Jayden stared at Big T in shock. "Frost… Alaya… is your niece?"
The story Big T had told him about losing his sister and her children came back to him. So did Frost's account of her past. The pieces fit perfectly, and he couldn't believe he hadn't connected them sooner.
"Yeah. After she survived the Eva's assassination and was taken in by Black Cobra, she reached out to me," Big T explained. "She told me what had happened and how she planned to stay with the syndicate and work for them. I couldn't talk her out of joining them... I mean, I run a criminal organization myself. Telling her not to join one would have made me a hypocrite."
He let out a deep sigh.
"Besides, the syndicate isn't something you just walk away from. She was stuck. She didn't want to kill for them, but she had no choice. And she was furious, too. Losing her mother and little brother did a number on her. It made the killing easy."
His voice softened.
