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Gods, she was alain and looked away frootten crossed in his brain They’d made it off the river and to the Stallion without a probles-for-hire hadn’t set up any kind of perih to slip away froet her to the city, he’d be able to ured out

“How are you going to fix this?” Douglass asked, eyes firmly on the road

“Who cares?” Kai joked “Money is money”

Peirce couldn’t help his grin Kai had a ton to learn if he intended to survive in the business “We need to talk to Arthur Gregson”

“And say what?” Now E intently

She didn’t need to know all the details

“That I don’t appreciate having inforood-naturedly “If we’d known thatto collect you, I’d have tripled my price” He stretched lazily

Douglass chuckled “You smart SOB”

“Why’s he smart?”

Since getting to the safety of the Stallion, Kai had been es, but now he grinned at Eht of Peirce “Your old ot any credits Even if he still wants you back, he can’t afford to retain us”

“And how is that a positive?”

“I just saved your ass and I’ every decision questioned?” Peirce asked, amused by her panicked tone

Douglass shot hi-such-an-asshole and said to Emmaline, “He’ll have to hire someone else to find you”

“So they’ll still be looking forto see how that’s a good thing”

“It’s not that co as you’re paying us, news’ll get out that trying to find you isn’t the smartest plan”