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Daain “Mads!” they called “Octavia!”

I tucked the gun into the back of estured to Kai “Get his feet”

“We need the police,” Eued “Don’t move him”

“We’re not calling anybody until we find the kids,” Kai gritted out

We weren’t sure how this happened We needed to find out before we involved the cops

“Octavia!” Da from here

“Wait, the cameras…” Rika burst out

Spinning around, she ran to her office, her computer set up to access the street cams and home security She had a view of nearly every inch of the town

Kai and I dumped the body in her and Michael’s bedroom, closed the door, flipped over the carpet in the hallway to cover the blood, and ran after everyone else, charging into her office

“Go back,” I heard Michael tell her

Pushing buttons and turning a knob, she rewound the footage, playing back the night’s events There weren’t any cameras inside the house, but they covered the exterior and the grounds I guessed that would change after tonight Michael would have the co extra security

She stopped, seeing Mads and Octavia rushing out the side door of the kitchen, running frantically as if trying to escape, but…

A car aiting My heart lodged in my throat Two , they were thrown inside and the car raced off

“No,” Daasped

“What is it?” Winter cried

He just held her close

“Wait, wait, who is that?” Kai pointed to the blond sitting in the passenger side seat “Zoom in!”

Rika rewound again, catching hiet the kids and paused the video, enhancing the shot

Banks whimpered “Ilia Oblonsky”

Kai’s spine straightened, and he breathed hard Ilia was an eo Banks had him thrown out of the country when she inherited her father’s estate

“And who’s that?” Michael squinted at the other one who’d gotten out of the SUV

“I can’t tell,” Rika replied

But I stared at the brown head I’d knohere, because I knew him well

My God

“Taylor Dinescu,” I whispered