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The question blindsided me.
A faint smile tugged at his lips. "Don't worry, I'm not trying to bring up old stuff," he murmured.
He shifted, clearly struggling, like he wanted to get closer. | leaned in, bringing my ear near him. His voice was
barely above a whisper, but the weight of his words hithard.
"Listen carefully. That urn has a data sync device inside. My phone's synced to it. There's... a lot of critical info in
there. If anything ever happens to me, take the device and give it to the authorities."
| froze. The urn... it had been hiding something this huge all along?
It was Yara who gave it to me. Did she know about this, too?
The thought of her made my stomach twist a little. "Why not have Yara deal with this instead of me?" | blurted.
Hayden let out a quiet laugh. "You're jealous right now? Really?"
| huffed, but he kept going. "She and | are just comrades. Nothing romantic, | swear. And besides..."
He took a shaky breath before continuing, "She doesn't know what's inside. She handled the ashes, sure, but
that's it."
| frowned. "Then how did you even get the device in there?"
He smirked faintly. "What do you think?"
It didn't takelong to figure it out. "You messed with the urn before it was sealed, didn't you?"
"That's my girl-so sharp," he said with a soft chuckle.
The way he said it so natural, so familiar-was the confirmation I'd been waiting for. He was admitting it. He was
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A mix of relief and frustration surged through me, and before | knew it, | leaned down and bit him lightly. But
when | tasted the faint tang of blood, I froze, guilt washing over me. Instead, | pressed a soft kiss to his cheek
and stayed quiet. The ambulance arrived not long after. As they loaded Hayden onto the stretcher, he leaned
close. "Don't worry. I'll be fine."
It was supposed to reassure me, but all it did was make the knot in my chest tighten. The
second he was out of sight, 1 grated my hand dialed Wayne
he started, best | cut him off
"It was you, wasn't it?"
"What?" His voice was all fake confusion
"Xander was nearly run off the road, then ambushed and beaten. Don't even try to tellthis wasn't your
doing," | snapped.
Wayne was silent for a beat before he finally said, "You think I'd do something like that?
"What do you think?" I shot back
"Rea, about last night-1 was impulsive, okay? | owe you an apology for that. But Xander? I'm grateful to him. He
stoppedfrom doing something I'd regret forever. Why would | want to hurt him?"
His tone was all calm and reasonable, which honestly madeeven madder. He apologizing and acting like he
had zero beef with Hayden.
| stayed quiet.
"Where is he now?" Wayne finally asked, like he didn't already know.
"In the hospital. Emergency care."
"Is he... seriously hurt?" He still sounded way too clueless.
Thinking about Hayden's whole "let them think I'm weak" plan, | decided to lean in. "Wayne, if anything happens
to him, I'll never forgive you."
Then | hung up before he could say another word, staring back at the glowing EMERGENCY sign.
Hayden had toldnot to stress, but yeah, sure. Like that was even possible. He'd bled so much. Those guys
had gone hard. There was no way he was fine.
Minutes crawled by, my nerves getting worse, until-boom-Wayne and Cole showed up. Like, one after the other,
both standing in front ofbefore | could even blink.
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