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"I didn’t want you to" He’d obviously rushed, but still wasn’t breathing heavy "Did Yvette call you? What’s going on?"

"She wanted to er "So"

Dash searched the area "We were just thinking the sa"

The door opened, and they all three turned, Cannon stepping up front

Her face pale, a wild pulse racing in her throat, Yvette stood there in so akin to shock "Cannon"

"Yeah, o how furious he sounded when she’d never heard hi"

Sickly,I just" She tried for a so, "I thought o studied her and knen deep in her gut, that Yvette wasn’t alone Cannon was right; so

She could handle it She was trained for this But daht in the same trap

Her smile was more successful than Yvette’s, but then she’d had ot sick in the car and we had a , she looked up at Dash "Yvette and I ht need to talk awhile Why don’t you and Cannon--"

"Hell, no," Cannon said

Dash was more subtle He stared into her eyes, and she knew, da

And still he refused

He gave one small shake of his head "Sorry, no"

Cannon said, "Let lassy "No No, I’m I called Lieutenant Peterson I need to talk with her"

Cannon snorted, put a hand flat on the door and shoved it open to search the room Arms around herself, Yvette stepped back and away froo whispered to Dash, "It’s a trap"

He tried to stay in front of her "I figured" Ignoring Yvette, he, too, looked around Voice as low as hers had been, he said, "Also figured you wouldn’t leave her"

And that un, at how Yvette stood off to the side shaking, and lad I told Rowdy to send in the troops"

Margo was glad he had, too She didn’t see Tipton; his easy chair was e roos to hide

The kitchen, then

It opened both to a dining roo room You could literally circle fro rooain

Cannon took a step toward Yvette but she backed up, farther and farther until she stood in the dining room "I’m sorry," she whisperedhis ribs, limped painfully out of the kitchen first "She didn’t have a choice, Cannon" TwoTipton and Yvette as shields They each held lethal guns, but the darkerknife pressed close to Tipton’s ribs Judging by the renewed pain on the older o studied both the thugs Neither Dash nor Cannon said a word, but she noticed Dash separating a little, spreading out, dividing the target She wasn’t surprised Dash had proven hian and Reese would arrive in tiun down, bitch," the dark un in her purse Best to play it caler, she held up her hands and slowly lowered the gun to a side table--within easy reach if she got a single opportunity

"You," he said to Dash, "that’s far enough Take another step and I prouy cackled , and therefore distracted, Margo gestured between theer to her ave theoatee "You were ordered to tail us, so you aze never blinked It was so probing, so icy, she could al that for thelike a demented brat "So that must make you a brother But obviously you’re not the brains behind this circus, so where is the other one?"

A laugh sounded--and kerosene flooded the floor, washing around Tipton’s and Yvette’s feet

The girl went rigid,fool snicker louder

Out stepped the third e Like any other uy on the street

Until he smiled

Why couldn’t the loonies just look loony and hter that he repeatedly flicked With fuo "I’ht, if you can call a deranged sicko a mastermind" Just how combustible was kerosene?

Dash shifted--and frouy went ballistic "Step away frouy clubbed Tipton in the gut, roan and aluy kept Tipton on his feet