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mother.
    Sincerely,
    Skryker
    Unbelievable. He knew exactly where my pressure point was: Martinez. Even if Liam wasn’t convinced Martinez was behind the bombing, I was. And despite the fact that I hadn’t quite let myself think this way, I needed to see Martinez pay for what h e’d done to my family. I’d done such a good job of resisting the all-consuming need for revenge. Between Dr. T’s healing words, Liam’s distracting touch, Mathews’s stern gaze, my mom’s debilitating cold shoulder, the paparazzi’s nearly constant attention, and the perpetual threat of prosecution, I’d all but let Martinez go.
    But now the need for justice boiled up, surging through my body in a way I could no longer suppress. As I stared at a picture of Martinez ordering a drink at a bar, hatred clouded my vision and wrapped itself around my heart. If it weren’t for him, I would be at home with my mom and dad. Jack Rose would be alive, and Jane Rose would be safe. We might have been a family with flaws, but we were a family nonetheless. And now we were hardly anything. We were in ashes.
    What if Skryker and Quinn could help me get justice—the one thing I most desperately desired?
    “Are you OK?” Liam asked from the doorway. I jumped as if h e’d just caught me in my underwear.
    “I didn’t hear you coming,” I said, flustered. I gathered all the papers and photos and covered them with the envelope. Why did I feel like I needed to hide this from him? He was the one I shared everything with.
    “You opened it, eh?” Liam said, furrowing his brow before joining me on the bed. “I thought you might wait for me.”
    “Sorry. You can look if you want.” I moved the envelope off the papers. “It’s information on Martinez, proof that he’s been here in HB. It’s from the Agent Skryker guy I told you about. The man that Mathews and I went to see two days ago. The man with the vague proposition.”
    “Right. So, he thinks it was Martinez who set the bomb, too, huh?” Liam said, scanning through the information.
    “Seems that way. There are phone logs to prove he was in Southern California, a list of explosive materials they believe he was in possession of, and pictures of him hiding in plain sight,” I explained. “Who else would’ve had motive? He’s not done with me.”
    Liam blew out a breath after he read Skryker’s letter. “I don’t know. I just though t . . . ” He looked at my tired eyes. “I don’t know what I thought. C’mere.” Liam pulled me close, then laid us down on the bed. Heat emanated through his thin shirt as our chests pressed together. I would never get used to being this close to Liam Slater. His fresh scent swept me out of my misery, if only for a few moments.
    “Let me get you out of here for a few days,” Liam whispered in my ear. “Let’s get away from Skryker and Martinez and hospitals and everything. I know you want to do something, go after Martinez somehow. But sometimes taking a step away from the problem helps you see the solution better.”
    Liam was right. He was almost always right. I could sit in the hospital waiting room for who knew how many days, doing nothing. I could go talk to Mathews, who wouldn’t tell me anything except to go away. I could stay here at Dr. T’s, putting her in danger. Or I could go to the mountains for two days and take a moment to breathe, to train, to shoot, to prepare.
    “OK, I’ll go,” I whispered into his chest so softly, I wasn’t sure he heard me.
    “Seriously?” Liam pulled away to look at my face. “You’ll go?”
    “Yes, but I want to be back by Friday—or earlier if needed, OK?”
    Instead of expressing how excited he was with words, he showed me with his lips. They were on mine, firm and eager. His hands were on either side of my face, locking me in. As his kiss grew deeper, he rolled me on my back and lay on top of me. At first, the pressure of his weight made me feel slightly claustrophobic, but then the feeling of his

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