By the time they reached the Times Square hotel, Broderick's heart was pounding. He knew he had to tell someone, but he didn't want to burden Jonah with something like this. And now that Cora had been exiled from the Janus for losing the Clue hunt…

He took a deep breath and pulled himself together. He had to admit that this was serious. Jonah trusted him implicitly, so there was no way he could hide this.

He knocked on the door of Jonah's bedroom in the suite. "Jonah? Can you come out? There's…there's something I want to tell you.

Jonah could not believe his ears.

If he were to, he'd have to accept that his father was actually a Vesper.

"Not anymore," Broderick told him. "I had no idea about my heritage until I was thirteen. Then I saw them murder an innocent child right before my eyes. They knew I wouldn't keep quiet, so they had to tell me. When I was eighteen, though, I ran away. I couldn't take it, so I quit. I hoped they wouldn't find me.

"But they have. And they've given me a choice: to hand over either the Janus serum…or you."