No Mercy for the Past

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" came Anne's faint cry

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followed on t

sneering moments before, s

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is face turned to absu

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back, dug nails deep int

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was g

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, begging him to save o

g me cruel and selfish, s

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Katrina is

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ver the phone went from terr

, collapsing into Jed's arms

membered

daughter's cold bo

sooner, the kidnappers wouldn't have bee

absu

ed his own daught

opened my eyes and w

choice. It w

ed and my own p

nally snapped, cursing over the phone. "Do you k

replied, my

ed of color, lunging for the phone. "Amelia,

ing as he stumbled and

I said. "You chose Katrina and abandoned A

es twitching as he poin

, "Fine! Let's see how tough you are! W

na's screams pierced the

whimpered, softly

ed, the pain nearly

couldn'

hat panic and begging onl

yself to s

t if she loses a single hair, you get nothing. Don't mention Katrina. Her life means nothing to me. My husband's mo

ung

es red. "Amelia! Why did you hang up? K

ontorted face, my

ed calmly. "Your precious lo