inic door let out a p
and rubbing alcohol hitting her lungs. She walked straight do
His white hair was a mess. When he saw her, the dee
eavy jacket, tossed it onto a plastic chair, and rolled up t
her skin was pulsing with
k and pressed the metal tip hard against her carotid artery. He
voice shaking with anger. "Your core temp is lethal. You
ty. "I'm going back to Aethelgard.
f Aethelgard... one of your old contacts from Langley sent a ghost signal. He intercepted
oom instantly dr
iolent energy rolled off her body. Her ch
stair's hand before he could even offer
d, her voice a low, terrifying rasp
ockbox and pulled out a glass vial filled with a glowin
re dying," he
hidden pocket inside her jacket, and tur
open, stepping out into
sion caught a flaeet, half-hidden in the shadow of an old oak tree, was a black SUV.
at the corner of her
slow, deliberate steps straight across the stre
n his chest. His hand instinctively dropped to his wa
ommanded from the back
nst the roof. She leaned down, putting her face inches
ierce and locked eyes w
n said, her voice dripping with boredom. "That
and froze on his gun. That
st. "And that slight bulge under your left lapel? Secret
fraction. His heart ga
tone mocking. "You only find that specific soil composition near Quanti
t and slapped the ro
s in my town," she sne
ed, completely unbothered by the fact that she h
hroat dry. "Who the hell is
is ears. A dark, obsessive heat spread through his chest. "Spies
buzzed in his hand. He
t from his intel
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owly twisted the black ring on his pinky finger.
Washington," he orde
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