fact, judging by the widening pool of blood reflecting the disc of the moon, he never would.
Violence still surged through my veins. The same cold rush Iâd experienced earlier in Don Griffithsâ basement when Iâd recognized thatâhowever I looked at thisâmore people were going to die. Releasing a ragged breath, I attempted to calm the rage within me.
Then it was as if sense kicked in.
Iâd just killed two men in the middle of a car park without concern for who might have witnessed the brutality. Sloppy work, Hunter, I admonished myself. I checked for anyone watching.
Across the way the cat was back. It sat looking at me as though nonplussed by the violence. This time the cat blinked first. Then it lifted a back leg and began licking. Maybe that was as near to a nod of approval as I could expect.
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