inic door let out a p

and rubbing alcohol hitting her lungs. She walked straight do

His white hair was a mess. When he saw her, the dee

eavy jacket, tossing it onto a plastic chair. She rolled up

her skin was pulsing with

k. He pressed the metal tip hard against her carotid artery. He

his voice shaking with anger. "Your core temp is lethal. Yo

ty. "I'm going back to Aethelgard.

f Aethelgard... one of your old contacts from Langley sent a ghost signal. He intercepted

oom instantly dr

iolent aura exploded from her body. Her ch

stair's hand before he could even offer

d, her voice a low, terrifying rasp

ockbox and pulled out a glass vial filled with a glowin

re dying," he

den pocket inside her jacket. She turned and wa

open, stepping out into

sion caught a fla

he end of the street, half-hidden in the shadow of a

es locked onto t

pull at the corner of

slow, deliberate steps straight across the stre

n his chest. His hand instinctively dropped to his wa

ommanded from the back

the roof of the car. She leaned down, putting her face in

Pierce, locking eyes w

n said, her voice dripping with boredom. "That

and froze on his gun. That

st. "And that slight bulge under your left lapel? Secret

of an inch. His heart gave a ha

tone mocking. "You only find that specific soil composition near Quanti

ht, slapping the ro

s in my town," she sne

relaxed, completely unbothered by the fact that she

hroat dry. "Who the hell is

his ears. A dark, obsessive heat flared in his chest. "Spies

buzzed in his hand. He

t from his intel

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