Ash Terrence had died a marked man.395Please respect copyright.PENANAVckcZEBYaU
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“Clean off your hands before you go home,” Olivia told him. She licked the blood from the corner of her mouth, and smiled. “Wouldn't want your mom to see what you've been doing.”395Please respect copyright.PENANAaSOiksjKDP
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Charlie nodded, his eyes on Carly. “What's going to happen to her?”395Please respect copyright.PENANABa41UqAbDa
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Liam followed his gaze: Carly was sitting down, her back against the couch, eyes fixated on the destroyed body of Ash Terrence.395Please respect copyright.PENANA1w4POsp3MN
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“Hopefully her unfinished business is through,” Liam said quietly. “Then she can go home. We all can. Her final wish was that we helped her, and we have.”395Please respect copyright.PENANA9oo7R10Kej
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“You'll be free of us soon enough,” Olivia replied, walking over. She looked at her friend. “She's full of regret.”395Please respect copyright.PENANA1G39Nmi5Q8
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“Regret?” Charlie answered, and he couldn't believe it. “For what? He left her to die!”395Please respect copyright.PENANAKTtUinyjU6
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“Easy there,” Olivia said, rolling her eyes. “I don't think that goes away. She wanted to hurt him, because he deserved it. An eye for an eye, isn't that the saying?”395Please respect copyright.PENANAkxIwlruLui
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“A life for a life,” muttered Liam.395Please respect copyright.PENANAlPV9oXa8MC
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“Basically.” Olivia frowned. “Hey, why do you look so sad? You got your revenge. You should be celebrating.”395Please respect copyright.PENANAbhXvSgRfyM
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“I killed someone,” Carly answered, her voice hoarse.395Please respect copyright.PENANAv2tNZrgY5n
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“He left you for dead, and correct me if I'm wrong, but you did die. He ran away, without taking you to a hospital. With their care, you could have lived. As far as I'm concerned, and you should be too, Ash Terrence is a murderer.”395Please respect copyright.PENANARXmVIgsulx
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It was Charlie who spoke. After hearing everything, he couldn't feel anything for the dead man, whose blood covered his hands. It was thick and warm, and to the untrained eye would have been mistaken for paint.395Please respect copyright.PENANAaAMnTXFQPO
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They had caused more carnage than Charlie had ever seen in his life; Liam, taking charge, had changed back into a wolf and ripped out Ash's throat, killing him instantly, and spraying the rest of them with his blood.395Please respect copyright.PENANABYWRZXfo6z
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None of this appeared wrong to the human boy, Carly noticed, when Ash took his final, choking breath. Charlie had stood over the mangled corpse, taking it all in.395Please respect copyright.PENANAAhL8yZGSeD
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This worried Liam, too, as he watched the scene in his fur, his brain struggling to understand the strange expression on Charlie's face. But when he was in his skin again he heard a thought that rattled him.395Please respect copyright.PENANARs15zss0gD
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Charlie Cross would become a killer.395Please respect copyright.PENANACa60YfCzdG