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"Well, when your brother decides to have you killed it doesn’t inspire much brotherly affection" He looked at asped He’d n that he was faet his birthday? Are you serious?" When I thought of siblings I thought of ht over leftovers and who had to take the dog for a walk When they got older they fought over who spent Christmas with the parents, but they always loved each other

"We have more of a business relationship He passes the jobs on to et the rest" He looked out thefor a minute

"How did you beco wheel "Answer an ad in the paper?"

"The job found e that needs to be taken out, and so to pay me to help with the chore"

I tried to think of how you could just end up a hit for a bad guy? Or was it to protect himself or his brother?

"Marcus always knew so at his feet out of the way "It didn’t take long before I made a name for us I only take certain jobs and Marcus weeds theanization"

"What do you mean you only take certain cases?"

"I don’t help people knock off business rivals or fae jobs" He pulled out a folder froh documents There were passports and other types of identification inside "The rich pedophile that bought his way out of jail, drug lords, slave traders There are " I took a deep breath "But how do you know you’re not doing the dirty work for a competitor?"

"Marcus sends me the files for review He’s supposed to vet everyone that coh, but I still do my research"

I didn’t point out the obvious That if Marcus was trying to kill Owen, he led the heat switch on It was chilly despite the season

"Alright Where does dear brother Marcus live?"

WE STOPPED AT a run-down inn on the outskirts of London So The owner barely batted an eyelash at us which was exactly what I had been looking for e chose the place We’d put the truck in a garage a few blocks away It wouldn’t be on the street for soh away that we’d be safe for the night

Ava was staring at the little room in concern Her nose rinkled and she hadn’t touched anything I was trying not to laugh, but it was hard when she leaned over to exa from one of the lamp shades

She had tucked her pistol in her pants and tore down the rifle so it would fit in uessed that the soun? She seeuessed it had been a while since she had used one, but at least she hadn’t screa down on the chair

"What roo at? It sed and opened the blinds to look out over the street