Chapter 266

"I know her because I've encountered her a number of times before. Lillian is normally described as pure and goodhearted. This girl is a beast. I've watched her tear through forty men alone without using much effort. Not many know her name, but show them that face and they will tell you horror stories about her," he replied.

"She's my fiancée," I informed.

His eyes widened. "Wait, you're serious? She's really Lillian?"

I nodded. "Raganor and I both know it because we've felt the bond. Her life has been complicated for the longest time, hence your disbelief, but she is pure and goodhearted. She's just been poisoned against her true nature."

"Are the hosts of the souls always the same age by any chance?" Mordecai asked.

"Not necessarily, why? What are you thinking?" I asked him.

"What if Khalil's host is the same person who has been messing with Lillian this entire time?" he hinted.

"Izsak," Aziel, Nigel and Malachi said.

"It's a possibility, but if there's anything our job teaches us, it's to be sure of these things before we go on an unwarranted manhunt. We need to find blossom," I stated.

"She doesn't want to be found, and I don't think she'll be easy to," Nadia commented.

"Nadia's right. Elliephant is good, hell the best at what she does. She's either going to stay under the radar, or she's going to come out in the most obvious way. Either way, she's not going to be easy to bring back to our side," Malachi pointed out.

"Are you saying that we've lost her to the agency?" Mordecai asked him.

His brother sighed. "I'm just saying that we should tread carefully where she's involved. We don't know what triggers her, and we don't know where we stand with her. If anything, we'd stand a better chance if we found Storm, Winter and Carter first. Maybe they can give us insights on Lillian if they've run into her."

"I agree that that's a better plan. Right now, Lillian is our number one priority, but much like we handle other cases, we need to work our way up to her. She's officially a major player in the scheme of things," Nigel added.

"The question here is whether or not we bring this up with Silver," Aziel commented.

"You can't," Karr responded.

"Why not?" Malachi questioned.

He stood up and switched on the overhead projector before the most wanted people at Cypher appeared on the screen. "This is why."

The love of my life was officially the most wanted person at Cypher.

I was furious. "When the hell did this happen?"

"It happened two days ago. As you all know, Silver's been on the fence about Lillian's existence since she insists that Lillian died years ago, so in her eyes, Lillian is an imposter. The only person who can verify that this isn't the case is missing. With Silver in charge and her so adamant on catching her 'niece's imposter', I don't know how far we'll get before she realizes that we're actually trying to help the enemy," Karr explained.

"You said we. Are you on board with us?" Mordecai asked him.

Last we all checked, Karr wasn't on board with anything blossom, Brady, Jayme or the twins related. He'd basically written off the siblings and Brady's boyfriend simply because he believed they were traitors to Cypher.

"Zuri and Ayah showed me the light, and the way I see it, we stand a better chance of survival with the strongest players on our side, rather than them being the enemy," he reasoned.

He was always a logical thinker.

"So what's the way forward then?" Aziel asked.

"We need to get the Lillian back here and strategize with them," I replied.

"Is that wise? I mean letting them in on things," Nigel questioned.

"They've proven their loyalty, and I can tell you without a doubt that they're looking forward to a challenge. It doesn't get any more challenging than this," I pointed out.

"True! What are we going to do about Silver though? She's too good for us to lie to her," Malachi pointed out.

"Leave Silver to me," I told them.

"And what about Grayson over here?" Nadia asked.

"Well, Silver okayed him being here, so I assume he's been cleared to help," Karr commented.

"So it's really about finding out which side he's helping," I said, looking at the man himself.

"You have my alliance in your undercover mission," he notified us.

We stayed in the briefing room a bit longer before realizing that we were in a room that was undoubtedly bugged. I sent Jayme a text, asking him to remotely access the tape from our time in the room and delete it. He sent a text back minutes later confirming that it was done.

I headed up to Margaux's office and I found Silver there. She was on the phone, her back facing me. I looked around the office and there were papers everywhere. My eyes landed on the board she had up on the wall with blossom's face smack in the middle and strings leading from her picture.

"I was going to tell you myself," she commented.

"What? That you think the love of my life is the most dangerous person on the face of the planet as we speak?" I asked, still looking at the board.

"It was hard for me to lose her Xander. It took me a long time to deal with the fact that it was my fault. I refuse to believe that this is really her," she said.

I faced her. "Your fault?"

"The fire was my fault. I can't go into any detail about how it was my fault, but it was. All I was certain of after that day, was that she died in that fire," she replied.