Elemental Assassin 02 - Web of Lies

breathing much longer. Deveraux sisters.”
    “Fine. We’ll move on to the next person, then.” Jonah
    “I don’t care about those two dwarven bitches,” Jonah McAllister leaned down and grabbed my brown ponytail, snapped. “You could easily kill both of them.”
    pulling my face up to his. “You talk to the cops about Mab gave a delicate shrug of her shoulders. “Perhaps. this, bitch, and you will die. Understand me?”
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    Cops? oh, I had no intention of going to the cops. No siree. I was going to handle this matter all by my lonesome. But to keep up the act, I let out a low groan and nodded my head. Satisfied that I was suitably cowed this time, McAllister let go. I flopped back onto the ground.
    “Let’s get out of here,” the lawyer growled. “The bitch dripped blood all over my coat.”
    Jonah McAllister stepped over my prone body and disappeared into the darkness. Elliot Slater and the other two giants followed him. But Mab Monroe stayed where she was and studied me with her dark gaze. Her power washed over me again, the invisible, fiery needles pricking my bloody skin. I bit back another groan.
    “I do hope you’ve learned your lesson this time, Ms. Blanco,” Mab said in a pleasant voice. “Because Jonah’s right. Next time you cross one of us—any of us—you will die. And I promise you that it will be far more excruciating than what you’ve experienced here tonight.”
    A bit of black fire flashed in her eyes, backing up her deadly promise. Mab Monroe smiled at me a moment longer, then turned on her boot heel and vanished into the cold night.
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