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convulsive movement, she ripped the leather cord from around her neck. The wood
uppressed pain and humiliation. "What... what
I reached into a concealed pocket in my jacket and pulled o
is card," I said, my voice calm and e
e scorpion. She had probably never held more than a
head frantically. "No. I c
into her palm, closing her fingers around it
our help. I need to know everything that happens in this house. Every conversation you overhear,
. "Your mother was loyal to mine. I'm putting my tru
memory was the key. But the next words were the o
to any human university in the world. Get him out of here. Give him a
t. Her only family. The one person
t as if it were a holy relic, her knuckles white. It wasn't
till streaming down her face. But her eyes were no longer fil
m. "I'll do it. Whatever you ne
ance was
e. "First step: leave that piece of wood where it belongs. In the
he discarded charm into a wast
ce and a nearly invisible earpiece. "For emergen
e her some time to settle into her new assignment, knowing that intelligence wouldn'
lle and Felicity. They're planning to trap you dur
. "I expected as mu
s about my wolflessness, the plan to make me a spectacle,
cellent. I was hoping for an opportunity
ession, and for the first time, a
observation. Some time later ,she came to me again, with a hint of hesitatio
ll
Hayden Randolph. His men brought back
sudden, hard thu
... I don't know, weapons or something. I just finis
pot on my neck where the locket used to be. It wasn'
nt, barbaric Alpha had
it, something else. Something unsettling and warm that I refused to name. Why? Why would the most power
eeling down, l
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