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I shake my head in disbelief. “His… his… his daughter?” I stammer. “You are Vikinos’ daughter?”

She nods.

“I don’t believe it,” I cry as we fly higher and higher.

“Y-you think I can?” she stammers.

Realisation sets in and I put my head into my hands. The chopper dips a little.

“Stace?” she yells.

I grab the control lever and lift the chopper back up.

My eyes flick over to her angrily. “So you set us up. This whole thing was a set up to get to him.”

“What?” she yells. “You took me, you idiot! How could I have set this up?”

“You really expect me to believe that this is a coincidence.” I shake my head. “I’m not that stupid.” I sneer.

“Apparently, you are,” she fires back.

I glare at her, and then we both turn to stare at the sky in front of us. The engine is loud and drowns out all other noise.

She turns and looks over our shoulder at the disappearing ship in the distance. They would be calling for backup right now.

“What would possess you to shoot three people in front of everyone?” I fume.

She shrugs. “I thought it was him. I thought I was going to just knock him off before there could be time for it to go wrong. I’m not giving him the chance to kill you.”

“It wasn’t him,” I snap.

“I know!” she yells in frustration. “It was my uncle.”

My face falls in horror as my eyes flicker to her again. “You shot his brother?”

“Like he tortured yours. Stop acting all fucking innocent. It was kill or be killed and that guy I shot is just as evil as my father. I have no remorse. None!”

Good point.

I stay silent and turn to look over my shoulder at where we came from.

The sound of the chopper blades rings loud through the cabin.

“You said you were going to kill him. You said you thought you were going to die. I couldn’t let that happen!” she yells over the engine.

“At least you would have been safe!” I bark angrily.

“Who are you kidding? I will never be safe as long as he is alive.”

I run my hand through my hair in frustration as my brain begins to go wild.

“What now?” she asks.

I don’t answer. I just keep my eyes on the sky.

“What are we going to do, Stace?” she yells in a panic.

“Shut the fuck up and let me think!” I yell back.