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"All set?" Curtis asked

"Al out of the drawer and spun around, so black and metal in his hand

She had a second to register the handgun with a silencer attached before the muffled shot boomed in her ears, a million times louder than it was in reality Curtis went down but left half of his head on the wall behind him

“I’m not normally a violent man,” Warren said, his voice cold “But loose ends are meant to be tied”

Leah couldn't breathe Couldn't think Panic roared in her ears She yanked at the Duct taped bonds securing her foreared at the ones holding her calves to the chair legs By the tih for her to think any single thought beyond "get out" she realized Warren had disappeared down the hall leading away fro her alone with the dead hts

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Drew

There was no way in hell Dreaiting until tomorrow to rescue Leah That little lie had only been to buy some time and make Law feel like he was in control In reality, Drew and Lexie had kicked it into high gear He'd pulled rank for the last time in Catfish Creek and the sheriff's office SWAT was on its way By the tio time

He set down his night scope next to the rest of the weapons he'd gathered The surface of his kitchen table was invisible under the aroing to chance Leah's safety on being short a box of bullets The thoughton the job had been the only thing keeping hiotten off the phone with Law He—scratch that—Leah couldn't afford for him to surrender to the what-ifs and could-happens

He glanced down at his cell sitting in the "

"I've narrowed it down to two possibilities," the hacker's voice crackled out of his cell phone's crappy speaker

His gut clenched "Possibilities? I thought you were good"

"Fuck you very ic people out of thin air"

Shit

He dialed back the anxiety again "You're right I'm sorry"