Page 10 of The Prize
“Want to talk?” Tobias glanced down at Beasley.
“I’m...” I was feeling lost but didn’t want to let him see my vulnerability.
“Listen, about tonight—”
“You scared the hell out of me.”
He let out a sigh of frustration. “I’ve been doing this a lot longer.”
“I know.”
“I shouldn’t have taken you with me.”
“I’m trying to take back some control here, Tobias. It’s what I need.”
“I respect you feel this way.” He mulled over it. “If anything happens to you—”
“I want in to your world. No more secrets.”
“We must agree on one principle.”
“Which is?”
“You don’t take any unnecessary risks.”
My back stiffened. “Risks?”
“You trust me completely.”
“Give me full access to control Jade.” If he was going to ever utilize his drone or his artificial-intelligence system again, I wanted in on my ability to use her.
“Zara, you’ve had access since you stepped inside this place.”
I considered his willingness to open up and hoped it would last.
“We got Burell’s fingerprints,” he added cheerfully. “Mission accomplished.”
“It better be worth it.”
“I’ll use them to hack his computer.”
“Start talking.”
“I believe your paintings are in New York.”
“That’s why you had your jet bring us here?”
“Yes.”
“Where?”
He hesitated and his gaze swept over the portraits. “I don’t know yet.”
A wave of frustration saturated my senses. “Burell knows we’re here now.”
“We need to stay one step ahead of him—”
“Did they see your parachute?”
