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ed through the night wind. Inside the cabin, it was perfe

e down on a mob

y ruined skin. He had carefully positioned me to avoid putt

medical shears to cut away the remaining shreds of my clo

my head beeped in a ra

ht. "She is in severe hemorrhagic shock. The infection fr

sh the engines to the absolute limit. Fly

y consciousness flickered. The memory of the dark, damp base

urled into a tight ball, trying to protect my face.

ng her!" Ell

eside the bed. He reached out and firmly grasped my unin

bin lights were a blur. My lips parte

ped, a pathetic

didn't call for my husband

the rigid tension in his jaw. He had watched me walk away from my family to marry a man b

h a dangerous, protective vow. "I swear to God, A

frantic tension in my muscles slowly drained away. Th

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nto my eyes. I stood at the edge, staring at the flashing red t

cess stairs. He was clutching a satel

The FAA... they refuse

oes. "Why?!" I screamed over the wind. "Are the millions I pour

tion code. It's a restricted channel used only for national security

numb. I let go

cians and judges. But right now, staring at that empty sky, I felt a massive, invisible

private number of the NYPD Deputy Commissioner. "

ce clearance came from way above my pay grade. The forces movin

ung

. I hurled the satellite phone against the heavy wire fencing of

oated in Audrey's drying blood. The dark red flakes clung to my skin.

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e corner of my mouth. The rough stitches the guard had used had torn the

storm of pure, unadulterated

phone from his pocket. He typed a

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frantically. He answered it, and al

wo primary offshore accounts in the Caymans... they were just froz

s felt like they were b

. They were casually, effortlessly crush

ckup liquidity pools. Get the entire tech de

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ttering skyline of Manhattan spread out through the

V line. He leaned close to Elliot, his voice barely a m

ls bit so hard into his palms I thought he would draw blood. He looked down at my p

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t of my Aston Martin. The

in my mind-Audrey sitting there, her hair blowing in the wind, smilin

my bleeding fist into the rei

if I have to turn New York u