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She narrowed her very blue eyes “Try harder”

No wonder Race was sprung on her She looked like a doll but had the bite of a barracuda She was his perfect lossy on the outside but er, more resilient stuff on the inside If Roark did have Karsen, I sure hoped the younger Carter was as tough as Brysen

Just as the big, black utility vehicles with SWAT team members and the bomb technicians rolled up to the scene, the metal front doors at the front of the school clanked open and Booker cah with his arm wrapped around an obviously shaken and upset Karsen The teen looked so tiny and fragile next to the giantheavy not just through my heart but the heart of the beast that ide awake in ry for retribution

Brysen let out a shout and took off running toward the duo I should’ve stopped her considering the building still wasn’t secure and I still had no idea where Roark was lurking, but I didn’t have the heart to keep her away froed and then they were both crying as Booker was ripped away from the teen and slapped into cuffs by the same cop he has shoved over only moments before

Karsen started yelling when the cop began to haul Booker away, but Brysen shushed her and guided her over to where I was still standing I watched curiously as the guys dressed in black tactical gear unloaded a robot that looked like souide it toward the front of the school I was dying to know if they were going to find anything or if this had all been soed only to show ht where he wanted me

“Are you okay?” The teenager was crying big, fat, silent tears but she looked unharmed She nodded and looked in the direction where the cops had taken Booker

“Why is he getting arrested? He was the only one that came and looked for me” Ouch That accusation burned hot across my skin

“He pushed a cop They tend to take offense at that Why were you still inside the building, Karsen? What happened?” I didn’t want to press her too hard because she was obviously pretty shaken up but I didn’t have any time to waste either

She frowned and leaned her head on her sister’s shoulder as Brysen stroked her fair hair “Yeah, ere you still in there?” Brysen sounded mad

Karsen sed hard and looked up at her sister ide eyes “They announced that we all had to evacuate over the PA syste deal My whole class got up and headed to the door like usual Well, Mr Kline, my math teacher, stopped ht it eird, but then he told me that he had to have a witness to verify that the room was totally empty, so I stayed” She blinked her eyes like an owl and looked between the two of us “I knew so ready to bolt for the door when he grabbedabout how he has a family and that he was so sorry He locked et out”