"They didn't put a hit out on Miss Penny. Not directly. This mission—this plan—is just to weaken Prime Group. That's what they told me. But that doesn't mean they won't put a hit on her in the future."
Another moment of silence stretched between them before Nathaniel continued, detailing what else he had learned during his time inside the Information Center. Everything that had weighed on him for so long now poured out, as if speaking could finally lighten the burden he carried.
Meanwhile, Penny found her thoughts drifting away.
In my first life, I wasn't meant to die —not at someone's hands, at least. The law did that.
She recalled, narrowing her eyes.
After my incarceration and those brief months of trial, I was given capital punishment. So it makes sense… whoever is behind it didn't need to kill me. My fate had already been sealed.
