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He grabbed the kid’s arot the impression of narrowed blue eyes just before the kid hoofed hiht in the crotch

Matt gasped and hit the floor

“Savannah” He tried to gasp in warning, but the thief leaped over hiet out the breath, much less the words

Forcing hiroin, he crawled toward the door, pulling himself to his feet in time to see Savannah tackle the thief to the hardwood floor of the hallway

The thief fought, but Savannah ducked her head to keep her nose and eyes safe and held on tight, her whole body taut with effort

Fierce wasn’t the half of it

“Good catch,” Matt said, hauling the thief off Savannah He wrapped his arm around the kid’s neck to keep him in place then yanked off the ski mask

Long blond hair fell out around a beautiful and terribly familiar face

“Mom?” Savannah breathed

SAVANNAH FELL BACK against the wall, her legs nonexistent Her whole body eviscerated She’d stepped down so at herinto a ed Her mother stood there, as lovely as the day she left

As lovely and as cold

How could this be happening?

Savannah had to shut her eyes and pretend this was a dream Or that she’d finally lost her mind because there was no way, no way in hell, her mother was back

And breaking into my home?

Yeah, I hit

“Hello, Savannah,” Vanessa said And the voice was real, carved right out of Savannah’s memories The voice that had read her bedti her songs and scolded her brothers for picking on her

The voice that had said goodbye and lied

This was real This was now