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Her smile faltered, but returned with far more teeth than before "You’re still at a healthy two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, love You should feel proud of that You barely fetchedwith rage, too choked up to speak I heard his breath catch in this throat I suddenly understood how he had known so much about her--this was the saine my surprise when your name popped back up in the bounty database--and with that kind of reward? It seeotten yourself in a fair bit of trouble since we last h "I do o back to that place? Didn’t you think I’d look for you there?" The wo to telltheain to fear If she finds East River… God, I couldn’t even iine the consequences

Liam could, from the look of it His knuckles hite with the effort it took hiers clutched in his hair

"If I can pull in that et for a whole cah to finally buy my way home, I think, so thank you for that You have no idea what kind of funds it takes to get an official to look the other way and admit someone from a disease-ridden country"

The next second of silence that passed was deafening, only because I knew exactly what he would say next

"If you let theo, you can have ive you any trouble"

"No!" Chubs shouted "Don’t--"

The wooing to do you any favors? No, Liairl of yours--ain?"

His eyes sliddown ht as I took the tiniest step forward

"I don’t knohere you caoing won’t be nearly as pleasant"

I’ back

None of us were Not if I could help it

"Coun still trained on Liairl I’ll take special care of you"

I went one step at a ti in my ears My eyes went from Chubs, to Zu, to the woto have me after that

"Turn around," the woman barked Her eyes flickered over to where her partner was still hidden behind a tangle of picnic tables I saw her grip relax ever so slightly on her handgun with her focus torn, and I tookher just under her chest The gun clattered to the ground, and I heard Lia steps in my direction, but somehoas faster Blood was alive and war from my chin The woman’s eyes widened as ainst Betty’s door When her gaze met mine, I knew I had her The pain that exploded behind my eyes told me so