Sanctuary by Terri Anne Browning

Author:Terri Anne Browning [Browning, Terri Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

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Mom pressed her thumbs into her temples and heaved a frustrated sigh. “There isn’t a Morgan alive who hasn’t been a pain in my ass. Why I expected anything different from that idiot family, I’ll never know.” Dropping her hands to her sides, she balled them into fists and started pacing. “They can’t give me any peace, and now one of them is putting everything we’ve worked our asses off to build at risk? No. I won’t allow it to happen. They’ll have to kill me before I let anyone tear down Sanctuary.”

“Don’t say shit like that,” Dad groused. “No one is going to get close enough to hurt you or this place. We’ll deal with it, Gracie. Just give us a chance to sort everything out.”

“Sort it out? It’s been fucking sorted. Raven dealt with Amy last night, and now I’m going to handle Clint Morgan.”

“Gracie—”

“Don’t ‘Gracie’ me in that tone, Hawk Hannigan. I’ve sat back and let you take everything else on, but this is too personal. That bastard used that sweet girl in an attempt to…” She threw up her hands. “Fuck, I don’t even know what he was trying to do. Who sells their kid to convicts, let alone the other bullshit that went on? Nishia was put through hell—for what purpose?”

I leaned back against the door to my apartment, watching my parents after Max and I had explained what we’d learned on our trip to Arizona. Mostly Max had done the talking, while I stood there listening and watching the others’ reactions. My mother very rarely cursed, but when she did, it was a hell of a show. She was a sweet, tiny woman, but once her temper was engaged, she was a firecracker.

Meanwhile, my aunt Raven stood between her husband and son, listening intently, her analytical mind already working. She wasn’t even close to a firecracker. The woman scared the fuck out of the majority of the residents in Creswell Springs, because when her temper was lit, she was a fucking nuclear bomb. Everyone who had even heard the name Raven Reid had seen her angry far too many times not to know that for a fact.

“We need more information on Morgan,” Uncle Bash spoke up. “Who can we put on it?”

“Nova,” Max and I said at the same time.

“No.” He shook his dark head.

“Dad, come on,” Max argued with his father. “You act like she’s still a little kid. Nova could kill us all with her pinkie finger and not even break a sweat.”

“She’s just a baby—”

“A baby who can take out an entire cartel,” Max cut in, making his dad glare at him. He shrugged. “Am I lying? Go on, I’ll wait. What was that? I don’t hear you arguing. Get pissed all you want, but tell me I’m overselling her abilities. All we expect is her to tail the motherfucker, not kidnap him and take him to one of Vituccis’ warehouses to torture for days. I mean, she could if she wanted to, but we’re not gonna ask her to do that, okay? There’s minimal risk.

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