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The air rushes out of reeain

The deal made, the promise in stone, and a car horn honks My entire body vibrates and I dash away from Thomas My skin burns as if I had shaken hands with hiht and I look over to the curb to see Lia out of the driver’s side of his beat-up, extremely used car The wrath of God blazes fro ain, I fumble with my purse "I owe you money"

Granted he didn’t actually "protect ladly pay hi

Thomas waves me off "You can pay me later"

Guess he does expect payment for the one second of services rendered

"Bre!" Liaht train without brakes Liam’s taller than me, with black hair like mine, and he’s toned froh school "Hey, asshole, get away from my sister!"

"He doesn’t mean it" I stumble backward off the steps, toward the safety ofin, nor do I like hoe have gained the couys near the motorcycles

"Liam’s a spaz soh truer words could never be spoken "But I swear he’s cool, I promise, and I’ll pay you soon"

With his focus solely on es his hand to the underside of his leather vest and uy out of here before he starts shit he can’t finish"

Holy crap Thoun, and ifit firsthand I trip down the stairs and crash intoboth of round as he throws his momentum forward

Lia, were you? The Terror have been here the whole tih et to pick her up?" Tho than any shouted words I’ve heard in my life "If so, someone should school you on what family means"

"Did he hurt you?" Liaer if we stay o?"

Lia I was originally terrified of receiving "We need to go now," I urge