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There were gru Julia’s lack of a backbone, which was a step forward

“Okay,” he said “Megan and Claire will go for help Take the baseball bat It’s better than nothing” He handed it to Megan

The twins nodded their agree looks of determination

“Everybody else will hunker down in the tower room while Ryan scopes out the situation Got it?”

“No,” Margaret said “We’re not going to hunker down I don’t even knohat that means If it means hide like a bunch of children, then no, on’t be doing that There are people out there threatening the wo and assault Caroline’s hooing to defend our castle”

The wo Joe’s protest As far as they were concerned, he was invisible and the leader of Knit Or Die was running the show

“To the tower,” Margaret shouted “Bring any weapons you can find”

The older woed from the room

“At least they’re defending the castle from inside the tower room,” said Caroline “Maybe once they’re in there you can convince them to hunker?”

Yeah, and now Joe’s head was really throbbing He asked hiain, why he’d decided to stay in Scotland when his best friend, Grunt, fell for Claire He could work anywhere With anyone He didn’t need to ith Lake’s security company He didn’t need to deal with the crazy women of Invertary

He turned to see Jena helping the very pregnant Abby up the stairs What were the chances stress would bring on early labour? Shit, he hoped not

“I e had hot oil,” one of those crazy grey-haired women shouted over her shoulder as she scurried from the room “We could tip it on their heads like in the old days”

“I have olive oil,” Caroline called as she hurried after them

Jean stopped to talk to Caroline “How much?”

“A couple of bottles”