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He watchedfor my reaction, but I just blinked at him What did that mean? For him to thron like that for me?

A new intensity sparked between us This was a whole new level We weren’t going to survive it, whatever this was

I just wanted to findto get killed by the cartel in Texas, and I’d never get back to Philadelphia—if that’s even where my sister was

I gri panic I’d felt e left those girls back there, how I thought my sister could be in one of those rooms

I felt Raize’s eyes onto Abrae killed his brother, right?”

“Yeah, but he’ll never find out He needs proof before he canabout the Estrada Cartel splintering in half That ain’t gonna happen”

“But he still wants to know?”

Abram waited a moment “He still wants to know He thinks it, but I don’t think he knows it for sure”

“Set up thechip for him”

Me He was talking about me

Shit Shit!

They’d ask me a question about someone’s life and… Okay The pain wasn’t there, not asback in place I’d been feeling so much, too much

Because of Raize

He had to be the reason I was feeling things, re me feel like I was safe to feel, remember

I wasn’t

I could not forget that

“You sure about this?” Abram’s voice quieted

“I’m sure”

“You go in, you’re going to need men at your back Estrada knows you, knohat you can do He’ll have planned for that”

“I know Make the call, Abram”

He walked away, putting his phone to his ear

I could feel Raize’s gaze back on me

“He’s going to co he needs to take a trip,” he said softly “His boss ant to see hi what to do, and then he’ll make a decision Abrao I don’t want Cavers to know anything about thisto make a call to my boss and ask for more men But I have to know, before I walk in with you at round out the last three words