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beings. It would be wise to keep them close to you at all times. You have a much better chance of survival if they stay close.”
    “Yes, well, they were needed elsewhere,” Stuart said. “Now, let’s get back to…”
    “Hold on, if I may,” Kramer interrupted. “I am getting the impression they are not scouting ahead and are handling something else entirely.”
    “Yeah, well, after what you have told me, I won’t be letting you in on what that is,” Stuart said. “Now, as for…”
    “You couldn’t possibly be so stupid as to send them where I think you sent them, could you?” Kramer snapped. “Please tell me they are not on their way to Atlanta.”
    “I won’t tell you that,” Stuart smiled, “because they aren’t on their way.”
    “Oh, good,” Kramer replied.
    “They should already be there,” Stuart continued. “And if what you say is true, then they are the perfect people to get the information we need on the Consortium.”
    “You idiots!” Kramer shouted as he got to his feet. “You morons! Do you know what you have done? You have handed those girls to the woman that started it all! Camille Thornberg will find them and she will use them however she wants!”
    “They won’t let her,” Elsbeth smiled. “My sisters know that my mama is not a good person. They’ll fight.”
    “No, they will not!” Kramer yelled. “Camille was involved with my work at every step! She has all of my research and notes! The system I worked with was copied instantly to her system! That woman knows not only what those girls are capable of, but also she knows how to control them! You just gave her what she wants! You just gave her the way to kill not only us, but every settlement left! You fucking idiots have killed yourselves!”
    That brought the room down. No one said a thing as we all stared at the raving old man. Elsbeth was even quiet.
    Which left it up to me, as usual.
    “So we gave the Consortium seven killing machines which can now be put under Camille’s control and turned against us? Is that what you are saying?” I asked. “But surely that will take time. It’s not like she can press a button and the girls are hers to control, right?”
    “It’s exactly like that!” Kramer said as he pulled what looked like a car remote from his pocket. “Just like this!”
    He pressed the button on the remote and pointed it at Elsbeth.
    “Show them, Carly!” he shouted. “Kill them all!”
    Elsbeth frowned. She looked about at us, and then at the thing Kramer held in his hand.
    “I ain’t gonna kill them,” she said. “They’re my family.” She pulled a blade and smiled at Kramer. “But I am gonna kill you. Goodbye.”
    Oh, shit…
    “No,” Stella said calmly, but firmly. “You’re not killing anyone tonight, El.”
    “Creepy old man needs to die,” Elsbeth replied, her eyes locked onto Kramer. “I call dibs on the killing.”
    “No dibs!” Stella snapped. “Put your blade away now, El! I’m not going to tell you again!”
    We all looked around at each other with the same thought going through our heads:
    What the fuck is Stella gonna do to stop Elsbeth?
    “You want to be a part of this family? Then you listen to me when I tell you to put away your blade,” Stella said.
    “I’m not a child,” Elsbeth growled, here eyes never wavering from her death glare towards Kramer. “Don’t talk to me like I’m a child.”
    “Then put away the blade,” Stella said. “You aren’t killing this man, no matter how much you want to.”
    “Thank you,” Kramer said.
    “Or how much he deserves it,” Stella continued. “He is the only person that may know what is going on and how we survive it. We need all the information from him we can get.” Stella moved between Elsbeth and Kramer and leaned down right in the man’s face. “You cooperate and show that you are useful, you live. The second you stop being useful, or show me a hint of betrayal, and I let her do whatever she wants to you.