither did she.
She didn’t want to be annoyed with Asa.
She wanted to trust him. That had always been one of his most appealing character traits, his honesty.
This move didn’t feel honest.
It felt manipulative.
Which made her insides curl in on themselves.
