My entire time in that meeting, I was holding my breath. They didn’t discuss their plans in length because they didn’t quite trust me yet but the main gist was obvious- they wanted Darius dead. It was hard pretending like I was on the same page with them and although I knew it was to help Darius in the long run, I couldn’t help but feel like I was betraying him. I kept glancing at Jared and wondering how easy it was for him to betray Darius after everything they had been through together. I didn’t know their story but I knew that for him to be Darius’ third in command they had to have been through a lot together.
“What time does she need to be home?” Brandon asked Jared snapping me out of my thoughts.
“Darius has already realized she is missing. He has been mind-linking me the entire time. I told him I was searching for her but I don’t think he will buy that forever.”
Brandon hummed and I couldn’t help but stare at Jared in anger. The lies flowed smoothly off his tongue and I wanted