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Chapters (68)
  1. Biding Time
  2. Dedication
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Prologue
  5. Chapter One
  6. Chapter One
  7. Chapter Two
  8. Chapter Three
  9. Chapter Four
  10. Chapter Five
  11. Chapter Six
  12. Chapter Seven
  13. Chapter Eight
  14. Chapter Nine
  15. Chapter Ten
  16. Chapter Eleven
  17. Chapter Twelve
  18. Chapter Thirteen
  19. Chapter Fourteen
  20. Chapter Fifteen
  21. Chapter Sixteen
  22. Chapter Seventeen
  23. Chapter Eighteen
  24. Chapter Nineteen
  25. Chapter Twenty
  26. Chapter Twenty-One
  27. Chapter Twenty-Two
  28. Chapter Twenty-Three
  29. Chapter Twenty-Four
  30. Chapter Twenty-Five
  31. Chapter Twenty-Six
  32. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  33. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  34. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  35. Chapter Thirty
  36. Chapter Thirty-One
  37. Chapter Thirty-Two
  38. Chapter Thirty-Three
  39. Chapter Thirty-Four
  40. Chapter Thirty-Five
  41. Chapter Thirty-Six
  42. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  43. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  44. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  45. Chapter Forty
  46. Chapter Forty-One
  47. Chapter Forty-Two
  48. Chapter Forty-Three
  49. Chapter Forty-Four
  50. Chapter Forty-Five
  51. Chapter Forty-Six
  52. Chapter Forty-Seven
  53. Chapter Forty-Eight
  54. Chapter Forty-Nine
  55. Chapter Fifty
  56. Chapter Fifty-One
  57. Chapter Fifty-Two
  58. Chapter Fifty-Three
  59. Chapter Fifty-Four
  60. Chapter Fifty-Five
  61. Chapter Fifty-Six
  62. Acknowledgments
  63. Other Titles by Lyn Gardner
  64. Going on Red
  65. Choices
  66. Born Out of Wedlock
  67. Give Me A Reason
  68. Mistletoe

“I’m not your enemy, Bennett, and if you had watched your children being killed like I had to watch my entire fucking family being massacred, can you honestly say you wouldn’t have done exactly what I did to avenge their deaths?”

A long moment passed, and Bennett’s eyes settled back to brown. She couldn’t argue Ruby’s point. If someone had murdered her children, Bennett would have moved heaven and earth to make them pay. Bennett slipped the blade back into her boot. “Once you speak to the council, I want you out of my brownstone, out of my city, and out of my life. Is that clear?”

“Yes.”

Bennett returned to staring out the window and tried to rein in what was left of her anger. A minute later, the phone in her pocket vibrated. Letting out a long breath when she saw the Caller ID, she accepted the call. “Fallon, it’s not really a good time. Can I call you later?”

“Um…sure, but I just have a quick question,” Fallon said, sneaking another peek through the drapes. “Did you send some of your friends over here?”

Chapter Forty

Other than one minor meltdown when Aiden had to give up on chasing monkeys and bananas so his brother could race virtual cars around a virtual track, the night had been everything Fallon had hoped for. It had been quiet, and it had been peaceful.

Fallon and Kenna had always been astute students, and upon entering high school, they did what many did not. They immediately began taking AP courses. Although neither had settled on any one profession, Fallon’s mind rarely rested, so courses in Computer Science, English Literature, and Psychology had helped ease the boredom until the end of her sophomore year. That’s when Fallon’s mindset shifted to something else, and that something else was one word. Guardian.

She had no clue what it would entail, but she knew Bennett, and the courses Fallon chose showed it. World History, European History, and Art History now filled her time, and she loved them all. She hadn’t known she had a passion for the past or for the masters of artwork adored by millions, yet she did. So, absorbed in reading about Michelangelo, when Fallon heard a car door slam, she nearly jumped out of her skin.