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oversized t-shirt and under

he carpet to slow him down. "I'm exhausted. I haven't

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d that scraped my throat. "I took a bullet for you! I se

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and pinned me a

smell the expensive cologne he wore,

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tection, the wolves would have eaten you years ago. You are property of the Meyers estat

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merger dies, I lose the city. You are

wait for

the kitchen, and into the hidden eleva

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sharp antisept

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es lit up. Not with gra

she snapped. "

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hing me through the double

a woman on

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hooked up to monitors tha

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said, his voice pitching high.

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up," Flo

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't look

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cold as the grave. "It's the onl