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All three men started talking at once.
“You what?” Trevor blurted.
“You know who the Pale Lady is?” Nick demanded.
Rob let off a stream of rapid Spanish, punctuated by curses that amounted to something along the lines of, ‘What the hell do you think you’re doing? This is my sisters we’re talking about.’
More or less, anyway.
Kira raised her hands in defense. “I know it sounds crazy. But it makes sense. She already has a network in place—people who know how to watch and stay out of sight. No one knows who she is, or even that I’ve made contact with her. Invisible protection. The Procurer won’t even know it’s there.”
She turned to Rob. “And neither will your sisters. They can continue their daily lives without being dragged into this mess. They never have to know.”
“Except they’ve
