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I didn’t worry about being seen.

Death stalked me as surely as I stalked them. This was just a game to see how many I could bring with me before my end.

Kicking his corpse aside and closing the door, I stalked into his home and found the other bastard sitting on the couch. On the coffee table lay playing cards.

But not just any cards.

Pictures of women.

Some naked.

Some crying.

All of them unwilling.

I’d interrupted a trade. A deal.

The other guy leapt to his feet and reached behind his back.

I lodged a bullet in his chest before he found his weapon. Leaping over the couch, I put another three in him…just to be sure.

Rolling him onto his stomach, I snatched his gun, gathered the gruesome cards, and slipped out the door.

Two down…how many to go before I could rest?

Chapter Twenty-Seven

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Ily

“HE’SWHERE?”

Q rolled his eyes as if my constant questions pissed him off. “I justtoldyou. He’s hunting. But he’s not in any condition to wage war, and he won’t get far targeting the sort of men he’s after—”

“Wait.” My head swam. “He’s huntingpeople?”

“Putain,” he snarled and raked both hands through his hair. “If you know my brother well enough to be in love with him, then you should know what he’d do the minute he saw you flatline. He couldn’t cope. He stole Dr Harl’s car and has turned off my phone. The GPS location says he’s made two stops to addresses of men on my list. He’s now in the Eurotunnel to England.”

“Your list?”

“Fuck, I don’t have time for this!”

“You came to me!”

“He’s getting revenge, don’t you see? He’s committing suicide by rapist.”

My heart stopped. “But I didn’t die.”

“He doesn’t know that.”

“Then we need to tell him!”

“That’s what I’m trying to do!”

“We’ll go get him.” I swung my legs out of bed. I went dizzy. “I’ll come. We’ll bring him back. He can see for himself that I’m—”

“You can’t go anywhere. It’s too soon, and I won’t run the risk of you dying again. I just…” Slapping a phone into my hand, he barked, “Keep ringing him. Maybe you’ll have better luck than me and will be able to get through.” Striding to the door, he huffed, “I’ll fly to the UK and track him down. Tell Tess to call me if you manage to speak to that idiot.”

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