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“Relax. He didn’t tell him what was in it. He just confessed it was the reason he broke into the shop, but he basically admitted to not having a clue why his grandmother wanted it. Which would be good, except Tyler convinced him to find out why, exactly, his grandmother wanted it.”
“Meddling son of a bitch—”
“OK, Lawrence, you hate him. We get it. But you’re looking at this the wrong way,” Laria said in her typical no-nonsense tone. “This is how we can figure out what all Annabel knows. If she tells Zach, I’ll find out.”
“Are you going to sleep outside his window?” Torr asked, raising an eyebrow.
He was kidding. Sort of, anyway. But the look on Laria’s face said she planned to do just that.
“Laria, you need to be careful—”
“Says the only person who I saved from a wooden stake just last year.”
“Now hold on a minute—”
“I can take care of myself,” Laria said. “Besides, it’s gotten a bit boring around here. I’d like a bit of a challenge.”
“Boring?” Toni snorted. “If this is boring, I can’t imagine what kind of life you people lived before.”
Every person in the room turned to look at her, and Toni burst out laughing. “OK, maybe I can. Forget I said anything.” Torr was laughing with her when she shifted her gaze to him. It narrowed, and he knew he was in trouble.
“What’s this about not turning Charlotte?” she asked. “She told me all about it, and honestly, I’m with her. The girl has been through hell and back, and if I were her, I wouldn’t run around the world following you without any special powers either.”
His jaw wasn’t the only one that had dropped.
“What? No sense beating around the bush. Lawrence plans on turning me. So what’s it gonna be, Torr? I know my girl, and Charlotte will not back down. Turn her or lose her, that’s what I always say.”
Lawrence’s shoulders shook with laughter. “You’ve never once said such a thing.”
Despite the gravity of her words, Torr couldn’t help smiling at the pit bull that was his brother’s girlfriend.
Unfortunately, she wasn’t going to like his answer.
He didn’t much like it either.
