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The following afternoon, John took a seat in the classroo The schedule of classes ran on a three-days-on, one-day-off rotation, and he was ready to get back to work

While he went through his notes on plastic explosives, the other trainees yakked it up as they ca around business as usual until everyone fell silent

John glanced up There was a man in the doorway, a man who looked a little unsteady, or maybe drunk What the hell¡ª

John&039;s mouth went slack as he stared at the face and the red hair Blaylock It was Blaylock, only better

The guy looked down and aardly walked to the back Actually, he shuffled more than walked, as if he couldn&039;t really control his ars all that well After he sat down, he moved his knees around under the table until they fit, then he hunched over as if trying to ood luck on that Jesus, he was huge

Holy crap He had gone through the transition

Zsadist walked into the classroo a quick nod, Z went right into the teaching

"Today we&039;re going to do an intro to cheas¡ª" The Brother paused Then cursed as he obviously realized no one was paying any attention because they were all staring at Blay "Well, shit Blaylock, you want to tell the done here until you do"

Blaylock turned beet red and shook his head, tucking his arms around his chest

"Okay, trainees, shoot your eyes up here" They all looked at Z "You want to knohat it&039;s like, I&039;ll tell you"

John got good and fixated Z kept everything general, revealing nothing of hiood information And the more the Brother talked, the ht, he told his blood and bones Take notes and let&039;s do this soon

He was so ready to be a ot out of the Town & Country, shut the passenger-side door quietly, and stayed in the shadows What he was looking at sorown up: run-down house with a tar-paper roof and a rotting car in the side yard The only difference was that this was in the hborhood had been closer to town But it was the same two steps up from poverty

As he scanned the area, the first thing he noticed was an odd sound cutting through the night It was a rhyths? No it was closer to pounding So on as probably the back door of the house in front of hiht," Mr X said as two other lessers stepped out of thethis place for the past week No activity until after dark Iron bars over the s Drapes are always drawn Goal is capture, but kill if you think they&039;re going to get away from you¡ª"

Mr X stopped and frowned Then looked around

Van did the sa out of whack

Until a black Cadillac Escalade ca chro looked like it orthout here in all the sticks?

"Get armed," Mr X hissed "Now"

Van drew his fancy new Sht fill his palht ahead, he was so ready to engage an opponent

Except Mr X pegged hie Just watch"

You fucker, Van thought, dragging a hand through his dark hair You miserable fucker

"We clear?" Mr X&039;s face was deadly cold "You do not go in"

The best Van could e was a dip of the chin and he had to look away to keep fro his eyes on the SUV, he watched as the thing got to the end of the ratty little cul-de-sac and stopped

Clearly, it was soh At least, not huine was cut and twoyou were talking about linebackers The other guy was enormous

Jesus Christ a Brother Had to be And Xavier was right That va Van had ever seen¡ªand he&039;d gone into the ring with some monster-sized mofo&039;s in his day

Just like that, the Brother was gone Poof! into thin air Before Van could ask what the holy hell that was about, the vaht at Mr X Even though they were all in the shadows