CHAPTER 68: HAZEL

“Thank you,” she mouthed to the woman, pinching the front of the hoodie in order to show

what she was actually grateful for. The woman simply nodded and then turned to gesture to a younger

girl who was practically her double. Then she lifted her head and addressed the first of the two men

who were trying to force everyone toward the back door. “We’re ready to go.”

Finally, when the two men weren’t looking, she gave Snarl a glance and a curt nod. Snarl barely

acknowledged it with a nod of his own before turning to the two men and asking, “Louie, Carlos, are

we ready?”

The two men glowered at him for a moment, and Hazel feared that maybe Snarl had spoken out

of turn. Snarl, you aren’t second here! she thought, gritting her teeth against the urge to leap to his side

and face them with him. Yet Snarl stood his ground, staring back as though he was ready and raring for

a fight. Luckily for Hazel, the men turned to each other, and a silent word seemed to pass between them

before t