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She shook her head "No, it's not Whatever Salina's come back to Ashland for, why she's here now after all these years, I don't know, but it can't possibly be good You sahat she did to Antonio and then what she tried to do to Philly Who's to say she won't do the sa to you or me? Or even Owen?"

I didn't have an answer to that If Salina had coht had wronged her, then Eva could very well be on her hit list Owen too, if the water elemental so to stop Mab fro her father

"You know that I will do everything I can to protect you, to protect us all," I said in a careful voice

Eva shook her head "That's not good enough "

"And you know that Oon't let anything happen to you," I said, trying a different tack

She laughed, although the harsh sound seared the air like fire "Norree with you, but not when it comes to Salina Even now, I doubt he would believe that she hurt ain, if she coht back, Gin If it comes down to Owen and Salina in the end, he won't be able to kill her - and then she'll ht, she'll drown hiic to kill him just like she promised me she would "

The obituary photos of Salina's dead husbands, the ones who looked so h my mind

"You don't know that Oould let Salina kill hiht

"Oh, yes, I do," Eva snapped "He never could think straight when it came to her Kind of like you and Donovan Caine Owen told uys were on vacation in Blue Marsh - he said that Donovan wanted to get back together with you, and he could practically see the sparks between you - and this is just like that "

I winced Seeing Donovan had brought up a lot of memories about our often-strained relationship - just like what seeing Salina had done for Owen But I'd dealt with rown closer because of that I just hoped he could do the same when it came to Salina

"I'm over Donovan, and I have been for quite some time now, thanks to your brother," I said "What makes you think Owen isn't over Salina?"

Eva let out a breath "I don't know that he isn't, but Salina always gets what she wants - always She did back then, and she will now too She'll blindside Owen, and he'll believe all her lies again, just like before And I don't want to take that chance Do you, Gin?"

No, I didn't, but Oouldn't liketo kill someone for his baby sister much either - especially when that someone was his forroen still tried to shield Eva fro h thanks to Salina, Eva had seen and endured ined

Eva sensed my hesitation, so she decided to play her trump card

"Salina Dubois is my Mab Monroe," she said in a cold, flat voice "I was four years old, four years old, and she tortured me for weeks, Gin, and not for any more reason than that she was jealous of the attention Owen paid me - that and because it amused her to hurt me I want her dead Simple as that She deserves it for what she did tothat Philly tried to rape her Owen almost beat him to death for that, and she just stood there and watched it happen, knowing it was a damn lie the whole time "