they need to have a rope around your neck before you believe me?’ ‘This was never a matter of disbelief.’ Jaxon stared me down. ‘As you pointed out, my dear, I can hardly deny what I saw with my own eyes.’ ‘Then why aren’t you doing anything?’ ‘Paige, you don’t need to understand my actions. You need to do as you are told.’ ‘If I’d done as I was told in Oxford, I would be dead now.’ There was a long silence.
