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Henri barreled out of the cage and started toward ered

"I won’t kill you" Adarass "But they will Get lost"

Henri glared atinto the swa

"I’ll take care of you I swear"

I wanted Ada, but they were only words he’d say to anyone who’d helped him protect his son He owed me, and while I should tell him to stuff his help, I’d looked into Henri’s eyes and I didn’t ever want to run into hiain alone

"Diana?" Adam took one step toward me, hand outstretched

"Don’t move, asshole"

Ada,across their i Each of them had a rifle in his hands, a pistol on his hip, and a knife strapped to his thigh

AnotherFrank Tallient Frank’s legs hung uselessly over his helper’s ararou instead of co himself

Frank was placed atop a rotted stuun at Adaet here so fast?" I blurted

"I knew you’d find hiun off of Adam "I came to New Orleans yesterday so I’d be close by when your call caot away," I blurted

Frank ht here Henri, it’s been a long tian

Adalare, and I zipped my lip Then he returned his attention to Frank "Do we know each other?"

Fury washed over Frank’s face "I suppose it’s nothing for you to wipe out an entire family and leave a man crippled"

"Where was this?" Adam asked

"You really don’t reed

"Iron Mountain" At Adaan"

I inched closer to Adaue idea that maybe Frank wouldn’t shoot hi me With my shoulder pressed to Adaan? When had Henri gone there? And if he’d traveled that far, where else had he been? How many others had he killed? How many olves had he made?

"When was this?" Adam’s voice was a bit hoarse

Frank didn’t seem to notice "Seven years, one o, you son of a bitch"

Seven years meant Henri had left Louisiana before Adam had taken over his protection That was irrelevant to Frank His faeance

I stepped forward and Adalance at his face and I understood Ada to let Frank riddle him with silver bullets on the off chance the man didn’t knoolf would explode Then Frank would leave, believing his vengeance complete

"Protect Luc," Adam whispered "Find a way"

My eyes widened He was putting his son in my care? I didn’t like this plan However, I didn’t have a better one, except - "He isn’t Henri"

"Diana"

I ignored Ada; he’d no doubt live a lot longer He was probably halfway to Acapulco by now Frank hadn’t been able to find hi Henri a second time

"The one who killed your family and hurt you is out there" I pointed to the swarandson"

"Bullshit," Frank said conversationally "I saw Henri maliciously murder everyone I loved Then he left me alive to remember and mourn"

"He was a wolf; how do you knoas Henri?"

Frank’s eyes glazed over with thedinner in town and Henri was at the bar He and I struck up a conversation He was an interesting, intelligent hter" He shuddered "You should have seen what he did to her"

No, I shouldn’t

"He leaped right through our pictureI tried to stop hi snapped in s I had to watch hiet his eyes I see theht in my sleep"

"The curse makes all the Ruelle men look alike," I blurted

I wasn’t certain that was true, but the explanation made sense, especially when combined with the lack of females born into the fa

"This is Adam," I insisted, "not Henri"

"I don’t believe you" Frank sighted down the barrel of his gun

I threw myself in front of Adam as the weapon fired I expected pain; instead all I felt was Adam’s arms close around me

"He lanced at his bicep, where blood dripped froash "Not exactly"

"Get out of the way, Diana," Frank ordered "I don’t want to, but I will kill you"

"I’htened onthe asped when he tossed me aside to land with a thud out of the line of fire

"Adaunshot, but there wasn’t one

Detective Sullivan stood behind Frank, pressing his sidearm to the base of Frank’s skull "Drop it," he said "And your friends, too"

Frank cooons