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the door wit

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shoulder, her face

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beside the bed. Liam's skin was flushed,

she whispered. "He was laug

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movements sharp and practiced, but it felt like the world had slowed aro

and blood-was fi

dn't do a

streamed down her face as she clutched

d again, her voice broken. "I sho

appened no matter where you were. But here-h

is lungs are inflamed. We're administering a nebulizer and a n

la and I stepped ou

me the moment

. The enemies. Why was that man in the photo watching us? Don't sugarcoat anythi

, heart

s left behind. Every photo. Every connection. Every hint that Victor K

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el poisoned h

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ught was in my head,

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kness wasn

it in

o a secure location," I said.

ur world swallow us. I don't want Liam to g

ather allow

y cheek before I

loomed across my face-but it was noth

your help for three years. I worked two jobs. I watched him struggle

him medically fit, strugg

eels like I'm handing him over to wolves. You-your ene

re, stunned

. just maybe...

I was to protect something this fragile. This is real. Business, I understo

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ust that I told t

st happening fast

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er, Marcus retu

have footage. He met with a woman-Cynthia Delores. Former ch

od ran

s connected to

y," Marcus replied. "And I think we'

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e," Marcu

ready puttin

e. I want him to know I'm not scared. And I want him to unders

ust be careful. Kael doe

either,"

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, watching the lights flicker from the upper windows. M

tes we

he wanted me

him that I'm not afraid

pped through those gates

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