uards in black suits stepped onto the altar. They flanked Ar
r chest, letting her jaw hang s
p into the heavily fortified Branch family estate. The car stopped in front
face was carved from granite. She didn't say a word. She turned a
e oak doors. She pushed them open, step
ating shades of charcoal and steel. The air conditi
to the door, sat Finn Branch. He was in a
ut behind Areli. The sound
e wheels of his chair
as clenched tight, the muscles jumping beneath his skin. He radiated a
g the rabbit. She hunched her shoulders, making herself look a
e. "Don't think for a second that surviving that circus today m
nted to a narrow, black leather sofa sho
u make a sound, if you touch anything,
carpet, clutching the rabbit, and threw herself onto the far corner of the sofa. She pulled her
ouldn't stand the sight of her. He spun his wheel
ter, the heavy drumming of water hitting
unning, the terrified, infatuat
straight. Her eyes
shrugging the heavy lace off her shoulders to reveal a black, high-tech fiber bodysuit underneath. It was thin as a second skin, perfectly c
ket of her skirt and pulled out
er eye. The holographic keyboard flared to life, castin
Spectr
get file: Ferd Branch
ing in absolute silence. She bypassed the first
ll company. A massive data cache of illegal wire
A green progress bar appeare
60%..
f the running water i
reath caught in her throat. She didn't move h
.. 9
f the bathroom doo
%. Downloa
over the watch face.
anket from the arm of the sofa. She yanked it over her head, burying her face i
oom door
stepp
in the w
ning down the hard, defined muscles of his chest and abdomen. A white towel
bar and poured a glass of water. As he drank, hi
the top of her head was visible. Her chest rose a
f. To fall asleep that fast in a stranger's room
ad absolutely no idea that the woman sleeping on his sofa had j

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