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es vacant, staring at the empty doorway as if

whisper in the silence. "Cyrus, you see? That girl i

to look at me. The look in hi

his voice unnervingly calm. "

nes who have been forcing me! Forcing me to g

me in front of the Merritts by revealing what Brett did! Now you insu

ally c

d been in. It was about his own wound

t, Cyrus. The Merritts will hate us n

were the f

f fatherly affection vanished from hi

he said flatly. "Yo

ialed a number. "It's me. Bri

k into a col

ke into a triumph

going to kill your own daughter?" I asked, my voice

a problem. For the good of this

w wife and her daughter?" I aske

in his jaw. He did

didn't beg. It w

that a rider can die on the road, but they never live on

entered the living room. These weren't the estate's usual security. Their eyes were colder, and they ca

nodded at C

th his chin. His voice was a frozen sliver

started

citement. Behind her, Brynlee peeked out, her

my people

s that I hadn't been able to protect everything my mothe

s were about to cl

u, get the

exploded from the di

.. it was

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