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"They asked for it to ensure that there are no coround out "That’s the first step"

I leaned through theand savored the words "You’re overreacting"

A door swung open somewhere and Catalina called out, "Mo, because it’s past ure yourselves out!"

The door sla Just one question before I go: in your expert opinion as the Head of a House, when Rynda called you, was it a true e that absolutely couldn’t be resolved without your presence, or was it another opportunity for her to ed to take care of her and her children if Brian doesn’t ency, why didn’t you ask ot it out

He stared at h the , turned, and strode across the street

That’s right Just walk away

I threwthudded outside

Nohat?

I got up and went to theHe stood in the e tires flew past hiround under reith ridiculous speed He was building a raain "Are you out of your e a this"

His expression told me he didn’t care

The flood of tires endedain "Mom says--" my sister started

A fire escape ladder tore itself off the building across the street on s landed on its base, anchoring it

Catalina shut the door without another word

He walked up the ramp, climbed the ladder to my , and held his hand out toyou back to hts"

"Is that so?"

"Yes"

"And do I have any say in this?"

"You always have a say If you say no, I’ll leave"

He wore his Priave hi on by the tips of his fingers

We could either work through this mess or I could sit in rabbed his pair of sweatpants, pulled them on, stuck my feet into

Who the hell would be calling er "One second"

The phone streaked across the room and held still in front of me

I took it and answered

"Nevada Baylor"

"There you are," Vincent Harcourt said

"Hello, Vincent" My voice was so sweet, you could drip it on pancakes I put him on speaker "So nice of you to take ti children to call e So sether alked down the ladder, then the ramp toward his HQ

"I see you filed for trials"

It wasn’t enough he had almost killed Rynda’s children, Edward, and a houseful of people No, he decided to call ht to rattle me

"Do you think you can be a Prime?"

"You tell me How did it feel when you couldn’twith all your will to keep me out of your an’s eyes He s at me as if ere in the own instead of his T-shirt