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"No He's finally seen her for what she really is But he doesn't want to cut off her head, mount it on a pike, and dance around with it like your pal Finn does "

I grinned "Well, Finn can be just as violent as me Sometimes even more so "

As if to prove , very iht should be done to Salina

"You know, I' to like hiht idea as far as Salina's concerned "

"Well, that will certainly war o before it escalates into fisticuffs "

I got up, and ihtstand for support Despite the fact that Jo-Jo had healed ht-headed I kneas because I'd been so close to dying Hell, maybe I'd even been dead for a minute or two there before Kincaid had revived ure out that I was still in one piece and not drowning one slow, agonizing breath at a time in that creek

I ed to walk down the stairs without Kincaid's help He sees under me, but he didn't make any move to helpas past

I reached the salon that took up the back of Jo-Jo's house, and s Cherry-red salon chairs Stacks of azines everywhere Combs, scissors, curlers, and dozens of other beauty tools on the counters Bottles of pink nail polish and ether It was all as farateful I'd survived another battle I shouldn't have

Then I focused on the two men in the middle of the rooht, their bodies tense, and their faces flushed with anger, while Eva, Cooper, and Bria sat in the chairs behind them The men's shouts had woken Rosco, Jo-Jo's tubby basset hound, who eyed them with lazy disinterest from his wicker basket in the corner

Footsteps padded in the hallway behind me, and Jo-Jo ca my nose with its soft scent

Salina enteel Southern lady, but Jolene "Jo-Jo" Deveraux was the real deal She wore one of herof pearls Everything about her whispered of feminine poise, from the white-blond hair that was artfully curled over her forehead to the perfect makeup that softened the lines of her face to the effortless way she seeht have recently turned two hundred fifty-seven, but she was aging gracefully

"How long have they been like this?" I asked her

Jo-Jo glanced at a clock that was shaped like her puffy cloud rune, mounted on the back wall "Ten minutes now Apparently, Finn wants to kill Salina as soon as he can find her, while Owen at least wants to see if she'll surrender peaceably "

I was of the sa from He'd once loved Salina, had wanted to s, even nohen he knew exactly what she'd become - or maybe what she'd always been

I ht understand, yes, but that didn't mean that I wasn't seriously pissed about it The bitch had tried to killto protect her What rong with hi with doubt, worry, and fear Not soto be the death of ht, I just couldn't shake the feeling that Owen and I were headed for disaster, courtesy of Salina - and what I was planning to do to her