dangerous smile that didn't reach his eyes. He raised one ha
d," he
his overwhelming, suffocating presence entirely, fo
room. She turned on the water, scrubbing her hands and forearms with har
She reached into the titanium case and picked up the first micro-nano neu
. He took a sudden, desperate step forward, reaching o
speak. He simply s
lead bodyguard moved with terrifying spe
ard. Preston stumbled, his dress shoes slipping on the tile floor. The bodyguard stood
wed, entering a state of hyper-focus. She pinpointed
blurred, Isabel inserted the first ne
arp, erratic shriek. The glowing green line jumped wildly
ce with both hands, convinced she wa
as slow and steady. Her fingers darted back to the
s deep into specific vertebrae along Matilda's spine, hit
pine bowed upward, a violent physical reaction to the intens
r knuckles turning white. She was terrified, but she forced h
to the erratic monitors. She was calculating the ex
. Two
ainst the center of Matilda's sternum. She locked her elb
shrieking of the heart m
, there was dead silence
ly steady beep filled the ward. Beep.
o fade rapidly. A healthy, warm flush of pink bl
she took her first deep, unassi
. His jaw hung open. His eyes bulged in utter disbe
bbed loudly, her shoulders shaking as the crushi
Slowly, painfully, she opened her eyes, blinking
toward the sound of crying. Her
len
p of her hand, she extracted all six needles from the s
o the titanium slots, clicked t
d Axel S
he didn't speak, but her cold eyes silently deman
ished, replaced by a burning mix of profound shock and dan
p in his chest. He took a deliberate step
y, his eyes never leaving h
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