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"And noe have this" He turned to the eight bodies laid out in a row Each of thele shot in the same exact spot

"This is e call a T-box kill Do you knohat a T-box is?"

"Yes"

If you drew a vertical rectangle around the nose and a horizontal rectangle over the nose bridge that ended at the center of each pupil, you would get a T-shaped area People thought that head shots were always lethal They weren’t Sometie but failed to kill the target Sometimes they penetrated the skull but caused only a minor injury But a shot to the T-box was always lethal A bullet to the T-box scrambled the lower brain and brain stean processes we require to live, such as breathing Death was immediate It was the surest and et The victi Their last un and then their brain would explode

Leon had put one bullet into each of the eight people exactly between their eyes Eight shots, eight instant kills

A Harley-Davidson pulled into the adjacent parking lot Its rider, in a black leather jacket and jeans, ju a halo of black curly hair, and sprinted toward us A black woman with ot in her way and she barked soeant Munoz asked "Was this an execution?"

"No This was self-defense They were shot while running at us with their weapons out"

Munoz looked at the corpses and back at me "From how far away?"

"Don’t answer that!" the woman in leather snapped

Munoz turned to her

"Don’t answer anything" She pulled an ID out and thrust it in front of Munoz "My naan and future House Baylor"

"We have multiple homicides Your client needs to answerfor infored under the House Protection Act And you’re doing it in the uarantee the inforation to disclose the exact extent and nature of her uarantee its confidentiality"

Munoz clenched his jaw "Your client isn’t a o the trials Until she fails thehts extend to her"

"Excuse me," I said

"Under the same act, your client is supposed to offer full cooperation in cases where the safety of the public is in question"

"What public? These people were hired by House Madero This is House warfare"

"Excuse e of whether this is House warfare"

Sabrian crossed her arms "Oh really?"

"Hey!" I barked

The two of them looked at ht the whole thing"

"We’ll get to that," Munoz promised, and turned back to Sabrian "Maybe I’ll just have to take your client somewhere more private"

Sabrian narrowed her eyes "My client will answer your questions when she chooses"

"You should just get some swords and have it out," I said

"Oh, I don’t think that will be necessary, do you?" Linus Duncan said

Munoz stepped aside, revealing Linus Duncan in a flawless black suit A long blue scarf hung froainst his dark beard, touched with silver "After all, House Madero was involved, and we all knohat that means Excuse me"