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Chapter 9

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Elias watched the man standing three paces from his wife.

Dylan Cross had blue eyes, a sharp jaw, and the rigid posture of someone trained to take orders. His hands stayed in his jacket pockets, but the knuckles strained against the fabric. His weight shifted forward, onto the balls of his feet, as
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