Was this why Bianca's hit request initially failed? A Number had gone rogue to protect an insignificant bug like Claire Conway? Why on earth would he do that?!
"You aren't…there's no way," Bianca accused. "You're trying to scare me!"
"I'm not," Alex replied simply. "I can prove it if you would like. I could kill you where you stand right now and no one would ever know about it. Your family wouldn't hear a single sound. But that would upset Claire so I currently have no intention of doing that unless you try something stupid."
How could this be possible?! Everyone she ever met was capable of being bought. Why was someone who had supposedly been trained to have no emotions and no mind of his own stupidly loyal to a nobody?
