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e through the suffocating afternoo
a totaled Mustang. The toxic smell of mot
is eyes wide as he tried to track her movements. He couldn't. Her hands were
ed cluster of wires with o
it roared to life, the deep, guttural s
back. He stared at the engine like it wase tossed a filthy rag onto the hood. Her face w
d her, a cracked cell phonelashed a number
ust washed over her chest. She wiped a streak of
around in the
e. It was arrogant. Impatient. The voice
She reached for the half-empt
rrow morning," Sterling ordered. "No excuses
the can. She popped it open. The sharp hiss
said. Her voic
on the other end of the line. Ste
terling snarled, his voice risin
The icy liquid burned down her
eatened, dropping his voice into a lethal register, "I will pe
Allison like a physi
etal shrieked and crumpled under her grip. Cola spi
ir in the garage suddenly felt too heavy to breathe. He stared at t
She needed that trust fund. Not for the money, but for the safety deposit bo
cles to uncoil. Sh
," Allison said, her voice dropping back to
play games with me, Allison. You have
ne wen
angled soda can across the room. It slammed into theing back to those people?" Ri
custom-made tactical knife from the magnetic s
nife into the hidden sheath
," Allison said softly, "I'm t
gritty soap and scrubbed the oil from her hands. The cold water rushe
ht on the band
was dropping. The a
her jeans. She pulled out a small white pill and sw
ns began to recede. A faint flush of color return
e wall. She shoved her arms into the sleeves and zipped it a
over her heavily modified black motorcycle. S
The bike let out a dea
shot out of the dirt lot like a bullet, teari
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