“The people who are after Charlotte are young, inexperienced. They’re not hitmen, they’re not professionals. Think about it: the school board’s denied our requests for extra security. Why? Because they want this to be a challenge. Jenica wrote it down plain as day: this is an initiation.” Church’s nostrils flare, and I realize then just how fucking smart he really is. He could run circles around the rest of us if he wanted to. “Even that quote about the foxes, the one from the Bible: Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that plunder the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom. It’s a
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