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said, jumping to his feet and grabbing his jeans.
    Alice grabbed his arm to stop him. “Landon, no. You can’t take them all.”
    “Get dressed,” he barked and lifted the phone on the wall and started punching in numbers. “We’ve got a strike team coming in from the east.”
    He hung up, looked around the small room, grabbed his gun, and shoved it in his jeans while they watched the images on the screen. The flash of red from the machine guns came in quick succession. One was aimed at the entire lower floor and the other up to the second when they noticed two more men at the front of the house. The shooters opened fire, as Landon and Alice watched the unimaginable happen.
    Landon moved to the phone, picked it up, and punched in more numbers. “We’ve got five, armed with machine guns, Avery. Alice and I are in the safe room. Hold your position and call for backup. Do. Not. Approach. On your own.”
    “I’m calling in help. Shoot anyone who breaches the safe room door.”
    “Copy that.” He hung up.
    Landon tossed Alice her clothes and moved her to the far wall before tipping the bed to hide her from sight. He flipped on the intercom system and stood with his gun pointed at the door, his finger on the trigger. The sound of glass shattering filled the room, matching the sound of bullets that were raining in the house.
    Alice had her head poked out from behind the mattress, and she watched the monitors. They both did. Rain poured down, and Landon knew instantly who Avery had called. There was only one relative that could bring the rain, not to mention the lightning. He watched, his gaze intent on the black figures that were now highlighted in the thunder and lightning. A calming ease swept down his spine and he whispered, “Alexis.”
    “Who?”
    “My cousin. Avery called my cousin, Alexis.”
    “Is she some commando too?”
    Landon chuckled. “Worse. A pissed-off beautician.” Landon glanced over his shoulder. “You don’t want to watch this in case she misses and actually strikes one of these guys.”
    Alice rose to her feet and watched as the lightning struck and danced around the men outside, the gunfire forgotten. First one and then three men took off for the cover of the trees, lightning striking the ground behind them as they ran. “How…”
    Landon realized his mistake the minute she asked. He’d never told Alice about his family or his cousins. He’d never trusted her enough to tell her the truth, unsure if their assignment was temporary.
    Landon debated his reply, taking a moment to form the right words and watching the monitor as the other two guys scrambled away. He lowered his gun and turned to face Alice. “This is going to be kind of hard to explain.”
    “Try me.” Her eyes danced between him and the screen and the way the lightning moved away from the house.
    “You know how your DNA is in question? Well, mine isn’t, and neither is that of my cousins. Each of us has, rather all of us have, an ability that we can’t explain. My cousin”—he pointed to the monitor—“can control the weather…to some extent,” he amended.
    Alice gave a slow nod. “And you?”
    “I can feel emotions.”
    “That’s how you knew I was about to throw in the towel.”
    Landon nodded.
    “Declan? What’s his?”
    “He’s like a human lie detector.”
    Alice leaned against the wall, as if her legs were about to give out.
    “Skylar?”
    “She’s got this aura thing going on. She can see lights around everyone.”
    Alice gave a slow nod, as if still needing time to process it all.
    “What about Flynn? Him too?”
    “Premonitions.”
    Alice’s mouth parted for a mere second before she snapped it closed. “And when Avery said that Reed was doing his thing with Edward’s picture? What thing might that be?”
    “Well, you already know that Reed is a computer geek. There’s a reason he’s so good. If it’s online, or in electronic format, he can access it, no matter what secrets the