The Hidden Empress Stripping Her Secrets After Divorce novel Chapter 636

"Are you saying Logan—" she started.

"What I say isn't important. What matters is what you think is happening."

The line went quiet for a few agonizing seconds. Lyra gripped the phone, her palms slick with sweat. She thought about everything she had done within the syndicate, the intel she had brokered, and the dangerous people she had met. If Logan truly had lost his mind and was looking for a scapegoat, she would be near the top of his list. She knew too much, but at the same time, not enough. Not enough to secure her own survival, but more than enough to warrant an assassination.

"Evelyn." She finally spoke, her throat painfully dry.

"Yes."

"Will you..." She paused, swallowing hard. "Will you arrange for someone to protect me?"

Evelyn didn't answer. It wasn't a denial; it was a calculated silence meant to leave her in the dark.

"If there's anything else you know, you can tell me." Evelyn's voice filtered through the speaker again, shifting into a different tone. Gone was the icy detachment, replaced by the crisp edge of a business negotiation. "I can arrange protection for you. As a trade. Think about it."

Lyra's lips parted, but no sound came out.

"Also," Evelyn added, her tone dropping another degree into freezing territory. "Don't count on Christian Lancaster. He can't protect you."

That sentence hit Lyra like a suffocating wave, crushing the air from her lungs. She opened her mouth to argue, to say something, but Evelyn didn't give her the chance.

"I'm hanging up."