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rage doors, soaking my heavy leather b
Turning on my heel, I walked toward the private w
soldered late into the night over the past three years-the
ping only my encrypted handwritten notebooks
ors, not the thunder of heavy Harleys, but the familiar
t into the shop, soaking wet, his dark
Cut submerged in the drum of black oil, a
the room and grabbing the strap of my duffel bag. "You threw
om his grip, my eyes dead and detached. "That cut be
harity. "Cathy is at the clinic and needs care. I only came back for her medical files. Ashl
Apologize? Colin Velazquez, has the
ing low and sharp. "I've handed my life over to anothe
gh. "Another man? Outside my territory, you can't even affo
drawers for Cathy's files and knocking a ceramic co
der as he strode back toward the rain. "When you're freezing an
wallowed by the storm. A sharp ache tightened across
stumbled backward, my spine slamming hard ag
carving a deep gash across my shoulder blaake a sound, then hauled the duffel bag over my shoulde
vigated the back alleys, heading three bl
d and bleeding, the front desk nurse, Bett
?" Betty rushed around the counter, wrappin
take records." I leaned against the wall, my
ough my shirt, gasped, and guided me quickly dow
le, the smell of antiseptic filling my lung
und like rolling thunder rolled down the empty street-dozens
panes in their frames, filling
blinds, her voice trembling. "It's... it's the Iron Phantom
, a genuine smile fin
phone and sent a single
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