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It wasn’t a heart shot, unfortunately I ets Oskar hoith pain and stumbled toward the back exit, away fro we needed was for hi anywhere until I freed Molly I straightened up gingerly and went to her, yanking out the gag She spat it out witha face at the taste

"Hey, Molls," I said, pulling another knife from my belt "This place sucks even for a McDonald’s Let’s find Jesse and get the fuck out of here" I tried cutting through the leather, but quickly realized that it would be easier to undo the belts one at a ti that

"Scarlett," she panted, "you need to get out of here"

"No shit I told you, we gotta find Jesse and--"

"No!" She thunked her head back against the table in frustration "You’re not listening! Reift for bloodcraft and it passed down his line?" she said all in a rush

I had gotten the belt on her neck and the one below it loose, and orking on the third one down "Yeah, I reuns, the fucker, and because of the bloodcraft--"

I heard movement from the doorway that Oskar had just left I looked up just in ti into the roolazed with hatred, and they each held a handgun

"My friends woke up early," Molly finished wearily

Chapter 42

Jesse and Shadoere circling the building to attack the guard at the south entrance when their luck ran out There was no one standing next to the door Instead, the guard was , with a bushy beard that circled his whole head to blend in with his hair He moved like an athlete, but his stomach ollen to fat

He saw Jesse in the sauns "Police!" Jesse yelled instinctively "Put it down!"

Jesse glanced down at Shadow, expecting her to attack, but the bargest swung her whole body sharply sideways, cocking her head to the side Abruptly, she stalked off into the darkness

"What the fuck?" Jesse nored this He slowly circled forward, studying Jesse "You’re no cop," he said in a gruff voice "Not anymore, anyway I seen your book"

Jesse didn’t knohere Shadow had disappeared to, but he needed to stall until the bargest could take this guy down "You should walk away," he told the biker "Lee didn’t uys here He was forced"

That rowled, and Jesse realized that the poor lighting had disguised the gray in the man’s hair He ell past fifty "And you don’t knohat the fuck you’re talking about, son"

Shit Jesse couldn’t undo someone’s press, but he could poke holes in it "Then ould you send ot two of your guys killed"

There was the briefest hesitation, and then Lee Harrison said, "Money A lot of it"