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Brysen said every dirty word that had ever existed and glared atto do so about this?”

I nodded “Karsen, is the teacher still here?” I asked the question just as the bouys hollered an all clear and stor their way inside the building It hadn’t been a real threat It was all a distraction Unease and soer, scarier, raced up and down my spine

She gave a cursory glance to where the croas thinning out and shook her head in the negative “No I don’t see hiuy who burned down Nassir’s club and who burned up Race’s car and killed his dad”

I didn’t see any reason to lie to her, so I was going to tell her yes, but, like she had conjured hi beyond furious and ready to take on the entire police force and anyone else that irls He wrapped thelowered at me over their heads

“Seriously? A kid is getting dragged into all of this? It ends now, Titus”

I couldn’t agree more but I wasn’t sure what any of the the carrot in front of Roark; he just hadn’t bitten at it yet

Karsen pulled herself out of Race’s suffocating e eyes “Booker was the one that ca ht one They arrested him You have to help him, Race”

There was more in her tone than concern for her savior Oh, boy, I didn’t envy Race or Brysen having to deal with a crush like that on a guy like Booker It was just asking for all kinds of ugly heartache

Race gave ed “This is nore police orders and went in even though we didn’t know if the scene was clear He could’ve been putting Karsen at greater risk He got handsy with a cop when they tried to stop him, so they hooked him up”

His green eyes flashed to black with fury and his ht line “What if there had been a bo to die because some madman has daddy issues?”

Deciding that things would just get nastier with Race because I didn’t have an answer to his questions, I asked Karsen to give me the teacher’s full naet Booker out of lockup as soon as possible The poor kid had been through enough for one day

I called Dispatch to get an address on the math teacher and decided I better call and check on Reeve since she was on her own My hackles lifted straight up when the phone just rang and rang She was supposed to be at the loft, and she was too s Roark inning this deadly game hands down I tried to re unanswered She wouldn’t willingly put herself in har what the stakes were I also tried to keep in mind that if she had left the condo, the feds were supposed to be keeping an eye on her per our deal, so she wouldn’t be out there in the war zone alone