Adam did not answer at once.
On the other side, Rovan stayed quiet too, but only because he was waiting. Adam could almost hear the man's mind working through it. Fear was already there. Greed was still there too.
At last Adam spoke.
"Fine," he said. "I do have a job for you."
Rovan answered carefully.
"Then I'll do it. But after that, I want everything. All the proof you have on me, and the body too."
He was trying to keep his voice steady, but Adam could still hear the strain under it. Rovan was not surrendering. He was buying time. Fear pushed him to obey, but pride kept whispering that later he could still deal with whoever was behind the call.
Adam started laughing.
The sound carried so clearly over the line that Rovan's face tightened at once.
"You misunderstood something," Adam said. "You still think this is me and you. You still think one man got lucky and pulled your secret out by accident."
Rovan said nothing.
Adam kept going.
