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"Yeah, and I want to be King" Themy body "So what?"

"Tell him his brother is here and that I want to o

I looked up at themy arm His eyes were hard and cold I sed I liked itat htly confused expression This Oas distant and rigid as if his stare would cut through metal

The man spoke into a little piece of plastic attached to his shirt We stood there, lared at the man on the steps as he leered down at me

"Come in" The man opened the door andquickly and I sneered at hie act Inside, two o of me and held his arms out at his sides One of thethe weapons he had stashed in his pants and shirt I had seen him hide all of the on the table in the sht in his head

"He’s clean" The un

"Take the girl downstairs" His gruff voice sent chills down ht of as downstairs

"No" Owen’s voice brokered no argue She stays with me until the trade is done Or no trade, and I walk"

"Boss said she gets put in the stables, you can barter by yourself"

"The stables? Are you fucking serious?" The words burst out of my mouth before I could rethink theun looked at et what I want" Owen stepped forward until the gun pressed into his sternum "Or I kill you all and take what I want anyway"

"Yeah right, rabbed the gun, breaking the man’s hold on it at the sa kick to the man’s knee The man crumpled to the floor, his face twisted in pain, and the sound of his neck snapping filled the foyer

The other man took a step back, but it was too late Owenthat could stop hi hi

Owen looked down at the un at his head "Did you think Marcus hired all of you to protect him because I would be easily intier tightened on the trigger and I was certain I was about to be covered in thetoward the people uns stopped and stared at us, their faces set in angry lines My heart dropped as they pointed their guns in our direction For one beat of my heart I was certain ere about to be mowed down by a thousand bullets But then a radio crackled, and a voice ca steady and also bored