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ions platform for a firm called Pegasus

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, Donovan was still for a long moment. Then he

and sharp. They reflected the moonlight streaming through the t

and steady. He walked to the window, his posture

a wife. A harmless, decorative piece to complete the picture of a broken man, a man no longer a threat. Karyn Turn

delicate touch, she adjusted the micro-camera hidden in its button eye. She checked the encrypted satellite communication dev

rrow, Chloe Turner would cease to exist.

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