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Fired. Fired. The thought was so shocking that the words kept repeating in the back of Merry's brain. Even while she took care of business—cleared her stuff from the News-Gazette office, met with Human Resources, dressed for the party, made her confession to Will and his brothers—the impossible reality mocked her in an endless loop. Fired. You're fired. Fired.
The only thing that broke the fog was the expression on Will's face as he lashed her with that question. You knew?
Why hadn't she said something earlier? Maybe she could have stopped this disaster. She could have protected those four brothers. Even though they were all big, strong warrior types—except maybe Aiden—a father's murder cut to the core. And now they'd have to relive the entire thing.
And she could have stopped it. N
