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“Because I’rown ass wo years, Killian!” she screa it into the wall, her chest rising and falling quickly as she panted through her anger

“And whose fault is that?” I shot back, internally s myself for the stupid comment the second it left my mouth

“My fucking sadistic grandfather, you neanderthal!” she yelled, grabbingthe honey-colored liquid We’d officially pushed her to the drinking stage, which was a lot louder and a lot less fun than the violent stage

My phone rang then, and I held up a finger as I answered, her growl of frustration nearly feral when I shushed her

“Killian,” I answered, waiting for ive an update

“Boss, we’ve just had another shootout Weapons this ti out of breath

“We’re heading to Joe now,” I confirmed “Any casualties?”

“Only on their end, it was sloppy,” he said with a raspy laugh that ended in a cough

“Good work,” I finished, ending the call and turning to Keir “My o to Joe”

“Alright, Princess, we have awe can’tone of these fucking attacks You’re safer here, and it’s so soon that we don’t know if soht back into that bad place,” he said, the warning clear, but she looked even more defiant at that

“Then I’ll call an Uber and go the fuck hoh

“We can’t let that happen,” Ky said, sounding genuinely sorry “It’s too dangerous now You’re our biggest weakness, and we can’t risk so you”

“I’ way Of fucking course

“No,” I explained, “you’re ours,they could use you to make us compliant”

“This is ridiculous,” she growled “I’ away… I won’t!”