The Final Gambit

Jameson and Avery show Eve a drawing of the metal disk that Toby took from Avery; they wonder if Toby’s abduction has something to do with the disk, which is presumably valuable. Avery asks Eve if she knows what the disk is. Eve claims she doesn’t know.

Oren brings Avery a letter that was delivered by a courier. It’s a coded message. Jameson and Avery decipher the message. It reads, “Avenge,” “Revenge. Vengeance” and “Avenger” (49). Presumably, the note is from whoever took Toby—they’re out for revenge.

Avery and Jameson tell Grayson, Xander, Nash, and Eve about the letter. Avery suggests that the revenge mission may be because of the fire Toby helped start as a teenager—the one that killed the three teens, including Avery’s aunt. Avery reveals, “Billionaire Tobias Hawthorne had saved his own family’s reputation by pinning the blame for the fire on [Kaylie Rooney]. Kaylie Rooney’s family—my mom’s family—was full of criminals. The violent kind” (51). Avery calls her estranged grandmother to ask if the Rooneys have Toby. They don’t.