Chapter 202


    “If we just ask Julian, is what you mean to say,” Julian cut in. He sauntered closer and cast Nichs a


    dagger–sharp re. “Since I’m the only one with an evil–enough brain required for truly investigating


    the


    underground.”


    “You aren’t evil,” I said at once.


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    Julian’s gaze softened somewhat looking at me. “Thank you, dear. But what I mean, is that I’m the one


    who can think like them. Scheme like them. You two are too innocent and pure.”


    Nichs straightened. “I’m perfectly capable of strategizing their movements.”


    “Oh? Then you know where they’re hiding and what their ns are?” Julianughed. “What a relief! I


    thought this might be much more difficult than all that.”


    “Jun,” I scolded, but he ignored me now.


    “Someone as high and mighty as you, brother, has no idea what it’s like to slither around in the dark.”


    Julian’s voice chilled, icy. “The people we are dealing with have no concept of right and wrong. They


    only know selfishness. They’ll push anyone aside for their gains.”


    I worried my bottom lip. I didn’t want to tell Nichs that I agreed with Julian. Nichs was a beacon of


    light and good, always abiding by the rules. I couldn’t imagine him lowering himself enough to even


    Imagine himself a member of the underground.


    Julian, however, loved his schemes. He always seemed to be ying some kind of game, and was


    easily ten steps ahead of me at any point.


    “You would know more about using people,” Nichs said.


    “And you would know about selfishness, but that alone hardly helps us here,” Julian replied.


    Quickly, I sidestepped,ing directly between them and blocking their sight of one another.


    t’s enough, I said. This argument gets us nothing. We need to keep our heads together,” I said to To


    Julian, I added, “We need to ce our differences aside. That’s the only way we might stand


    Binding them and stopping thems


    Julian, please.”


    Since he was the one who could strategize the best out of us three, I needed him to keep his head


    clear and focused. We were depending on that. I tried to convey all of that in those two little words.


    He lowered his head, looking properly shamed for a moment. When he lifted it again, his eyes were


    clearer. He nodded at me, and I knew he finally meant business.


    I stepped back so we could all see each other once more.


    “Protecting Elva will always be my primary focus,” I said. “But after that, I’m desperate to find out my


    sister’s level of involvement in the organization. She could be voluntarily Involved. She could be there


    against her will If she needs saving, I want to save her.”


    “We will save her,” Nichs said, and I drewfort from his reassurance.


    “We’ll find out the truth,” Julian said, and that sounded like a promise too.


    I was grateful for them both.


    The problem is, we aren’t even certain where to start,” Nichs said.


    “See? This is what I meant, Nichs. You have no imagination,” Julian said. Before I could scold him


    again, he quickly moved on. “We have a lead. A miserable oaf who I wish we could avoid, but who has


    too


    many entanglements to this whole thing to be innocent.”


    I dreaded the name I knew I was about to hear.


    Julian nced at me and winced, as if in apology. Then he said it.


    “Our dear Uncle Terry.”