Chapter 92

CALIFF

My guts told me that Shadow was hiding something from me, and it was never wrong, but I was willing to wait until she was ready.

Watching her freeze like that terrified me, and it wasn’t like her. She was tactical alert and could sense danger a mile away, but not today. She saw the man coming towards us, though, and she was able to warn our guys ahead of time.

Something was bothering her, distracting her from focusing on the job. I wanted to ask Zarah if she noticed something different about Shadow’s behavior, but that witch would never betray Shadow.

But I still tried my luck.

CALIFF: Can we talk?

I sent the text and slipped my phone into my pocket. We just arrived back at the compound. We came back home yesterday since I had already felt better. And I couldn’t depend my job on Duke when he had work.

“Here.” Kairo handed me discreetly the folded manila envelope.

“Thank you.” I slipped it into my jacket pocket. “Guys, come with