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The casino boss turned back to Bria "It's true I was very lucky Gin was on board tonight, wasn't I?"

"Luck had nothing to do with it, you bastard," Owen growled "You probably planned the whole thing, including the so-called attack "

Kincaid opened hishim off

"Enough," she snapped "That's enough Froot two dead bodies, and I want some answers as to who made them that way Unlike some of my brethren, I actually like to earn , Kincaid Now "

"Or what?" he set your sister to pull out one of her famous silverstone knives and make me?"

"Oh, Philly," I drawled "If you knew anything about me, you'd realize that I wouldn't even have to use my knives "

"And if you knew anything about me, Kincaid," Bria added, her voice even frostier than ht my battles I do just fine on my own "

Kincaid eyed Bria, thenjust below the surface leak into h tolike the proverbial canary

"Her name is Salina Dubois," Eva said in a soft voice

Eva's confession didn't shock me like it did the others While they all looked at her in surprise, I stared at Owen, trying to get a sense of what he was thinking, of what he was feeling But all I saw in his face eariness, as if this was a battle he'd fought many times before

Bria raised her eyebrows "Okay, so noe have a naress, at last "

Owen sighed "Eva, you don't know that it's Salina just because Kincaid claims a water elemental is involved - "

"Yes, I do, Owen!" she hissed "Yes, I do!"

Eva shuddered and wrapped her arms around herself Owen reached over and started to put a hand on his sister's shoulder, but she jerked away from him before he could touch her Frustration filled Owen's face His fingers clenched into a fist, which he lowered to his side Kincaid watched them, and his mouth turned doith a hint of sadness

"And Dubois is a water elemental? How do you know her?" Bria asked