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Jade didn’t want any part of that kind of h darkness to deal with on her own

"So here’s the deal" Tanner pulled out a chair, flipped it around and straddled it "We’ll e at dawn"

She still wasn’t loving this plan But Jade could ad "So Az and I just stroll in as your big, fat bait? What guarantee do we have that you won’t just leave us there for them?"

Before Tanner could answer, Az spoke "It doesn’t h to Brandt, I can take out him and his aze drop to the glass

Right Big, tough, iel She could count on him

Tanner cleared his throat "And you don’t know me from Adam"

Az snorted at that

"But believe me, I want to stop Brandt I want to stop theaze dropped to his chest His shirt covered the scars, but she wouldn’t be forgetting theh to fill a h It looked like whether she wanted to or not, she was in as bait

But it was ti "If you screw us, I’ll ht she was just h threat without any substance They rong

Brandt had just thought she was bullshitting, too Until he walked into his home and found the trail of blood that she’d left for him

Don’t think about that now Don’t

It had taken hours to wash the blood away from her hands and body

"Don’t worry," Tanner said, rolling his broad shoulders "If this plan goes to shit, Brandt will be the one who takes his pound of flesh from me"

He’d take more than a pound of flesh Brandt would kill hiaze was still on the mirror And the witch had sidled closer to him

Jade’s back teeth clenched That skinny chick was just pissing her off She ht have to trust Tanner, but that woman--no way, Jade wouldn’t trust her for half a minute