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North’s face lost all its color "Hell, you et to you?"

"Yeah, to ask for the deed and to ive rabbed both of us, the evidence, and the deed"

North let out his breath hard "Yeah, I can see it all clearly now I’m so sorry, Elizabeth I would never have called you if I had known"

To look As Darien and Jake joined theot here We’ve got to find Minx and Cody"

"We came across Minx already," Darien said "Sam and Silva took her to my house and will alert her parents to pick her up We ran into Cody a short while after that and sent him in the same direction We didn’t knohat the situation was here What happened?"

Eric said, "I guess when I took the man down, he hit his head too hard and… anyway, he’s dead"

Darien nodded "One fewer issue to deal with"

"Elizabeth’s half brother’s dead also," Tom said

"What about Sarandon?" Darien asked

Toht We’ll take care of things here Meet me at the house," Darien said

"You sure you don’t want me to help with this?" Eric offered When Darien hesitated to say anything, Eric added, "I’d really like to help out"

"Okay, we’ll turn Quinton’s and Sefton’s bodies over to Hrothgar since they ith his pack What about North?"

"I don’t want the deed to your property," North told Elizabeth "I just… wanted to see you again And though I wanted to give you the evidence about your uncle’s and half brother’s part in your parents’ deaths, I’d hoped you lanced at Tom, then said to Elizabeth, "But I didn’t want your property unless you lived there withto help me learn the truth about my uncle and Sefton," Elizabeth said "I appreciate it"

North appeared as though he wanted to hug her or kiss her or both, but Toe the notion The man had not protected Elizabeth when she could have used his help

North bowed his head a little, acknowledging he wouldn’t be able to get any closer to her, then turned on his heel and left

Darien listened to Mr Winston’s reasons for having given Eric and his brothers refuge when they needed it Mr Winston had still believed in theDarien what they were up to But Eric had always been as stubborn as Darien

Anthony said, "Hey, we alroceries we had on the sled?"