door to her apartmen
ntly. She locked the deadbolt, slid the chain into place, an
le and dropped the white corporate
Carde
Consolidated logo sat in the
ble, rattling against the wo
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said. She sank into the wobb
e. Then, the sound of a muffle
Her voice cracked with panic. "Dad
She doubled over slightly, pressing
to him, Brook. Mom said if you don't come back, she's going to hunt y
rook's mind. The memory of Bobbi's heavy r
n at the corpora
a stranger who had stood between h
d an octave, hardening into something brittle and sharp. "
Tammy asked.
the solid wall of Julian's chest. Th
Julian. That'
careful, Bro
ne wen
uldn't stay here. Bobbi had the
ed a new text message, and typed in
hen can we discuss the living
r heart hammered
later, a rep
ou at 9 AM tomo
into. But as the Seattle rain began to lash against her cracked window,
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