Forbidden (Blood Ties #7)

They were moving them. It wasn’t the time…they knew the structure of the programming. Brainwashing was a very fragile technique. One missed step, one rushed experience could have disastrous consequences.

First we broke them, then we rebuilt.

Maybe they didn’t care about that?

They would when we delivered a shipment of ‘assets’ who were mentally shattered and prepared to kill the man who’d just paid a million dollars for his very own personal whore.

A smile tugged at the corners of my mouth. As enticing as that might be to watch, the reality was very different, especially now Helene was involved.

I want her.

The smile died.

In case you haven’t yet caught on, Hale Order is under new management…me.

“Let’s just see about that, shall we?” I murmured and started typing, finding my way into the database.

There had to be something here. Some kind of information that would help me out.

I ran my fingers through my hair as I logged into each new file listed and scanned the data of the logged shipments. Nothing.

Every Daughter was listed here, along with where they’d come from. Everythingbutwhere they were going. I scrolled until I found the name…Helene.

Her name, her history. Even if it was fake.

Each step, from the time she was a child to the time she’d arrived here. I stared at the details, knowing instantly what the Hunter had done.

I’d asked for her to be put in the system.

I’d asked for her to be hidden.

And he had.

I stared at the screen and the image of the woman who looked almost identical to Helene King…she should be, after all, she was her sister.

Vivienne.

Christ, this whole thing was a fucking mess.

We should never have been here…and nor should our sister.

I tore my gaze from the image of Helene superseded over her sister’s details and kept on moving.

The New Order.

I stilled, scowling. What the fuck?

I hit the button.

Access denied.

My jaw clenched. I tried again.

Denied.

In case you haven’t yet caught on, Hale Order is under new management…me.

“The fuck it is.” I forced the words through clenched teeth and rose.