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It was Billy and Bobby, the giant and the Fire eleht Finn had said I needed a vacation Apparently they hadn’t learned anything froiven theh the grapevine and his many spies, Finn had heard that the slick laas deeply, deeply disappointed that I’d made it back to Ashland in one piece Apparently, after he’d attacked ht in his library, Dekes had called McAllister to brag about how easily he’d killed otten Jonah’s hopes up - hopes that I’d dashed as soon as he’d learned Dekes was really dead instead ofup another scheme he hoped would lead to my death, but it was the lawyer’s days that were nuuys stepped forward and cracked their knuckles, evil grins spreading across their faces Nope, looked like they hadn’t learned a thing last ti in the alley with iant said "And we o easy on you"

"Yeah," Bobby the Fire elemental chimed in "We won’t hurt you -cleverness I rolledwere themselves

"Didn’t y’all learn your lesson the first tirateful you’re still breathing Now, run along like good little boys before I lose my temper and kill you"

Bobby’s face twisted, and a ic "Nobody talks to us like that, bitch"

The Fire ele rant then, talking about how he and his buddy were going to make me wish I’d never been born Typical talk in the shadows of Ashland It aainst the wall of the Pork Pit and just letting hiuys were

"What are you s that I wasn’t the least bit scared of hithat there’s no place like home"

The two ed at me, the way I knew they would This ti up one of the dented trash can lids Instead, I palmed the silverstone knives tucked up ic and blood arced through the air and splattered onto the alley floor and walls, punctuated by sharp, pain-filled screales

Thensilence

I got to my feet and wiped my bloody knives off on the clothes of my latest victims Billy and Bobby stared up at the black sky, eyes and mouths wide open in shock and fear It was far too late for theree withat all

Oh, I knew that it wouldn’t end with these two More Billys and Bobbys would seekto cash in and build their street cred at the Spider’s expense Not to ht decide to send afterfor all of the those who couldn’t help themselves after-hours in my own special way With Owen, Bria, Finn, the Deveraux sisters, and all ht by my side

Yep, the Spider was definitely back

Still s, I slid my bloody knives up my sleeves and headed inside the restaurant to ask Sophia to coet rid of the blood and the bodies