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Kincaid squared his shoulders and looked ave me ere kids "

This ti to Finn's sketchy file on hie, thirty, which arded the age difference, they didn't exactlyon here? How did they know each other? And more importan

tly, as Eva being so nice to Kincaid? Cozying up to hi-lost friend?

I was opening my h the crowd

Chapter 6

One second, everything was nor, and playing ga, puzzled expressions on their faces as they tried to figure out why so their buzz Then, when the screah the crowd, until all the kids were pushing, shoving, and lurching around the deck, trying to put so was happening

I immediately palmed one of my silverstone knives and turned toward the source of the disturbance, although I ht as well, just in case this was soht be the boss here, but I wouldn't have put it past hiet his hands dirty himself

"Back, back, back!" I yelled at Eva and Violet, pushing the two girls until they were up against the closed doors that led inside the riverboat

Knife in hand, I puttheht be - and that's when I realized the screa from Antonio

Given their tall, strong, thick bodies, giants were tough to injure and even tougher to kill Sure, you could take one doith a gun or knife, but you usually had to work to do it But Antonio was bent over double in the h he had the worst , and I couldn't figure out why He didn't appear to have been stabbed, and I hadn't heard any gunshots ring out He didn't see with him?

Antonio finally lifted his head and straightened up Once again, I looked hiht have caused them I didn't see any blood or wounds - not so much as a nick or a bruise - but waitThere was so with his skin It lookedwet

And that's when I felt the first gust of h the air

The eleentle as water dripping off waxed paper It wasn't an unpleasant sensation - not at all - but I didn't welcoic most always meant trouble

I focused, concentrating on the feel of the other eleic, but I couldn't tell exactly where it was co it - just that it was concentrated on Antonio

After a few asps He was having trouble getting words out, and then his voice dried up altogether He stood in thefrom side to side like a tree about to topple over