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nlight streamed thro

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nt she put weight on it. She sucked in a breath, steadying herself against the wall. The joint had stiffened overnight, the swelling still

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ble doors to the main

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e slammed a thick manila folder and

ouse, ten minutes before the explosion," Dust

rsche Panamera parked near the rear loading dock. A man in a

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was absolute. It was a kill shot. Any rational

udy, the sile

aze washed over his pupils. The muscles in his jaw slackened. The script was over

esk. Brittnie's customize

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n was instantaneo

athetic devotion. He hunched over the desk, his

. "I'm so sorry. I should have been there to

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the iPad away. "Someone is trying to frame her. Do

ed, slamming his hands on the

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r knee buried beneath the weight of her authority. She planted both hands flat on the mahogany

ical Center," Katherine ordered.

hrow her out, but the deep, biological instinct to obey his mother

bach off the desk. She threw them hard

said, her voice dropping to a lethal whispe