droom window, slicing throu
rp intake of breath. His neck was stiff
his head to
standing perfectly still by the bedro
own his arms. He realized she had gotten out of bed
ignoring her presence, and went into the bathroom t
he walked exactly two paces behind him, he
e elevator. The
, staring straight ahres me to shadow
e elevator dinged and ope
was waiting by the glass doors
trange woman in the beige trench coat standing rig
sound of exhaustion
ored SUV. Aura got into the back s
ing traffic and arrived at the
e immediately scanned the building's exterior security
the grand, bust
pointed at a camera mount
e-second blind spot during the pan
ok at her, genuinely surprised by the
ared from the waiting area. Her hair was messy, her
s streaming down her face. "Ax
w Aura standin
ned from sorrow to pur
hands raised like claws, t
. Just enough. Blair grabb
crying is a manipulation t
silent. Employees st
lity, not genuine sorrow," Aura continued, clinically dissect
old, public, factual breakdown of her
her hands, let out a sob, an
down at their phones, pretendin
uriosity. This woman was like a highly precise, utterly unhinged weapon, and his mind
ow me," he told Aura, motionin
m, her processor noting she had successf
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