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"No, it’s because you’re fking pathetic You’re no better than a hu but a whore"

"Oh, this keeps getting better and better," Kale said, chuckling as he looked over Isabella’s most recent credit card activity

Austin, Texas indeed, he thought with a rueful shake of his head He already knew that every Master in the world was going nuts by sending in every ood neas that it got every second rate mercenary out of his hair for a little while At least until they figured out they’d been duped

The bad news of course was that now shifters and demons knew about Isabella McGuire and as soon as they realized what the Masters were planning they would join in on the hunt He’d hoped to have a little time before the war started, but it looked like ti a few minutes later he wasn’t entirely surprised

"She’s headed to Austin, Texas Where are you?" Logan said in lieu of a greeting, not that Kale expected one from the man He didn’t

"Nowhere near Texas," he said as he passed a sign welcoest you get on a plane and head in that direction before soain This just kept getting better and better, he thought

"You don’t want et on a plane and head to Texas

Trust ht onto what appeared to be the town’s ht

"Why not?"

"Because she isn’t going there"

"How do you know?" Logan de Kale

"I know she’s not on the plane Think about it, Logan

By now the Sentinels knoe’re after her, they have her and I bet one of yourthe contract"

"My men would never-"

"They would and they did," Kale said, cutting hireen "I already received a tip-off about that an hour ago My point is only one ticket was sold, in her naan sighed "Any idea where they really went?"

"No, but I’ to find out For some reason there are over ten Sentinel homes in this area I’m a little curious about that, but that will have to wait It ht take me a couple of days, but I’ll find out which ho his foot off the brake when the light turned green only to slam back down on it as a couple of kids on skateboards jumped out in front of him

"This can’t wait a couple of days, Kale I need to find her as soon as possible"

"I’ll do my best, but-"

"Telldesperate, which shouldn’t be a surprise since most of his clients were pretty desperate if they had to call hian

"Are you going to tell me what you need her for?"

"No"

"Then I can’t help you I’ll get back to you as soon as I have an started to make promises they both knew Kale would never allow him to keep

"Why the hell did I take this job?" he wondered as he caught a scent he hadn’t srowl to break free as he searched for the source and when he found it he had to struggle for the first time in centuries not to shift as he watched the little boy with short black hair and a ready smile cross the street in front of him as he held onto an elderly woman’s hand