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Twenty-two years ago, ain She'd made a deal with the Wild Hunt--th

e Cwn Annwn--to take the lives of four killers In return, her two-year-old daughter's severe spina bifida would disappear And it had I don't even re it

For twenty-two years I didn't remember my parents, either They'd been in prison, the Cwn Annwn unable to do more than make incarceration easier for them Of course, what the Cwn Annwn never kneas that one to jail because he believedHe stayed there because freedo any chance she had of winning an appeal

Noith Ien dead, I wasn't sure either of them had any chance at all

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The next ht at uest roo the case Now, as he pulled into the laneway of his office greystone, his topic of conversation had nothing to do ork and everything to do with distractingover h law school with illegal ga details

"Blackjack," he said as we got out of the car "That was my specialty It's simple and efficient"

"It's also one of the easiest ga cards?"

"No one counted cards at my table Not after the first time"

As alked around the building, the front door swung open, no one behind it I stopped short When I blinked, the door was shut

A door opening on its own The sign of an unwanted visitor

"Olivia?"

I shook off the oot plenty of unwanted visitors

"Sorry Missed h the front door "So, tell ht so cards?"

He studied me

"Well, are you going to tell me?" I said "Or is this one of those stories you tease me with and then say Whoops, looks like we're at the office already I'll finish later?"

His lips twitched "You like it when I do that It builds suspense"

"I hate it when you do that It's sadistic You have five seconds--"

"Gabriel?" Lydia stepped out of the office, closing the door behind her

He bristled at the interruption

"Client?" I guessed