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Cammie and I hurried to the roof of the building on the northwest corner, while she talked on her comms.
"Dr. Steve," she muttered to someone.
"I know, Chica. Zach's with me," she answered to another Gallagher girl.
For once, I, Zach the loner, was with someone. I was working with someone else on a mission. Oh Cameron Ann Morgan, what have you done to me? I wanted to stop thinking about the why nots and the buts.
What if life could go as I wanted it to? What if I didn't have to sacrifice everything? What if, for once in my life, I ignored what was safe and what was dangerous and just did what I wanted to, without worrying about what would happen later?
But, of course, I'm a spy. And none of that could ever happen.
Cammie rolled her eyes.
"No. Tina needs to get off Grant," she sighed.
I grinned. I would have to bother him about letting a girl tackle him later.
"And bring him to the roof of the building on the northwest corner. They've got some explaining to do," Cammie continued, eyeing me with a suspicious glare in her light green eyes.
A few minutes later we were on the roof, standing together in silence. We didn't say anything, just sat there thinking of the danger that everyone was in. And wondering if we could even do anything to stop it.
"What's going on, Cam?" a voice with a distinct British accent asked softly.
Bex walked towards us. The moonlight danced on the faces of Gallagher girls appearing around us. I could see Grant beside some of the girls, glancing at me in confusion.
Bex surveyed the scene and seeing me, her chocolate eyes narrowed into slits.
"Want me to throw him off the roof?"
As if she could. I was about to tell her this, but Cammie quickly interrupted Bex's violent thoughts.
"Only if he doesn't tell us what the Blackthorne Institute is and why one of their teachers is out to destroy the Gallagher Girls."
"What do you mean? You know what our school is," Grant protested.
There was silence as the girls looked at us with raised eyebrows. I knew I couldn't tell them anything, but I decided to not treat them like they were stupid.
"You've got your cover. We've got ours," I commented.
Cammie rolled her eyes in exasperation.
"What's that supposed to-"
"You're Gallagher Girls!" I snapped, as the mist around us turned into rain.
The raindrops streaked down my face but I didn't blink. I stared into her wide green eyes and took a step closer.
"We're the stepchild no one ever talks about," I whispered.
"Then what-" she started, but the creak of rusty hinges sliced through the air and we peered over the roof to see two armed guards starting to patrol the grounds.
"He can't get away," she said softly, fear choking at her voice.
"It won't," I promised.
I walked to the edge of the roof and attached a rappelling harness to a cable that skirted down between the buildings.
I didn't know what was happening or why Dr. Steve was involved, or anything. The only thing I knew for sure was that I didn't want to go on this mission alone.
"We've got to now, Cam," I murmured gently and I reached out my hand.
Her crystal green eyes studied me, weighing the options, wondering. I was asking her to ignore the questions and the doubts, and to just trust me. For once, I wasn't hiding. I was out in the open, putting the key in her hand.
"Do you trust me?"
She looked deep into my eyes and I felt like she could see right through me, into my soul, into my thoughts, into my heart. Then, with a small smile, she put her hand in mine.