"Wait, don‘t leave yet—" Garrett reached for her hand and tried to stop her.

Laney shook off his hand and shouted, "Get away from me!"

Before Garrett could respond, she ran out the door with her luggage.

"If they want me, then they‘ll have to come and get me!" Garrett rubbed his temples.He knew he couldn‘t stop her.

Laney went straight to the Pole Shadow.

The people there hadn’t seen her in weeks, so they all thought that something bad had happened to her.

After all, the news that the Burke family wanted her dead had spread some time ago.

"Laney, I think you should leave the country and go into hiding for a while," someone suggested, their voice riddled with worry.

But Laney didn‘t want to run away.She had been staying with Garrett for nearly half a month and was bored out of her wits.

stay vigilant.I‘ll kill

looked so confident, no one tried to talk her

with the organization

normally do,

the Burkes just let her go?

quiet, Laney began to look for a place to stay near the Pole

saw one of the hit men when she visited a housing rental agency.It was their leader, the tattooed man.He was chewing gum with his hands in

straight at him, he stopped and greeted her casually, "Oh,

eyes went as

tattooed man shrugged and walked past her, showing no

you on a mission?" Laney followed him

need

raised his eyebrows and

called off.Your boyfriend talked to the Burke family himself and asked them to let you go, so

"My boyfriend?"

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