uards in black suits stepped onto the altar. They flanked Ar
r chest, letting her jaw hang s
p into the heavily fortified Branch family estate. The car stopped in front
n-faced woman with grey-streaked hair pulled into a severe bun. She didn't say a
e oak doors. She pushed them open, step
ating shades of charcoal and steel. The air conditi
to the door, sat Finn Branch. He was in a
ut behind Areli. The sound
e wheels of his chair
was clenched tight, the muscles jumping beneath his skin. He radiated
g the rabbit. She hunched her shoulders, making herself look a
e. "Don't think for a second that surviving that circus today m
nted to a narrow, black leather sofa sho
u make a sound, if you touch anything,
carpet, clutching the rabbit, and threw herself onto the far corner of the sofa. She pulled h
t stand the sight of her. He spun his wheelcha
ter, the heavy drumming of water hitting
running, the terrified, adorin
straight. Her eyes
e back of the suffocating wedding dress, shrugging the heavy lace off her shoulders to reveal a bla
ket of her skirt and pulled out
er eye. The holographic keyboard flared to life, castin
Spectr
get file: Ferd Branch
ing in absolute silence. She bypassed the first
ll company. A massive data cache of illegal wire
A green progress bar appeare
60%..
f the running water i
reath caught in her throat. She didn't move h
.. 9
f the bathroom doo
%. Downloa
over the watch face.
anket from the arm of the sofa. She yanked it over her head, burying her face i
oom door
stepp
in the w
ning down the hard, defined muscles of his chest and abdomen. A white towel
r and poured a glass of water. As he drank, his
the top of her head was visible. Her chest rose a
f. To fall asleep that fast in a stranger's room
ad absolutely no idea that the woman sleeping on his sofa had j
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