Chapter 159
I pulled out my phone, my fingers trembling as I dialed his number. Each ring felt like a hammer blow against my resolve. What if he refused to help? What if he was angry that I had ignored his warnings?
Finally, he answered. "Alayna," he said, his voice low and cautious.
"Dafa," I breathed his name. "Are you busy?"
"Short of. What's up?" His voice was laced with a wariness I knew well. It meant he already suspected I was about to ask for something he wouldn't want to give.
"I need your help," I said, cutting straight to the chase. There was no time for pleasantries. "It's about the Minister's case. I'm running into dead ends, and I think you might have some information that could help."
A heavy silence descended on the line. I could almost feel his disapproval radiating through the phone. "Alayna, I told you to stay out of this. It's not your fight."
