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The shots rang so loudly—hard enough to hurt her ear over the phone—that they made Clarissa jump to her feet.
“What the hell is going on there?” Clarissa glared at the gathering around the conference table in her office, daring a single department head to question her breaking the no-calls-during-meetings rule.
There were very few numbers she’d answer during a meeting, but she’d learned to always answer Miranda’s calls. Miranda’s calls were always high stakes. That Holly was the one actually on the phone only escalated the severity.
Besides, Holly Harper was simply too goddamn dangerous to ignore.
“Just a sec more. I need to see if this wally is really as stupid as he seems. My wager? If I carve my way in to check, I won’t find a brain at all.”
Clarissa made no apologies to her st
