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Breanna's palm. Her hands were swea
ing her forward. Her sneakers squeaked against the th
bacco and cheap mints. "You walk through those doors, or I make the call.
bit down on her lower lip, pressing her teeth into the soft fland and pressed the keycar
heavy double doors clicke
out curtains were drawn tight, suffocating the room. A thick wave of air hi
stinct screamed at her to run. She too
hot hand shot out
grip was brutal, crushing her delicate bo
a massive force yanked her
t behind her. The ha
The breath was knocked out of her lungs. A h
allucinogen pumping through his veins was tearing his rational mind apart. He couldn't see her
rk. His lips crashed down on
nto a fist and slammed it into his rock-hard
his brain. He shifted his weight, catching both of her wrists in one of his massive
tearing ripped throu
into raw, physical pain. A single, cold tear slipped from the cor
lliot's rigid muscles freeze
ped her off her feet. Breanna's stomach lurched as he carried
were no words. Only the sound of ragged breathing, the
ally bled through the
hammer of pain smashed against the in
the heat. He remembered the drug. And he remembered the arrangement his enemies had tried to trap him wi
at her face. He
g completely beyond his fractured mind. Instead, he yanked a heavy, matte-black metal card from his w
right index finger. He slammed it down on top
e lamp. The emergency contraceptive Hoke had planted. Elliot saw it, r
th stiff, mechanical movements. He walked out
ter, Brean
n thrown down a flight of stairs. She d
om was
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