Chapter 40 Release the Dogs
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With a sharpick, the overhead lightstickered in, bathing the cage in wharsh white light. When someone yanked of the hood, the man quickly covered his eyes. His vision, unused to light after hours in the duck, took a long moment to au
After several momentets, he managed to park through the cage bors. About six feet away, an elegantly deedman in a custom saltaron leather couch, casually swirling also red The meated poon’s face was one behinda umbier mask adorned with sharp ang “Omni Enterpine’s head hanger, Kevin Walker?“.
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from inside the cage, Kevin gripped
Headphone out to an
talha, song, “Who are you? Why did you?
and when he was ached and brought in this hillbak
Then, a dicked the man’s long fingers, landing at Rest’s it. Bevin’s eyes wide in hohen he cow the blood–red initial emblazoned on in “Le
“Living Choor!” Kevin gasped
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y that would do anything for the sight pics. They hadnoloyalty, scruples. They only cared
Kevin’s mind wondering how he had landed on their ae. He demanded, “who hired you to capture me?
The marked man velce dripped with maker, “Our rules forbid from eling our clients, but the information in your head is worth three million dollars.”
Kevin an inhinos, paled as the blood drained from his late “What information? I don’t know anything”
These messed his legs and leaned forward, casting his elbows on his kne. “Three‘ Leven asked my question yet, Mr. Walker Why so quick to demy?”
Then, he chuckled as he raised his hand. The next moment, a horrific scraping of metal
Kevin spun around to several in black dogging
the
Ithacamack dogs, each one larger than
concelled the room.
cage from the darkness. His eyes widened in the collapsed to his
The dog the gayes on kovin, baring their teeth as if eyeing their next meal.
When one the men while supply, the pack raped into a drency of snarling and snapping that would have to Kevinto pieces if not for the ages.
Kevin’s endi body shook the cowered in the core of hissage, his eyes wide with terror. His voice dammered uncontrollably, “W–W–What are you d–doing?
The masked man caned one finger, and the dogs instantly del sem. “Ma: “Walker, I have two questions. You can chase to answer them–or not.”
The man and back casually into the couch. “Sicparsa, Lambert Group’s chairman died in a suspicion fire. It was your dog, want? Who ordered you to do
“Someone’s investigating the Lambert family case fuses sit peais age?” Kevin poped at the man in shock. His mind cared with good billicit is deur compt in
“I’m the creaking question here,” the masked man statedvoldly.
“13 in Christap here? * Kevin scrambled to his fest, pripping the cage burs. “Is Christopher the one investiguing?””
The man’slucuvadinta a mocking ande. “Do you really want to know? That information will cost you dive million dollan.“
Kevin began rambling frantically. “trimast be him! it has to be Why else would Peter suddenly show up in Gilmore City? He had changed his name and left. If he hadn’t appeared, I wouldn’t have gone long for him and ended up here
He continued mumering “Only Chebropter would reopen Exvid’s case after six years. But it was just an accident. It was just an accident”
The man seemed to lose pudience and rouched his temple in incitation, “Mir arfer, you have these second”
Kevin shock the cage desperately, peling, “wobody andered me to do anything thadnating to dawihiirvila pendent
Realking that evin was not going the minstood up, adjusting his all jack. Then, he walked away with one hand in his pocket and dispecedime the shadows, looking death
As the dim light abscured his features, he stopped, removed his mask, and tossed it at vin’s. He commanded, “Release the dogs.”
Ben’s cram echoed through the dock basenient. It grew nuetragle by the second, continuing ended in the night.
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Aber brishing an entire bottle, she lapped her glam. the surred, “Another bottle.”
Josephine watched her with concem.““You’re drunk Trucan’t have any more drinks“,
“I’m drunk!” Adeline pouted Deeryone always said you could not feel sad if you wou drank, but the felt imbatable–to–dearly, she was not drank yet
Aiman from the dance floor had bearing her a while, adoring how her har de hugged her care and showed off her long legs Songbow intrated she was, he approached andplandichandon her sare shoulde
He asked, “They beautiful, drinkingaloreTM
Belaue Adeline boulderen react, Josephine marked his bond any. She said krily, “She married with an right–year–old kid Maver along”
The mantled and walked away juntas Rodino the club. She quickly spotted Adeline slumped over the bat cour
“Finally, you’re here,”Imephine said, feeling roll. She had been trying to manage her shift while kamping an eye on Adeline all night.
hat happened? Why is she drunk?” asked with care.
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“I’m not being Adele suddenly shout, he had inapping up any focus on Josephine as she waved her handikurally
She continued, “Tindipo The hottest one qua’ve got beton have unclendar daya!”
