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walked into the room. “If you’re in trouble you’re going to have to trust
us. I’m Milo. How about you tell me who you are.”
    She
looked up at him. Milo seemed intimidating at first, but the white dress shirt
and jeans made him more approachable. His dark hair was nearly the same shade
as Tad’s, but his eyes were different. Milo’s were a crystal blue, full of
light, love, and warmth. It wasn’t until he stepped completely out of the
shadows that she saw the shoulder holster and gun, pushing the fear back to the
forefront of her mind again.
    “I’m
Courtney, Lisa’s daughter.” She cringed as Tad cleaned her wound, pain sending
black spots through her vision. She tried to focus on Tad to force the spots
away. “You told me you weren’t a murderer, so why do you both have guns?”
    “Protection,
nothing more. I told you what people would do to catch us. It’s a dangerous
time for our kind right now.” He used a butterfly bandage to keep the wound
together. “Courtney, you’re going to need to trust us.”
    “We
can feel your fear as if it was our own,” Milo explained as he came closer. “It
teases along the air until it feels like it’ll choke me. What are you running
from?”
    “Something
bad, real bad.” She shook her head and tried not to think about everything she’d
lost so far. “Being around me is dangerous for you. If you live close or can go
to your friend’s house, you should before they find me.”
    Tad
and Milo shared a look before shaking their heads. Tad laid his hand over hers.
“Not happening. That’s no way to repay Lisa. Now they, as in this
Jeffery you mentioned before and who else?”
    “Jeffery
Park, he’ll see me dead before I can testify against him.” Her body shook with
memories of the night that got her into this situation. “He’s why I ran, why I
came home. I didn’t want to put Mom in danger but I didn’t know where else to
go. When they blew up my house, I hoped I would be pronounced dead and he
wouldn’t keep hunting me.”
    “Tell
us why he’s after you.” Milo came and knelt next to her. “We can keep you safe,
but we need to know what we’re up against.”
    “No
one can protect me. The U.S Marshal that was assigned to me was killed. I was
waiting for the reassigned one, Quinn. He was on his way when…” She took a deep
breath. “Jeffery is the U.S. contact for a drug smuggling operation. He accepts
the deliveries and distributes them. I was covering the story about the
increase in drugs on the streets, when I saw him murder two of the dealers for
not making their minimal sells. I went to the police. I knew I would be in
danger, but I thought they would keep me safe. Keep him locked up until the
trial…but he’s out on bail. I can’t believe a man like that can be out, with
all the evidence against him. What is our legal system coming to if he can kill
two people and be out on bail? It’s not just my word, there’s DNA evidence.”
She knew she was rambling, but it felt good to finally be able to tell someone.
    “It’s
okay, we’ll keep you safe.” Tad ran his fingers over her knuckles. “The system
doesn’t always work like we want or need it to. If he has connections or enough
money then bail can be given. It doesn’t matter, nothing is going to happen to
you.”
    “You
can’t protect me against him. No one can. He’ll kill from a distance. By the
time you know he’s there, it’ll be too late.”
    Tad
shook his head. “No, it won’t. We’ll be able to smell him before he gets near
you. You just need to relax.”
    “It
wouldn’t be U.S. Marshal Quinn Evans, would it?” Milo inquired.
    “Yes.
Do you know him?”
    Milo
nodded. “I’ll contact him to let him know you’re safe and see where things
stand.” He laid his hand on her leg and the connection flared to life.
    A
tingling warm sensation shot through her, opening her up completely to the both
of them. It was like a current of electricity was moving through