A Widow's Poison, A Wife's Rebellion novel Chapter 950

Herbert was speechless.

"When that old bastard wanted Brinley, you protected her with everything you had," Starla spat. "Now he wants me, and you're turning the world upside down to find me, crushing Amos just to force me out of hiding."

It was so painfully obvious. They needed her physically under their control so they could use her as leverage against Licht.

As Starla methodically dismantled his lies, the vein in Herbert's forehead pulsed dangerously. "We just want to extract what he's holding. We are not going to trade you to him."

"Right. You're not going to trade me. Until push comes to shove, and you realize you need a sacrifice!"

Every grand tactical plan required a fallback. The moment things went south and they were backed into a corner, they would absolutely serve her up on a silver platter to save themselves.

It had only taken one betrayal for Starla to see the entire board with crystal clarity.

"I never thought we would end up here, Herbert. You absolutely disgust me."

The immense trust she had placed in him back in Marina City had curdled into pure nausea.

"Remember this: if you keep attacking Amos, we are officially at war."

Without giving Herbert a chance to respond, she hung up.

Herbert glared at the dead screen, so infuriated he nearly hurled the phone at the wall. He snapped his head toward Yardley.

Yardley's face was grim. He slowly shook his head.

The trace had failed. They hadn't even managed to pin down a general radius.

"She was on the line for that long, and you couldn't even get a ping?" Herbert snapped.

"Seems Amos actually has some competent people on his payroll after all," Yardley muttered defensively. The man had always surrounded himself with idiots. When had he managed to upgrade his tech team?

Herbert's expression darkened even further at the realization.

Because the phone had been on speaker, Yardley had heard every single word of Starla's ultimatum. His features tightened into a scowl.

"And here I thought she was completely over Fairfax Yelchin."

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