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“I’ve survived this long”

“Blind luck All the tricks I gave you are going to run out People are hunting you”

“And I’ll kill every last one of them, but I didn’t make this a call about me Who is she? Sarah never had a sister”

“You feel it, don’t you? I was right Sarah was just a connection to Tulip With her, you were never co You will give your life to protect her, won’t you?”

“I’ back”

“To protect her, you will As long as she is with you, she’s in danger, Landon You kno this works”

“I’ve h bastard The moment you saw her, you would have sohter and keep the other?”

There was a long pause Landon kneas doing it on purpose

“Yes”

“Fuck” He hung up the cell phone For soe reason, he was even more furious with the Smiths than he cared to be

Pocketing his cell phone, he walked back toward the house, taking the longest route possible He had a gun on his inside jacket and two knives strapped to his ankles Years of training had paid off Being under his uncle’s a

s where he truly learned to be himself, a killer

Arriving back at the house, the sarlic were heavy in the air He entered the kitchen to find Jade stirring a large pot

“What is it today?”

“I think it’s lasagna soup I could be wrong Really wrong” She nibbled her lip “I don’t knohat I’ve got” Her brow furrowed and she looked confused