Lily was naturally aware of the fact that there was no way their boss would let such an easy money-making machine like her go just like that — not after the twenty years he had painstakingly spent making her into what she was.
That was the reason she rarely stayed long in any place after leaving them. Their network was huge, but she wouldn't give them the opportunity to locate her. The world was immense, and by the time she'd drifted through it all, she'd have aged past her prime.
She just hadn't expected to run into one of her old comrades so coincidentally.
"You're such a hotshot, what kind of trouble would you run into?"
So she was going to help him then. Ya's lips creased into a humorless smile. "I underestimated the European royals. They caught up to me nearly as soon as I took the jewel; I never got the chance to deliver it. I've circled pretty much half the globe, from Europe to here, and I still haven't gotten rid of them. I need you to help me get them off my trail."
