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I sighed again because I agreed I just watched hiaze as he put puzzle pieces together When he thought he had it all figured out, he took a step closer to me and scohile he demanded, “Did you come back here to set Titus up to kill Roark for you, Reeve? Are you playing with people’s lives again? Because if you are, I have to tell you it’s going to end much worse for you this time around”

I gulped and narrowed my eyes at him I refused to be intimidated by anyone, even if Race and his words had a cold sweat breaking out across my skin

“I came back to help That’s it I don’t care if Conner rots behind bars or gets a slug between the eyes He’s a lunatic I know there are still goodto do the right thing”

“You think that’s enough?”

I pushed off the doorjamb and crossed my arh, but it’s a start”

He lifted an eyebrow at me and narrowed his eyes just a fraction “Well, if Titus doesn’t stop this guy for good, there are plenty of people willing to step in and finish the task I just wondered if you were really conniving enough to know that” He sht “I think you are I think you know that Roark has to be put down like a dog and that Titus is too ht side of the law to do it, but he has enough people that care about him, that want to make sure he keeps his hands clean of the mess the rest of us muck around in, to take care of that problem for him”

I breathed out a heavy sigh and shifted my stance so that my hair slithered over my shoulder It wasn’t exactly a hair toss but it was close “Think whatever you want, Race Conner needs to be stopped, and whether you, Bax, or Titus like it, the road leading to hih me”

He gave a bitter-sounding laugh and lifted his hand to rub his thu ready to pounce on its prey Too bad for him I had never been on anyone’s menu I was the hunter not the hunted

“You ood s for you and a badyou just how evil he can be”

I scoffed at him and lifted one of my own eyebrows in response to his taunt “How sad for you that you’ll never know, Hartman”

I didn’t wait for a response; instead I slammed the door in his face and secured the chain I heard his chuckle through the door as I stolass of water ItI had to get my emotions in check No one was onhere, and I had to get used to that fact I was not part of the teaet to ive ahat I was really planning before it was showtime, and that couldn’t happen