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Crow

The second I hung up on Bones, I called my brother It didn’t make sense for Bones to lie to me about this, not after three e on hter, there would be no reason to wait this long And even if it was a trap, I couldn’t take the risk of not acting

Not when my only son was at risk

Bones was right about where Conas that evening He also was right about , so it made sense he would know about the hit before it happened

And if he really wanted to kill me and my family, he knew exactly where I lived

He could have killed all of us by now

Cane answered “Yes?”

I ignored his attitude because it wasn’t i to say this once No questions asked”

“Shit…what is it?”

“Skull Kings hired a crew to take out Conway They’re hitting hi to hit Sapphire too, at their hoanize the crew and the artillery in Milan I’ll meet you in seven minutes I need to call Conway” On the outside, I see my voice shake But the truth was, I was absolutely terrified When hter was taken, my hands trembled And now that my only son was at risk, I was even ainst and I had no idea what provoked this hit, but that wouldn’t change anything I had to save my son—even if it claimed my life

“Got it” Cane hung up

I called Conway next, the tre in my hands

Voice mail

“You’ve got to be fucking kidding me” I called three more times, and each time, it went to voice mail

He must have silenced it

I texted hie would be on the front of his screen when he looked at his phone, unless it was drowned by es from other people

Shit

I ran to the artillery roo any explanation of the terror that gripped rabbed two pistols, un, and then prepared to leave

I forgot about Button

I halted at the entryway, unsure what I would say to my wife I didn’t want to tell her the truth, that our son, daughter-in-law, and future grandbaby were all at risk I was te her any explanation, to protect her as long as I could

“Crow?”