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I helped him sit up His face had already started to swell from where he'd been hit, and blood trickled out of his now-broken nose

"Gin?" he said, struggling to focus onhere?"

"Saving you And everyone else here, despite my own best interests "

"What?" he asked, his eyes clearing and his voice sharpening "What do youon?"

"Salina has a little more planned than just a simple dinner party and business po I'll tell you about it on our way out of here Let's move "

I et Owen up onto his feet My lover swayed back and forth, still dazed by the giants' blows He shook his head, trying to get rid of the cobwebs

"I'm sorry," he said "I had no choice Salina said - "

"That she'd kill me," I finished "I know Eva found the note "

I put my arm under his shoulder, and we left the balcony and stepped out into a hallway I finally spotted a set of stairs, and I helped Oalk in that direction and then down to the ground floor, filling hi and why she'd really asked all the Ashland criht

"Are you sure?" he asked "Killing all those people is extreme, even for Salina "

"The fountains, the location, the guest list, it all fits You told ed after her father's murder I think this is the real reason she cae I think this is all that she really cares about, except for you "

Owen stopped walking and looked down at me "How much of that did you see on the balcony?"

"Enough " I couldn't keep the hurt out of my voice

He sighed "I'm sorry, Gin Let me explain - "

I held up ht now, I have to go after Salina I have to stop her - "