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Kira let Nick lead the way toward the house, only because he had a gun. She knew if she wasn’t exhausted and beaten up, she probably would have argued otherwise since it was her sister waiting inside. But at this point, she just wanted to find Kori and get this whole thing over with so she could concentrate on exposing Reid as the Procurer.
She found herself wondering how Rob was getting on with the external hard drive…
Focus. We’re here to find Kori.
She squared her shoulders and ignored the throbbing pain of her knee, head, and knuckles. She tucked her chin and followed Nick in a fighter’s crouch, her fists held ready. Trevor walked behind her, bringing up the rear. She winced as she heard him trip on a paved flagstone hidden beneath the untrimmed lawn—possibly even the same one h
