This was the calling card Darroc had tacked to the front door of BB&B, demanding I come to him through the Silvers if I valued their lives. That Barrons had left it for me now told me one thing: He had rescued my mom and dad before I’d IYD’d him into the Silvers. But he hadn’t given me the picture as a present or to make me feel better. He’d left it for the same reason Darroc had. To make the same point. I have your parents. Don’t fuck with me. Okay, so he was a little pissed off at me. I could deal with that. If he’d killed me, I’d be a little pissed off, too, no matter how irrational it was.
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