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"Yeah" I illing to bet there were a lot of things Mom hadn’t told Dad "She blurred it out of nancy"

Shelton’s eyes lifted fro?"

My heart did a double-thump as I realized I’d just let the proverbial cat out of the bag Ivy’s existence supposedly wasn’t widely known and I’d purposely not told Shelton about her due to his low-trustworthiness factor And now the roo with people who didn’t know, and at least one in particular I didn’t want to know: Vallaena

"A sister How interesting," Vallaena said as my eyes met hers "Daevadius has been a very busyafter her," Dad said

Vallaena didn’t turn to face hiht"

The look on her face sent a chill coursing through lad the Conroys had Ivy Even Vallaena wouldn’t have an easy ti afterer from my voice Or maybe it was fear This was the first time I’d met one of my father’s faly nice, I knew it could all be athe demon beneath

"Your sister need never come into the equation should you takethe offer with a dimpled smile "There is far more at stake here than you realize"

I had plenty more to add to this conversation But not here Not now There were too h to trust just yet Hell, I didn’t even know if I could trust Shelton

"A sister?" Shelton shook his head "Da secrets All the research I did on you two and I never caught a whiff"

"I hope you’re talking about research before you tried to kidnap us for the bounty," I said

He narrowed his eyes "What else would I be talking about?"

Srimaced "I made a timeline a while back I added Sandy’s death to it, but I don’t see anything else inher death to hed and looked at the unconscious figure still resting on the ground "Maybe someone can clear up one mystery for me Who’s the dude on the floor?"

"He isanother di to evacuate us, but the attack caed to hold them at bay so we could escape"

Great Another spawn "Was anyone killed?"

"No" Sheupstairs, however, in case of another attack"

"Hard to believe after all that ruckus The bar looked like a warzone"

"I do not think Kassallandra wished to kill anyone" Vallaena’s gaze found lumly on the bed inside the metallic circle on the floor "But if her hounds could have captured your father, I am certain a little torture would have been in order"

Shelton had the nerve to chuckle

"I’ve got so on his tablet "I don’t think I can remove the death mark At least not easily And even if I did re the job"

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"This is Underborn’s ht be able to buy off a noruy operates differently than the rest"

"Well, yeah His fee is astronomical," Shelton said with a wry expression

Smith crinkled his face "Yes, and no He, she, or whoever Underborn really is doesn’t charge money His payment is the ue notion," Elyssa said "What if it happens to be s?"

S those lines"

"How do you know sofor answers about ood place to start" Shed and leaned back into the couch "I found out a lot of things I didn’t want to know and ca with Underborn hi voice