nto the room lik

canister rolled across the carpet, sto

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light and a concussive b

ears ringing, her visi

o

do

hit it. Men in tactical gear swarmed into th

argets! a vo

bed, blindly reaching for th

her back. She kicked and screamed, fightin

ea

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The guard grunted, swiftly but firmly pinning the boy's a

screamed, her

him! He's

stepping over the broken glass.

'am. Just restrai

s! Annelise

ecure transport, Casimiro

gainst her captors. "Don't separate us! Plea

out. Another carried a crying Clemie. Algernon walked on his own, his han

r, Algernon kicked his tablet. It sli

aid. "Mr. Sanders

d been married to on paper? After all these years, he was finally sh

r, Casim

her head. The world went dark

an SUV. She sat in the dark, listening to the tires hum on t

was hauled out, led through echoing concrete corridors,

e hood was

of an interrogation room. Or maybe it w

e was

r. He had shed his jacket. His white shirt wa

she had seen during their brief, paper-only marriage. The broad shoulders, the

fe, Archi

shaking but holding her weig

id calmly. "They are being

stomach lurched. "I

k, leaning against it. "That boy... the one who disabled my car. That's not normal,

warring with her terror. "You drag me here lik

ment in his eyes. And the eyes? Archibald asked soft

're delusional," she spat, her voice trembling with anger. "They are blue. Million

med her. It brought back the suffocating panic of that night years ago during the blackout-the feeling of being trapped in the da

back, clutching her ch

way her pupils blew wide, the way sweat beaded on her upper lip. It wa

onfused. "You're the one who ran. You're the one w

bout me, and you certainly don't care who their real father is! You just want to control everything. You found

in the air, hea

racing. She wasn't lying about h