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The color drained from Claire’s face as she looked past his shoulder

Heart pu at breakneck speed, he spun around

Franklin

A listened in the other The big ar, cracked his knuckles and pointed at Jake “You’re all mine”

Claire gasped

Operating purely on instinct, he hurled hi him out of the doorway “Run, Claire!”

Her bare feet sainst the tarmac as she cleared the doorway Jake stea hi and grappling

With a lol, the big ainst Jake’s forehead Pain spiraled through his skull and everything went black Unable to defend hiround on top of a pile of paint chips

“I a to enjoy my time with that little lady” Franklin drove his cruel words home with a kick to Jake’s side

His body screalow to it, but he could see The red flakes scattered on the ground in front of hi Claire, Jake wasn’t above fighting dirty

Franklin stood, watching Claire as she dashed toward the baggage cart Jake would be dale strand of auburn hair on her head

Letting out a yowl of fury, Jake swung out one leg and swept the goon off his feet The big man landed with a thuh a trailer park, Jake grabbed a handful of paint chips and ground the howled as he pawed at his injury

Jake struggled up, his lungs heaving and head pounding He turned in tiht for Burlington’s jet on the opposite side of the taret herself killed

Sprinting toward her, he second guessed his every ton’s story about the phone’s and flash drive’s inored his better judgton threatened his dad, he’d almost turned on Claire Since he’d met her, she’d been beaten up, had her hoed, her restaurant torched and now this

Sprinting toward her, he fought past the pain craed breath Terror wrenched his heart apart He’d never reach her before she smashed into the jet