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(chapter six, the parley. )
SADIE SPRINTS PAST the open gate, hands clenched as her blue eyes land on the two figures walking toward the ranch. Neither of them being Alicia, and her heart beats rapidly in panic as she storms up to Jake, "Where's my sister?" She grabs onto his jacket, pulling him forward as she spits out, "Where is she?" That's all she can yell out before Nick drags her back, holding her in his arms as their mother rushes up to Jake and the woman that Sadie recognizes as Ofelia, who had left them for dead at the hotel weeks ago. "What? Ofelia?"
Ofelia sighs, stopping before the blonde woman, who turns to Jake with concerned eyes. "What the hell's going on?" Jake wipes sweat from above his brow, explaining, "Alicia followed me to Black Hat–" Madison grabs onto the man, demanding, "What happened to her?" Nick lets go of Sadie, taking ahold of their mother as Jake reassures, "She's safe, she's safe. I made a deal with Walker."
Nick turns away from Madison, eyes wide as he questions, "You left her?" Jake nods and it takes everything within Sadie not to punch him across his jaw right then and there. "It's part of the custom." Jake explains, and Ofelia speaks up, "Alicia's their hostage. I'm the hostage on this side."
Even with the two's explanation, Sadie still doesn't feel reassured for her sister's safety and she steps forward, lips pulled into a sneer as she spits out, "What kind of barbaric bullshit is that? What custom?" Her fingernails dig into the skin of her palms, cuts beginning to form as Jake states, "Alicia offered to stay to avoid more bloodshed. The sooner I talk to my father, the sooner we get her back."
