“You agree?” Nita hesitated. “We have a deal?”

“We have a deal.” His voice was soft. “I’ll see you and Kovit in Toronto soon, then.”

Nita clicked off the phone and stared down at it, thinking of the future ahead. She would have her degree in unnatural sciences. She would get a chance to do her research. She would have everything she ever wanted by day.

And by night, she’d study just as hard and learn a different set of skills. She’d work until she knew everything about everyone on the black market, until she could pull their strings and play them like puppets, tearing her enemies down one by one until they were nothing but dust and Nita was the only black market power left alive.

The world would always have a black market. Nita accepted this. And if there would always be a black market, she’d always have enemies. Unless she ruled it.

She smiled and opened the door to Kovit’s room. Whistling softly, she stepped into the pitch-blackness and quietly closed the door behind her, cutting off all the light.

The future looked bright.

Acknowledgments

Here it is, the end of the trilogy. It’s been an amazing ride, and I can’t believe it’s over already. Thank you to everyone who’s stuck with me for all these books. I appreciate each and every one of you.

First, thanks to my agent, Suzie Townsend, for all her hard work, as well as her assistant, Dani Segelbaum. And to everyone else at New Leaf Literary who’s championed these books and worked with me.

I’m grateful to my editor, Nicole Sclama, for all her work on this series, and all her love for these dark little characters. And to HMH, for picking up my strange little series and putting it out into the world. Thanks to everyone on the team—you’re all amazing!

My early readers for book three, I love you all so much, and I couldn’t have done this without your brilliant feedback. Special thanks to Stacey Trombley, Erin Luken, Xiran Jay, Yamile Méndez, and Rosiee Thor.

Thanks also to all the staff at WEBTOON, who adapted Not Even Bones over the last year into an amazing comic and brought more wonderful readers to my books, and who have worked so hard to maintain the soul of the story in a different medium. Special thanks to Stephen Lamm, who’s gone the extra mile adapting and remaining faithful to the story, and to Alai Cinereo, whose phenomenal artwork captured the characters and atmosphere so perfectly.

Thank you to all the people who supported me through the good and the bad as I was writing this book, Julia Ember, Meng Tian, Xiran Jay, Erin Luken, among many, many others.

To my family, who have always supported this crazy dream of mine. You’re the best.