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The Overlord smiled a smile that was guaranteed to scare the bejesus out of any sane person. “You have Zoey’s camouflage ability.”

“Do I?” Eve’s smile matched the Overlord’s. “Where’s my daughter?”

Like magic Detja appeared and held out her hand. “We have much to talk about.”

Alarm filled Eve’s face. “Has something happened to Kira?”

“No. We need to talk about what happened to your daughter after she was taken.”

“Oh. That. Okay.” Eve took Detja’s hand, and an instant later, they were gone.

I asked the Overlord eagerly, “Did Quain know who put the bounty on me?”

“Yes.”

I did a happy dance. “That’s wonderful. Who is responsible?”

“I need to verify the information first.”

Well, that sucked. “Not even a tiny little hint?”

“No.”

“But I’m the one with a target on my back.”

Zarek bared his fangs. “Return to Tanith.”

“Yes, sir.”

“I’ll give her a lift,” Bree volunteered.

I always felt like a Munchkin standing next to her. Bree had to be a good six feet tall. “Thanks.”

Bree wrapped an arm around my waist and teleported.

Chapter Nineteen

Except for Bree and Zoey, all of us Jones girls look alike. We were petite with snub noses, pointy chins, and green eyes. Once we were in our warrior aka berserker mode, nothing scared us. Which drove our family nuts. Bad things happened when you got us mad. People blame it on our red hair. Wrong! Zoey had black hair, and she was all Jones. Bree was half Coletti, but the Jones’ chaos gene ruled her behavior. We were warriors and would fight to the death to protect those we love.

Case in point was Yakira. Even though she hadn’t been raised with us, she was a card-carrying Jones. She had our talent for mayhem, and her bionics made her strong enough to take on a warlord like Wulf. The poor guy discovered Yakira was his mate when she was only ten years old. Wulf had needed all his patience to track and keep her safe. The men in our lives always sucked it up and dealt with whatever trouble found us. Just like Yakira’s adopted family and Wulf had done.

The silly goose thought we would reject her because of her bionics. We quickly set her straight. The only thing that mattered was she had survived, and as a bonus, she had our talent for killing the Tai-Kok.

Eve kept touching Yakira as if she was afraid her daughter would disappear again. When Bui, Yakira’s baby Tabor, popped out her hair, Eve shrieked and tried to smack her with a tray.

“No, Mom!”Yakira jumped back.“Bui is family.”

“Family?”

“Yes, and my friend.”

“But she’s a spider,”Eve sputtered.

“Mom, the one thing I’ve learned, is family comes in all sizes, shapes, and species.

Tae and a herd of Tabors scurried into the room, ready to defend Bui.

All the color drained out of Eve’s face.

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