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"Badass," Leon offered

We all looked at hiant," he said "The ice melts, and there is no evidence There are no prints, no "

I had to tell hi it That’s the way his mind worked and there was no way to rewire hiet it over with now

Mystare It’s like she was telepathic or so

"When Baranovsky choked on his own blood and collapsed, nobody helped him," I said "Nobody screa toward the exit, because the mansion would be locked down and they didn’t want to be inconvenienced"

I waited a moment to let it sink in

"Pri They won’t be kind They will try to use us,in the middle of the Assembly, and if a Prime summoned a pack of olves to rip you to pieces, I’m not sure anyone would help This would be our life"

Their faces were gri them I expected that Mom wouldn’t be on my side, but I had to at least convince my sisters

"But if we do this, we can build up our strength for three years," I said "Victoria is coht now She’s in town The only reason she isn’t attacking us is because Rogan’s people are fortified around us She’d have to go through thean unless she has to"

"Pack your bags," Mo"

"Mom?" Arabella stared at her "We can’t leave"

"Out of the question" I knew she would react like this

"I’ you!" Catalina’s voice spiked "We are not abandoning you and Grandma!"

My mother put steel into her voice "You heard h, it sounded broken

Mom turned to her

"Where can you send them so that bitch doesn’t find them, Penelope? She knohat they look like She knows their names She knows their social security numbers She can pull the truth out of anyone she meets Where on the planet can you find a place where her money and poon’t reach?"

"Mo stunned

"I told you twenty-six years ago that if you o You didn’t listen You raised the to cut and run now"

"They will do what I say," Moround out "I’m their mother"

Grandma Frida squinted at her "Aha And how did that work out for me?"

Mom opened hera House?" Catalina asked

"At least two of us will have to undergo the trials and register as Primes," I said "Most likely it will be you and me"

My sister frowned "What if I don’t qualify?"

"I’ll do it!" Arabella announced

"No," everyone said at the same time

"Why not?"

"You knohy not," ain"

My sister took a deep breath Uh-oh

"I’ Nobody will ever see what I can do!" She pounded her s to qualify"

My mother’s face told me that I had to fix this fast or she would snap and try to send everyone into exile again

"You can control your ic," I said