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He leaned in so close I could feel his war to whisper soh his nose

Well, I certainly had never been sniffed before

"What is she?"

The question was ai "What she is, is offended and quickly becory"

"Leavethe bully to give his lunch money back

Our new friendʼs eyes flickered quizzically between Jase and , which apparently qualified as an answer He finally backed away, giving ," he told Jase is a quiet, controlled voice "I suggest your people stay out of my way Iʼll take out anyone who crosses lance in my direction "Even her"

Once he was out of earshot, Jase wheeled on me "Why couldnʼt you have stayed out of this? What am I supposed to do now?" He yelled out a streah to dislodge so on?" My angerto fight that guy? Heʼs like three ti"

"It would have been like The Rock versus Seth Green Now, tell lared at each other for a longout his cell phone along the way I waited until he finished his call to strike again

"Are you in a gang?" It was the h of his conversation to know he had called Toby, a cop Convincing his naive young cousin to infiltrate a local gang sounded like the kind of idiotic plan Toby would have

"Does this look like inner-city Chicago to you?" Jase gestured at the tiny town nestled in the forest "Do you think the Bloods are doing drive-bys in pick-ups andvery weird just happened So that ended with Jean-Claude van Crazy threatening to snuffto Toby Did your idiot cousin put you up to sorowled in agitation "Please, Scout? Just this once? I promise, I wonʼt let hiet hurt?"

"You donʼt have to worry about uy expression in Jaseʼs mind "Iʼm made of 100 awesome, totally untouchable"

"Proan plotting ways to uncover the truth

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