Chapter 5 Being Useful
Lily — Age Nine
The blood isn’t loud.
That’s the first thing I notice.
It’s not spraying or dripping or dramatic like in the movies Dad watches when he thinks I’m asleep. It’s just there, dark and smeared across the front of a man’s white T-shirt, spreading slowly, soaking into the cotton in ...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Cause
2. Chapter 2 Raised at the Bar
3. Chapter 3 The First Lie
4. Chapter 4 The Cost of Breaking Rules
5. Chapter 5 Being Useful
6. Chapter 6 Shade
7. Chapter 7 Learning to Hit Back
8. Chapter 8 The Question
9. Chapter 9 Crowned by Death
10. Chapter 10 The Night I Was Sent Away
11. Chapter 11 The Weight of It
12. Chapter 12 The Night Everything Clicked
13. Chapter 13 The Last Normal Night
14. Chapter 14 The Line I Crossed
15. Chapter 15 The Call
16. Chapter 16 The Lion's Den
17. Chapter 17 The Morning After
18. Chapter 18 Feeding the House
19. Chapter 19 Don't Make Yourself Smaller
20. Chapter 20 I Don't Answer to You
21. Chapter 21 Caleb's Secret
22. Chapter 22 She Was Always Meant for This
23. Chapter 23 The Summons
24. Chapter 24 The Offer
25. Chapter 25 You Belong to the Charter
26. Chapter 26 The Third Cut
27. Chapter 27 Hands Matter
28. Chapter 28 Ghost Don't Leave
29. Chapter 29 Recalibration
30. Chapter 30 The Car Runs
31. Chapter 31 No Ego
32. Chapter 32 Test 1
33. Chapter 33 The Wrong Audience
34. Chapter 34 When to Walk Away
35. Chapter 35 The West Side
36. Chapter 36 The Ride
37. Chapter 37 Instincts
38. Chapter 38 The Name
39. Chapter 39 Cold
40. Chapter 40 Eleven Minutes
41. Chapter 41 First Real Lead
42. Chapter 42 Test Run
43. Chapter 43 Ghosteye's Blood
44. Chapter 44 Protect the Crown
45. Chapter 45 Consequence
46. Chapter 46 The Explosion
47. Chapter 47 The Show
48. Chapter 48 Thrill
49. Chapter 49 More Work
50. Chapter 50 Out in the Sticks
51. Chapter 51 It's Everything
52. Chapter 52 Just like that
53. Chapter 53 Graves
54. Chapter 54 A Message
55. Chapter 55 Punishment
56. Chapter 56 Reacting
57. Chapter 57 Bloodlust
58. Chapter 58 Anger
59. Chapter 59 Burning
60. Chapter 60 Protection Plan
61. Chapter 61 Make it Loud
62. Chapter 62 Customer Service
63. Chapter 63 Normal Intel
64. Chapter 64 New Intel
65. Chapter 65 Takedown
66. Chapter 66 Trust
67. Chapter 67 Men
68. Chapter 68 Fucked it up
69. Chapter 69 Lunch & Lies
70. Chapter 70 The Table Doesn't Lie
71. Chapter 71 There's A Rat
72. Chapter 72 Lies & More Lies
73. Chapter 73 We do it my way
74. Chapter 74 Controll or Body-Bag
75. Chapter 75 Thinking like Us
76. Chapter 76 Say it Again
77. Chapter 77 The Past Once More
78. Chapter 78 Worst Mistake Maybe?
79. Chapter 79 Another Problem?
80. Chapter 80 A Pigeon
81. Chapter 81 Fake Arrival
82. Chapter 82 Left Behind... Again
83. Chapter 83 The Men Who Came Back
84. Chapter 84 Dead Man Walking
85. Chapter 85 Caged
86. Chapter 86 Don't Know What They Did
87. Chapter 87 Deal With It Later
88. Chapter 88 Eating Time
89. Chapter 89 Proof Finally
90. Chapter 90 I'll be back!
91. Chapter 91 Go For It
92. Chapter 92 Does it get any better?
93. Chapter 93 DONE
94. Chapter 94 Compromised
95. Chapter 95 We'll get there
96. Chapter 96 I hate you
97. Chapter 97 A Message
98. Chapter 98 I'm going to finish this!
99. Chapter 99 Chief Rourke
100. Chapter 100 They Be Coming for Me
101. Chapter 101 Even Death Can't Stop Me
102. Chapter 102 Recoup
103. Chapter 103 Plan
104. Chapter 104 Consequences
105. Chapter 105 Handled
106. Chapter 106 Feelings or nah?
107. Chapter 107 The start of something
108. Chapter 108 Important Decisions
109. Chapter 109 Can't help if your hurt
110. Chapter 110 No going back
111. Chapter 111 Preparation before battle
112. Chapter 112 Confession Time
113. Chapter 113 Love Crimes
114. Chapter 114 Steath
115. Chapter 115 Rotten
116. Chapter 116 Cages
117. Chapter 117 Fire
118. Chapter 118 Panicked
119. Chapter 119 Coldness
120. Chapter 120 Unknown Number
121. Chapter 121 Surviving the Blame Game
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