"By the way, you have to be careful," Gina warned the Talnamese. "He's a martial artist or something."

It only left the Talnamese laughing.

"Don't worry, we're all martial artists too!"

"Hell, Talc is Ascendant rank!"

"Oh, we're really not worried about some Draconian martial artist. Not many people can best Talc in a fight, save for the Lord of the Southern Woods!"

For some reason, Gina felt a gnawing sense of foreboding as she watched the Talnamese joke among themselves confidently.

"You're so smart, Aunt Gina!" Cindy praised.

"Shut up! It's all your fault!" Gina snapped, and Cindy awkwardly turned away.

that after selling the

the Talnamese planned to squeeze Cindy for five billion when they learned about the ruby falling to the black market, and they needed that much to buy it back. And since

while getting the two billion dollar check Helen brought over for the

Gina could not afford the remaining three billion either and had to call Helen, staging yet another kidnapping like Cindy

could bring the three billion, so Gina sold out Frank as

at all anyway, and her family might well have a

was what she told herself even as she called Frank and told him where

Screech-

brakes, stopping his Maserati

and Ned alighted, managing to arrive quickly thanks to the details Gina

sight ready to ambush them, so the Talnamese must

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