door to her apartmen

ntly. She locked the deadbolt, slid the chain into place, an

le and dropped the white corporate

Carde

Consolidated logo sat in the

ble, rattling against the wo

ched it up

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said. She sank into the wobb

e. Then, the sound of a muffle

Her voice cracked with panic. "Dad

She doubled over slightly, pressing

to him, Brook. Mom said if you don't come back, she's going to hunt y

rook's mind. The memory of Bobbi's heavy r

n at the corpora

a stranger who had stood between h

d an octave, hardening into something brittle and sharp. "

Tammy asked.

the solid wall of Julian's chest. Th

Julian. That'

careful, Bro

ne wen

uldn't stay here. Bobbi had the

ed a new text message, and typed in

hen can we discuss the living

r heart hammered

later, a rep

ou at 9 AM tomo

into. But as the Seattle rain began to lash against her cracked window,