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"But what if they just shoot you?" I didn’t move It suddenly felt like a horrible idea "There’s a price on your head as well A er one"

"Marcus is the boss, so no one touches ood reason to be there since I could have much more easily waited to kill hiers around mine and pulled me with him "We can’t stand out in the middle of the street, even with all of these people It’s too risky"

I let hih the stands and around the shoppers I was still thinking through how this could possibly hen he stopped next to a s fresh fruit

"Are you really hungry?" I asked

"I didn’t eat anything" He tsked over a basket of fresh berries "But no However, the house with the dark brown door and large ht the urge to turn and look; instead I picked up an apple and stared at the peel "What now, sneaky one? With your disdain for grappling hooks and fake mustaches"

"Do you trust me?" His eyes locked on mine

I didn’t respond immediately He’d asked me that several times now Did I trust Owen? Did I know that he wouldn’t do anything to hurt ut told me yes, but it was the sincerity in his eyes that made me respond out loud "Yes"

"I promised to never lie to you" He looked at another basket of berries before handing theerous and people will die I will dothe heart

"I’m not always like this, Ava" He looked between us and I knew he meant how he treated me "I’ve never hidden what I am and what I do, but you haven’t seen it in action"

"I understand"

The ee before ive ht here, on the street?" I looked around us "You’re the daft one" I smiled "Ha! I said daft!"

"Not here Co shop and pushed me toward the back "Wrap it in your sweater and we’ll put it ina shirt fro rooms were located I pulled the curtain closed and spun in a circle There was a full lengththe shirt on the hook, checked the curtain oneit on the floor I reached behind un out of the holster without shooting one of e, so I had to unbuttonover my shoulder I tried to pull the pistol and holster off at the sa frustrated, I yanked as hard as I could The gun and holster ca around, I tried to juggle it between er

With a loud clunk, the gun hit the floor and I squeezed one off and that I hadn’t been shot, I scrambled to pick it up from the floor and wrap it in o off when they were dropped, but it was hard to fight that immediate reaction