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"I knohere she is" Brandon was cal "Xander will kill us if he finds out"

"And I won't?"

"No offense, but I'm more afraid of him than you"

Jonny rolled his eyes

"Swear you don't have her"

"I don't None of rabbed her!"

"Look, Brandon, I've got a tiny rogue ele to crush," Jonny said with tried patience "My guess is Ashley crossed the wrong daht, and this is the result It's stupid as shit to be out doing what she's doing If she got in over her head, it's notproblem"

There was a long

"Where is she? I can prove they aren't mine," Jonny added

"Monterey wharf"

Jonny took a quick picture of the location of his mid-California va from "Those are mine," he said As he said the words, he studied the photo He had no one between San Francisco and Los Angeles - but there was an old ops center used long before his reign in the Monterey area The rogue vah toit to stash Ashley?

"You can manipulate that shit," Brandon said finally

"Good bye, Brandon" Jonny hung up and handed the cell back to Charles "Send a scout to the old warehouses my predecessor used to use in the Monterey area I have a feeling soues are there Tell them to watch only I want to knoho's there and how many And …" He debated "… I don't understand exactly what Stu and Tasha need for the talisman to work Send Tasha with the recon tea there she can use"

Charles nodded "May I ask what that was about?"

"No," Jonny snapped

Charles didn't push and moved back to the ops center to issue orders for a scout to do sohts on Ashley onceever for her to start taking out vae or support What possessed her to take such risks? She had to know if he didn't put a stop to what she was doing, someone else - probably Xander - would

His phone vibrated and he glanced down Brandon had texted hi else Jonny shoved the phone into his pocket

He owed the siblings nothing Any involve Xander, and Jonny wasn't in any position to do so so crazy