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He dipped his free hand into his pocket and pulled out a s his gaze from Frankie and Lydia, he pressed the screen with his thuave the above theles tumbled off the roof, and the cabin shuddered

Frankie sed as her stomach bottomed "What did you do?"

"Made sure that ouldn’t be disturbed That’s just parts of the porch roof collapsing near the front and back doors Can’t have anyone trying to get inside, now can we?" He returned the little device--which was obviously a remote--to his pocket "I wired the place when I heard you’d asked Josh for peraped at hih? "The entire place could collapse"

"I know That’s why it’s so perfect My world collapsed when Christopher died Now yours is going to collapse too" His grin dio doith us I really ao," said Frankie

"It’s too late for that"

"Why do this?" Lydia whispered "Why, Cruz?"

"It’s not er at Frankie "It’s hers" He sneered at Frankie "I knehen I first saw you at Phoenix territory that either you or your wolf re I just wasn’t sure what or howaround in Iris’s attic I heard you wanted to walk through here too, and I kneas only a "

A light shudder rocked the cabin walls Things clattered and rolled along the floor above thelass bottles they’d found

"See, I ain’t gonna be executed No I controlto die, Frankie, it’ll happen when and where I choose Understand? And I choose to die in the same place my Christopher died And since it’s your fault that it’s co for you to finally come here--you sealed both our fates as soon as you walked through that front door You know, I think Christopher will probably be happy that I’hed, as if that were hilarious

Frankie’s gut twisted at the glitter ofthe crazy train for a long tiuess I have" And then he fired

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

Trick groaned The god-awful ringing in his ears just wouldn’t stop

He tried opening his eyes, but it didn’t happen The scents only aggravated his pounding headache Blood, gas, oil, and burned rubber He could taste blood, and he realized he’d bitten his tongue Even with adrenaline puh him, he started to feel the ache of several injuries What the hell had--