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wing up with rumors that you sold out pack secrets!" Giulia

and company phone in the trash," I said, unzipping

astard?" The screech of tires locking agai

rubbed my throbbing temple with two fingers, the corne

ht now to run over those lying rats!" She blew a

ruck painted with neon flame decals roared down the subur

tudded black leather biker jacket, the platinum Webb Pac

r warm citrus scent cutting through the winter chill. For one strange second, the win

ou stand in the cold for another second." She snat

f leather and motor oil as Giuliana slammed the gas pedal to the flo

yn smear your name across the public channels?" She grip

al and used her marriage alliance to make Johnston pin the crime on me," I said

bought it?" Giuliana slammed her palm against th

d force me to kneel and apologize to her." I turned my head to

na cursed at the top of her lungs. "I'm calling the Webb

rce loyalty. I reached out and pressed my hand ov

eek little secretary after six years." I narrowed my eyes, feeling

lighting up her eyes. Out of everyone in Veridian City, only she

back to S

tory, Giuliana stomped on the brakes. The truck skidded fo

tates and those vaults of solid gold bars?" Her voice pitched h

one choke point that controls every mining and logistics route across

e a penniless nobody see what real power looks like!" S

hough, I'm scraping this mud off m

ipped open the encrypted terminal mounted on her dash

he knife." I looked down at my wrist communicato

nel. Only one person inside Apex Cons

projected upward from my wrist, forming a flickering

s passed a sealed silver briefcase to a hooded man standing in a da

ngling with tiny diamond bells-the exact limited-edition pie