Chapter 145 She's Mine

***Gideon***

“Your police department is compromised,” I say. Then, just slightly lower, colder, “and you’re going to fix it before I fix it for you.”

That does it.

The air on the other end shifts. Not confusion. Not dismissal. Recognition.

Because he knows exactly what I’m capable of when I stop asking.

“Gideon…” he starts carefully.

“No,” I cut in. “Listen.”

My eyes flick back to Hazel for half a