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 !cly. /W( i.%th his mother gravely il`;l, Henry turned to a street st#[all, but Jasper’s men)[ ]smas-hed it and inj+_ured his best friend Cole. At+# h;is lowest, I((loen, ow\[;n!er of the riv al restaurant Voss, offere[ help—covering his mo+;ther’s sur gery and in#v#\(iting; hi!/?m $=to ru)n her%_; failing restaurant. Bound .by cuisine an@-d bus) %ines)s, +th]ey fou?%!,ght +Ja!sper’s attacks: s`
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 cuts!`),  /chef sabota\ge, and o.nline smears.\ Henry’s( mother /gav*#e ;?him a ticke=t t-!o a /c%\r$#,uise culi*#nary ex;#c :hange. On board,: Jasper kidnapp$ed Henry’s sister, fo^[rc.-*%in*`\ g a deadly wager: loser loses* wr`-i^/st tendons. Through two rounds, Henry exposed+_ every scheme, @ bring:] (]ing the villains
` to justic,=e:  . A month later, Voss t^?hrived, his* mothe, r$$ ^recovered, a?\nd% Henry found .
family, frie[ ndship, and] mutual love#]_ )^,^@wit]+h [=I:^\:loen.