Page 53 of The Vengeful Queen (The Hale Mafia 2)

“This is disgusting,” Julius whispers.

“I know. But why would he leave it here?”

Julius shakes his head. “His whole spiel of keeping important files was a bluff obviously since there isn’t shit here. This one looked like it fell out of a drawer and down the back. I don’t think he knows this is in here.”

I nod. “Well, let’s keep it that way. Don’t say anything about this to anyone, you hear me? If Teddy asks, I’ll handle it. I want to keep this shit quiet before we use it. I don’t want Emil to see us coming.”

“Okay.” He nods. “But Charlie, do you know what this means?”

I grab my bag and take the file before stuffing it inside. “What?”

“This is more than a war.”

We lock eyes for a moment. Thoughts race through my head, and I have no doubts they’re doing the same in his head.

“I know.”